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I'm a fan of notion, but want to share some gripes
What do you like best about the product?
The custom blocks are extremely helpful. I love that I can add an inline database to pages and keep track of items with various types of fields.
What do you dislike about the product?
I want more support for visual content. The Miro integration is severely lacking. The fact that I have to click a miro board in order for it to load is a barrier to using it effectively. The charts, mindmaps, and other visual content integrations should be much richer. Is it possible to prefetch these resources and/or cache them so it's ready to view and edit when I open the page?
For the databases, I don't like that there is a single column that is not deletable. This can be done better, and often times I don't want to have the default column visable.
Also, the AI feature is limited but has potential. I will expand on that in the specific section.
For the databases, I don't like that there is a single column that is not deletable. This can be done better, and often times I don't want to have the default column visable.
Also, the AI feature is limited but has potential. I will expand on that in the specific section.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It has a certain i-don't-know-what, but is far better than alternatives. I think it comes down to the much richer types of content blocks on offer. I don't like how the layout is limited to single-column though; I wish there were alternative layouts or something more flexible.
AI Features
The AI feature is not headed in the right direction. I purchased it almost as soon as it was available. I like the user experience, as in being able to query the assistant about selected text or about the document in general. I think it should be clearer that you can use it to generate notion blocks, instead of just plain text. I also don't like how it discourages users from asking it off-topic questions, that really hurts my workflow. I don't use it as a writing assistant, but more as a research assistant to fact-check my writing, look up similar content, and generate notes when I'm having trouble learning something. Also, there are many times when mathematical expressions are generated. It would be amazing if these were automatically inserted as KaTeX-formatted expressions.
The assistant REALLY shouldn't be refusing to answer questions when it doesn't see a connection to the document. This limits the utility and increases friction for an otherwise useful feature. I don't want to always force it to generate useful content for me by saying "do it anyway."
If you want to reach out to me for a customer development interview, I would love to try and schedule something. I've been a champion to friends and coworkers for notion for almost 4 years now and would love to help make it a better product for others.
Other Problems
It's really annoying that my place in the document isn't persisted, especially on mobile. I have long lists of book notes, and will have to scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page each time I open it in order to continue adding notes. This is a really annoying anti-feature and would love for it to be fixed.
AI Features
The AI feature is not headed in the right direction. I purchased it almost as soon as it was available. I like the user experience, as in being able to query the assistant about selected text or about the document in general. I think it should be clearer that you can use it to generate notion blocks, instead of just plain text. I also don't like how it discourages users from asking it off-topic questions, that really hurts my workflow. I don't use it as a writing assistant, but more as a research assistant to fact-check my writing, look up similar content, and generate notes when I'm having trouble learning something. Also, there are many times when mathematical expressions are generated. It would be amazing if these were automatically inserted as KaTeX-formatted expressions.
The assistant REALLY shouldn't be refusing to answer questions when it doesn't see a connection to the document. This limits the utility and increases friction for an otherwise useful feature. I don't want to always force it to generate useful content for me by saying "do it anyway."
If you want to reach out to me for a customer development interview, I would love to try and schedule something. I've been a champion to friends and coworkers for notion for almost 4 years now and would love to help make it a better product for others.
Other Problems
It's really annoying that my place in the document isn't persisted, especially on mobile. I have long lists of book notes, and will have to scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page each time I open it in order to continue adding notes. This is a really annoying anti-feature and would love for it to be fixed.
Notion is a life-changing software.
What do you like best about the product?
To optimize is to customize. By being able to custom-build databases, managing projects becomes attainable and is more streamlined than other project management softwares.
What do you dislike about the product?
Notion has a relatively long onboarding process for others to become fully capable of using the software. However, using notion is very intuitive and with practice becomes competency.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Notion solves organization by removing a fixed file structure. Being able to link databases and pages together makes much more sense ergonomically than requiring solely files within folders.
Amazing
What do you like best about the product?
Notion is the 💣
Although I use other tools for thought, Notion and Roam Research are my day to day 👌
Notion's database functionality, super clean UI and AI is amazing.
Although I use other tools for thought, Notion and Roam Research are my day to day 👌
Notion's database functionality, super clean UI and AI is amazing.
What do you dislike about the product?
Roam has a bunch of independent developers making extensions for it which mean it's very powerful for pulling data in from other platforms via API. For example, changing my daily Google calendar entries into TODOs in a daily notes page is one of the main reasons I'm not exclusively using Notion.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Notion nearly solves the problem of the "all data and information in one space" system that those of us who understand the concept of tools for thought and knowledge work have wanted (and seen as a possibility) for well over a decade.
