"Bear 2.0 Review (2022-11-01) - Feedback - Bear Beta" - beta.bear.app

Updated 11012022-140718

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brian | 2022-11-01 18:49:40 UTC | #1

I’ve used 2.0 for over a week now. Here are my current issues, thoughts, and praise from my latest sweep.

Migration (using v9735)

• Migrated using Bear Version 2.0 (9735)
• All 1205 notes imported in ₂₀ seconds
• All tags, TagCons, code blocks imported
• YAML not recognized; some lines turned into headings

For Bear Version 2.0 (9780)

Tag Pane

• Top-level pinning is fine. I think adding any more pinning here (e.g., second-level) is a slippery slope
• Editing TagCons even easier with search

Editor

• Markdown hiding and better completed todo formatting makes task lists look much better

• Info popover with stats and TOC and styles bar looks great

• Tables and folding working as expected after recent bug fixes

• Editor window much cleaner with no popover options in the writing area

• Wiki-links with no notes look the same as ones with notes. Can the link color be subdued for links with no internal notes?

• Link preview - can TagCons be used in place of some links with no images (e.g., Twitter)?

• ⌘⇧K for opening links in new tab is nice addition

• YAML front matter - is this just for syntax highlighting and removing the divider? Or is the YAML front matter block supposed to hidden by preference settings and/or in file exports?

• Entering code blocks crashes Bear during code type lookup after backticks

• Tags disappear after pressing ↩ upon completion for notes with links. If the note does not contain a link then the tag completes. Adding a space resolves the issue temporarily.

• Footnotes - no renumbering after adding between footnotes; only two lines of a footnote displays on jump requiring scroll for longer footnotes

• Tables - adding internal link to heading of another note caused popover to stick then crash on edit. Could not reproduce after crash.

Notes List

• Popover - hide subtags, preview styles, sorting, hide attachments look great. You don’t need the tag pane open as much.

Search

• The @untitled operator is a nice addition

• Still some initial typing latency when executing searches, like in Bear 1.

Shortcut Actions

• In Bear 1, some of the functioning Bear shortcuts/actions are not invoked by Siri. "Bear says, 'Note not found'" Manual execution of same shortcuts work fine. What’s the overall status on some of these shortcut actions for Bear 2.0?

And finally...

As new features are added, it’s clear that you all are holding sacred the minimalist principles that make Bear so special. Now, when are you going to sell shirts? I’ll take a polo-style with embroidered bear logo on left chest and contrast stitching on the placket, hem, and sleeves :smile:

brian | 2022-11-01 17:25:15 UTC | #2

Also, some possible search highlighting issues

Overhighlighting in the notes preview with quotes around braces

Partial highlighting in the Editor