Understood. The vertical learning 'curve' of org+emacs has held it back. *But* its capabilities cover most needs of TFT/PKM tools, so it could be used for interop. EG my own works w because they both read/write plain text org - zero effort integration.
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Appreciate itโs an incredibly flexible and empowering format for some % of people who might need TFTs related to knowledge management ๐
I just worry itโs not as accessible to people with no programming experience (or desire to gain any), which is likely the higher % of folks
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I'm missing something. Surely orgmode text is more accessible than a schema.org representation?
Build WYSIWYG tools, but use plain text org to exchange data between them. A TODO item created in BrainTool shows up as a TODO when viewed in LogSeq or emacs, Orgzly etc
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You are correct. The interchange format must be human readable, and able to be written raw, but what people see and use will hid it behind a nice UI.
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Also curious about why it being human readable would be so important.
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This is not essential, but it has an advantage that one can debug without special tools that decode the binary format.
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People who are willing to debug their notes are definitely in the orange sliver in the graph above.
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Please understand, I have NO standing, this is, at best, a half-baked opinion. Binary formats are efficient, and with good viewing tools are easy to read/use.
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Nothing to disagree with in any of the above. Readable raw data has advantages but yes most users will be in a graphic ui built on top. Its the fact that orgmode exists and is widely used (compared to any alternative), so why reinvent the wheel.
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I might be misunderstanding the capabilities of org-mode, but would it support block-based interfaces?
Eg. Composable, swappable block formats like:
- tables with sorting, filtering, and searching
- kanbans
- image galleries
- {anything else a web/react component could do}
Hard to answer in a tweet, mostly yes! Remembering we're talking about the data format not the UI functionality. EG table sorting or Kanban: org has tables and tasks (TODOs), sorting tables or processing tasks would happen on top of that in the UI (both can be done in emacs)
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BTW good conversation, thanks for engaging! ๐
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