The new AI functionality means I can type completely in the flow without having to stop to think about whether or what I'm writing will make sense to read back. It shortens the gap between getting things out of my brain and onto page, then simply right-clicking in Notion and using AI to correct means that I can maintain flow and it make sense without me having to self-edit.
The new AI functionality means I can type completely in the flow without having to stop to think about whether or what I'm writing will make sense to read back. It shortens the gap between getting things out of my brain and onto page, then simply right-clicking in Notion and using AI to correct means that I can maintain flow and it make sense without me having to self-edit.
Would highly recommend this to any student
What do you like best about the product?
How easy to use it is and how many great features it has. I've already recommended it to a lot of friends and since being introduced to it I feel like my studying has improved and my personal life has become much easier to organise and keep track of. Everything is in one place, it's great!
What do you dislike about the product?
I couldn't find the 'Help' feature, even after downloading the Notion app on my laptop which is what it recommended to do on the website, however I still did not find it. So I've had to email Notion instead which is a bit annoying.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Making my work faster and things like sending professional emails easier. Also checking my work for grammar mistakes.
Easy to use, navigate, and create with
What do you like best about the product?
I like how customizable the notion is for what I need, whether for school, work, or personal needs.
What do you dislike about the product?
It's been really slow and glitchy lately
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Notion has helped me improve my written tone and fix small grammatical issues. It has also increased my time management and productivity.
Use notion almost daily for work and personal things.
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of use.
Organization.
Customization.
Sharability.
Organization.
Customization.
Sharability.
What do you dislike about the product?
Jumping between accounts (personal / work) feels like it could be simpler somehow.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
For work it's used as a knowledge base for everything our company does, from Engineering sprint documentation to travel policy information. One source of truth for almost everything.
How and why I use Notion and Notion AI
What do you like best about the product?
I love the easy building of simple databases for tracking information, requests, and responses.
I appreciate the backlinking and easy mentioning and going to other pages.
I enjoy sending links to pages for review, including the subpages for communicating info to others.
I appreciate the backlinking and easy mentioning and going to other pages.
I enjoy sending links to pages for review, including the subpages for communicating info to others.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is a lack of font selections and sizes of text choices.
I find it troublesome when away from the city that I cannot access pages off line.
I would like to see more font selection and can have some pages synced to a local device. Also, I would like to reposition the covers on the mobile as on the desktop.
I find it troublesome when away from the city that I cannot access pages off line.
I would like to see more font selection and can have some pages synced to a local device. Also, I would like to reposition the covers on the mobile as on the desktop.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Consolidating all information, Emails, documents, and databases for specific projects into one location. I am, therefore, more productive because I do not waste time searching for what app has the information I need. I also have the peace of mind knowing it is there when I need it.
Best AI available on the market
What do you like best about the product?
I like how easy it use and how well it is integrated into the whole Notion ecosystem. I really enjoy how there are a lot of cues and how easy it is to ask the AI to write a longer or modified responses
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes, the AI needs clarification if I ask for something that doesn't strictly follow the page's headline. I think it would be better if the AI would follow more the given cue and not the headings on the page. Sometimes the answers are too vague.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Notion AI is helping me to write better work emails and communicate with stakeholders more effectively and clearly. The product makes me more productive with an increased work performance.
I use Notion to run my life.
What do you like best about the product?
The best thing about notion is that you can create pages and structures to the way that your mind works and get creative. Instead of using a different platform where you are stuck with their structure, Notion lets you create your way. I also like that notion is easy for anyone to edit and move things around. I also love that notion can let you use it in so many different ways. It can be used for so many things allowing me to keep everything in one platform and not have to jump to a million different platforms or tabs.
What do you dislike about the product?
I really wish notion would be able to sync with my google calendar without having to use third party apps.
I don't like how slow it can be at times.
I don't like how the colors in notion can't be customized or that there can't be more font options.
I don't like how images can't be made into a link
I don't like how slow it can be at times.
I don't like how the colors in notion can't be customized or that there can't be more font options.
I don't like how images can't be made into a link
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Notion lets me run my business almost entirely from one platform. I created a system for Project management, Note-taking, Knowledge Base, Client Portals, Content Planning, and more inside one Notion template.
Notion speeds up my workflow 100X
What do you like best about the product?
Notion AI drastically speeds up my workflow. I mean 100x faster.
I use Notion for everything from creating lists, conducting research, and planning tasks, to writing articles, blogs and content.
I use Notion for everything from creating lists, conducting research, and planning tasks, to writing articles, blogs and content.
What do you dislike about the product?
I have very issues with Notion. The only slight downside is it is easy to have nested pages which are very hard to find but this could be down more to how I structure my Notion.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Organisation, Collaboration, and speed of use.
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