I feel like adding web support for obsidian would also only make it grow in popularity, especially amongst students.
Lol Iām thinking in six years, this aināt happening. But I would like a simple way to just enter notes via a web browser, just for simple note intake, and maybe note reading. While I am considering Linuxserverās docker-obsidian, I do not really need access to a full desktop environment or the full suite of Obsidian plugins for this kind of remote access.
What are people doing for simple access to their Obsidian vault? Iām trying to decide between:
- syncing my vault to a Nextcloud folder or a Github account and just manually adding and editing the .md files there
- Syncing to a Silverbullet instance and praying it all works
- Letting a simple, selfhosted, no-database text editor such as flatnotes or jotty access my vault folder
- I used to use Simplenote for this and then copy them over to Obsidian eventually. Thatās an extra step though.
Iām open to input/criticism/pitfalls. Thanks!
Exactly this, I agree. For those mentioning circumventing company policy - for my particular firm, we cannot install non-business applications, and we cannot use web software such as Obsidian for business use. That said, our firm policy specifically allows usage of firm owned hardware and firm managed BYODs for moderate personal use.
I.e., using obsidian for my personal notes on my firm computer is not circumventing firm policy in any way. Itās simply allowing me to access my personal notes in a more convenient manner.
As for Obsidian dedicating resources to this, I think itās a simple as providing customers another potential option for how to access their Obsidian notes.
One additional unrelated, benefit of cloud hosted web access: There might be cases where I want to share a specific note file with some other people who typically donāt use Obsidian. These individuals might be willing to make an online Web account to read this note file, but may not be interested in downloading and installing software to their device.
Iād always counsel again this. If the company decided to suspend your access to the computer they provide you, youāve lost access to all of your notes.
Of course, this is your call dependent on how much you trust your employer, but far too many companies are taking the āeasyā options of making people redundant to reduce their costs and Employes often have no warning.
Having a web version would be a major advantage for Obsidian. It would be convenient to have one, at least in the paid version of the cloud sync service.
This is really interesting because as a user, I really want Obsidian web, but also as someone with a moderate understanding of technical challenges, some of which this comment highlights, I also understand why itās difficult and not something the devs want to tackle anytime soon. I wonder if thereās a place for something slightly different, like Obsidian for web, but that will be separate from peopleās synced vaults. I know it will defeat the purpose for many, but hey itās something!
how can i get the files?
This would be pretty good for those who donāt want to or are unable to download Obsidian, especially for quick note taking. I personally donāt want to download an entire app just to make a few notes that I would then have to save and export manually, having it contained in the web makes accessing from several locations much much easier and quicker
Well I think is a good idea, cause its better for low end devices. And will be great for like working together