4 missing features

[ChocolateTerrain]

Hi!
First of, a-m-a-z-i-n-g add-on to obsidian! Really happy that i found this and i feel my complete change to obsidian is very close but there are (as of now) 4 features that i miss in goodnotes that prohibits my change.

1, I really miss the dubble tap with one finger to "fit to width"

2, It would be nice if there was a option to adjust the toolbar to your preference. I prefer more that all the tools are layed out and that the colours are viable for easier change. And that you can have a lot of colors to "scroll though". Also the undo layout has been etched in to my brain which makes the switch hard.

3, Using the gray template paper has the same colour as the background making it hard to see the "edges" of my paper. I tried (with AI) to change the CSS properties but to no luck.

4, Also even though there are other infinite paper tools, I've not have anyone work as smooth on my ipad as this one. My main reason to try out obsidan was the infinite paper for mind maps. Would be awesome if there was a "infinite paper" size to choose from.

Best regards, and keep up the good work!

[Joost-8]

Thank you, glad it writes smoothly for you!

1. Double tap to fit to width fits FineNotes well; we've noted it.
2. Which colours would you like within reach while you write, and about how many?
3. Is the grey paper the Dark Paper, or a template of your own? A screenshot would help us make the page's edge stand out from the background.
4. FineNotes is built around pages, but we're looking at what an endless page for mind maps would take.

[ChocolateTerrain]

Hi!
Well, i currently got 11 colours in goodnotes (not all visable but i can scroll though them):

I want to have "quick access" to the colours and stroke sizes since i change in between them quite a lot and then i don't want to "enter a menu" eatch time. And since now there is a lot of un-used space that could be utelized.

The "gray paper" is one of the colours in the templates that you can choose from:

Best regards,

Edit: Not sure how to display the images...

[Joost-8]

Thanks for the details and the screenshots! FineNotes 2.5.0 is out with all four:

1. Double-tap with one finger and the page fills the screen; double-tap again to see the whole page.
2. The pen's colour row now grows: add colours with + and swipe along it (up to 24 per pen). The toolbox button at the end of the tools has Customize toolbar, where you choose which tools sit on the bar and in what order. You can also hold the pen's bar and drag it to the bottom or a side.
3. Dark Paper now gets a background in another shade, so its edges show.
4. Endless boards: tap the ∞ button in the New notebook dialog.

Could you update FineNotes in Community plugins and let me know how they work for you?

[thierryrama]

For #4, is it normal that the Endless board is a folder and has AI Chats, Exports, Images, Recordings, Transcripts subfolders?

[Joost-8]

Will be fixed or updated appropiately.

[ChocolateTerrain]

Hi!
Most of it works good! There are some small adjustments though (running v2,6,0):
I wish the dubble tap would "snap to the size of the window". Right now when you dubble tap and move the screen it is more like "zoomed in" than fixed to the window. The same issue when importing pdfs.

Also for the toolbar, it it possible to have it "docked" so it don't cover text when you scroll though a document? (And then have it dynamically adjusted depending on how much you are "showing in the toolbar"?)

Also for the endless page, it works good, but it was a bit buggy to get to work, and the "joined pages" option dissepears when selecting it, altough it is still there to tap but not visable.

Video

Edit:
Also would be great if i could change the order of the tools in the toolbar, i.e. calculator on left or right in between the eraser etc.)

[Joost-8]

@ChocolateTerrain 2.8.0 goes further than 2.5.0: Customize toolbar covers the whole bar, and with the bar at a side the pen's options dock beside it, with every pen type and a column of colours. Double tap now fits the page's width exactly. Let me know what's still missing.

[ChocolateTerrain]

Hi!
I switched to 2.8.2, but the same issues as mentioned in my last comment still remains. The fit to width works but it does not "snap to the side" so i can still move the page around a little bit. Also for the "docking of the pen", what i ment was that the bar when selecting a pen would not appear, but it would always be visible left of the pen icon like they have in goodnotes so it don't cover text on the page.

I also noticed that the "fit to width" does not work that well when i import pdf lecture slides since then it would be nice to have one page per slide. But this creates some conflicts with the above... But when i import a lecture slide on good notes it sets the hight of the document to the pdf size so it fits good.

edit: spelling

[Joost-8]

Thanks for testing 2.8.2!

1. Fit to width: the next release adds an option to hold the page still sideways after a double tap: Settings › Advanced › Lock fit to width. Off, the page stretches a little when you pull it sideways and snaps back, as in Goodnotes.
2. To keep the pen's options from covering the page, open the toolbox button › Customize toolbar and turn on Dock tool options. They then get a row of their own above the page and never sit on your writing. Does that do what you want, or would you rather have them inside the bar itself?
3. For lecture slides, try Pages across in the notebook's ⋯ panel: one slide per screen, and you swipe to the next. Is that what you mean, or could you send a screenshot of how Goodnotes shows them?

[ChocolateTerrain]

Hi!
2, I would rather have it inside the bar!

3, Not sure where i find the "Pages across", but here is a image:

Yeah, I mean one slide per screen, it is like that now but it is not zoomed in correctly. And if i dubble tap it fits to width but then i can't see the entire slide. Posted a video above with my problems.