In a lot of task tools, we see an area to the side regarding comments made by collaborators. This can be used to talk about progress of the note itself, status updates, last time it was edited and by whom. B
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What we tried is to use a custom field for manual text entry by anyone we can see if theres any comments.
Or just have a Header for comments, and its at the bottom of the note and not seen.
We just do @jake or sign it @jake and it gets confusing
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Wasn’t sure where the multiplayer thread is so I made this.
One can have Obisidan ⇔ Google Docs workflow when collaboration with comments is needed.
Obsidian Sync offers version history and Sync history:
Version history:
The retention period for your version history depends on your Obsidian Sync plan. On the Standard plan, notes are retained for 1 month, while on the Plus plan, they are kept for 12 months. After this period, older versions of your notes are deleted.
For attachments, older versions are stored for two weeks.
The Sync history (or Sync sidebar) feature, introduced in Obsidian version 1.7, allows you to quickly view recently created or modified notes and attachments that have been synced. You can also think of it as an editing history.
In the sidebar, you can select an item to open its file in your active window. The items also have context menus, allowing you to perform actions such as moving the file or viewing its Version history.
Desktop-only feature
When you hover over a synced file in the sidebar, you can see who last edited the file. This is especially useful if you are collaborating on a shared vault.
Tip
Settings and deleted items will not appear in the Sync history sidebar. These can be found in the Version history instead.
Show Sync history
When you enable the Sync core plugin, Sync history is automatically enabled but does not appear in the sidebar by default. You will need to manually add it using a command or a hotkey.
Enable via Command palette
This option requires the Command palette core plugin to be enabled.
comment text snippet that includes your name and timestamp, see Templates
if you prefer direct keyboard shortcut to your text snippet, then see QuickAdd or Templater
comments can use <!-- your content --> syntax
you can gather comments to dedicated section or separate note
I’m not stating that these workarounds are good compared to Google Docs but for example Sync history can show recently added comments to any document. Version history can be then used to inspect exact changes.
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Obviously this doesn’t include timestamp or username.
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