David,

Like you Im *very *impressed. Take a look at the white paper (presented in 
Roam):

https://roamresearch.com/#/v8/help/page/Vu1MmjinS


On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 8:12:31 PM UTC-6, David Gifford wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> The bi-directional thread I started this morning referenced Roam. Since 
> that thread got things moving in one direction, the topic of Roam needs to 
> go in this separate thread.
>
> I have been playing with Roam (https://roamresearch.com/) off and on 
> today. It is pretty amazing. It is still in beta and has huge rough edges. 
> But what it does, it does really well.
>
> 1) Has most of the functionality of other outliners. So it is really fast 
> for writing.
>
> 2) The bidirectional links is more than just displaying the link. Here is 
> a link to my experimenting: 
> https://roamresearch.com/#/app/giffmex/page/I1UV-3WO-
>
> 2.a) Follow a tag or a link on that page (for example 'Jealousy' - note 
> that at present tags and links are functionally the same in Roam), to see 
> not only the link back to El Placer de vivir, but also the lines with those 
> links - and that section is editable (when not in read-only mode). 
> 2.b) If you change a page title, it automatically changes all links. 
> 2.c) Oh, and in that editable sectoin of backlinks, it also shows unlinked 
> references to the present page, and gives you a button to 'Link all'. 
> '
> 3) In the left sidebar, click on Graph overview. Click on a node to see 
> its relationships light up. Then right-click a node and choose View in cose 
> layout'
>
> 4) In the left sidebar, click All pages to see and search all the pages.
>
> 5) Right-click the page title (El placer de vivir... or whatever page you 
> have open at this point) and choose open in right sidebar. You can have 
> that open and edit it while going to another page, and have them side by 
> side.
>
> 6) Feel free to read my comments in the "Thoughts on Roam" page, linked to 
> from the left sidebar shortcuts area
>
> 7) There are numerous features you can't see in a read-only page: 
> diagrams, tables, emojis, quick embedding of Youtube videos, tasks and 
> scheduling, etc. If you want to play with the editing features, go to 
> https://roamresearch.com/#/v8/help/page/1308. 
>
> 7.a) Try typing a / in the text somewhere to see the insertion options 
> menu that comes up.
>
> 7.b) Right-click a bullet to see more options
>
> 7.c) Lots of valuable pages in there about knowledge management and 
> Getting things done, and other topics, as well as help for Roam. See the 
> All pages section.
>
> I am not requesting feedback, and it is not a matter of comparing Roam and 
> TiddlyWiki (largely a case of apples and oranges), nor am I requesting 
> these features. I am just posting this because I was impressed, and thought 
> you all might like to see this. This makes the production of topical notes 
> based on research and reading very easy on a very huge scale. Enjoy.
>

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