Unable to view forum "Likes"?  

RE: Unable to view forum "Likes"?

Posted by: @0verdrive

(Apologies if this is not the best sub-forum, or if the answer is obvious!)

I'm relatively new to 3D printing, and have been browsing the forum quite a bit lately.  I'm preparing to buy an i3 MK3S+, and have been doing a fair amount of research that I'd like to refer back to later.  I've found a good number of posts that I would like to reference, and have "liked" them - but I don't see a way to find these "likes" later. 

When I view my profile, I can see how many likes I've left, but (unlike "forum posts" and "topics") I cannot click on the "like" number to view the "liked" posts.  (Why not?)

I know that I can subscribe to a thread, but that only gets me so far - I'd like to go to a specific post, if possible.

Thanks,

~Dean

I liked this, but probably wouldn't be able to find it later unless I subscribed to it 

RE: Unable to view forum "Likes"?

Posted by: @0verdrive

[...] I've found a good number of posts that I would like to reference, and have "liked" them - but I don't see a way to find these "likes" later. 

You're probably better off bookmarking them in some way.

• When doing research, I'll create a related browser bookmark folder and just add the relevant links as I find interesting things.
• A few years ago, I started using Evernote which has some nice "clipping" features.
• I recently encountered Obsidian for note taking, canceled Evernote, and have tweaked a plugin that will save any highlighted text on a page, and create a link with the page title and URL. This lets me "preview" the important parts of a without having to pull it up in my browser. This is a true "knowledge repository" that I can search and organize easily.

RE: Unable to view forum "Likes"?

Posted by: @bobstro

• A few years ago, I started using Evernote which has some nice "clipping" features.
• I recently encountered Obsidian for note taking, canceled Evernote, and have tweaked a plugin that will save any highlighted text on a page, and create a link with the page title and URL. This lets me "preview" the important parts of a without having to pull it up in my browser. This is a true "knowledge repository" that I can search and organize easily.

Oooo, a new replacement for Evernote? I'll have to investigate that. I used Evernote for a while and it was great until they made a bunch of changes that wrecked usefulness for me. I've been limping along with OneNote since then.

RE: Unable to view forum "Likes"?

Thanks, everyone!  I was hoping that (being new to the forum) I was missing how to view likes for later reference. 

Barring that option, I appreciate the pointers for different tools for referring to posts later.  I find that if I create bookmarks for every post on various sites I'm interested in, I soon end up with enough bookmarks that they're difficult to dig through.  But I wasn't aware of Obsidian, so I'll check it out!

Thanks again,

~Dean

And now a brief tangent on Obsidian

Posted by: @chris-laudermilk

 Oooo, a new replacement for Evernote? I'll have to investigate that. I used Evernote for a while and it was great until they made a bunch of changes that wrecked usefulness for me. I've been limping along with OneNote since then.

Not to get off on too much of a tangent, but Obsidian hit the nail on the head in terms of knowledge management for me:

• Cross platform (MacOS, iOS, Windows, Linux, Android).
• Local only (no cloud out of the box).
• Data is portable to other apps (all markdown format text files).
• Free, but not open source, with optional publishing and sync subscriptions if you want them. (Pricey, mostly as show of support for development.)
• Synchronizes with a number of different options, do not required their paid option (dropbox, etc. I'm using SyncThing between 2 MacOS and 3 Android devices).
• Extensible. Lots of plugin options enhance functionality.
• Ease of making and maintaining cross-links between documents (this is its main strength).

The desktop editor recently got a big WYSIWYG upgrade. You can easily paste in rich text (converted to markdown) and images. Pasting tables doesn't work well, though there are some plugins that might help.

I'm going to be starting Obsidian notes pages... once I figure out how to publish Obsidian markdown files directly. Looks like there are quite a few options available.

raindrop.io is good for managing bookmarks (with limits), Obsidian for long-term notes

Posted by: @0verdrive

[...] Barring that option, I appreciate the pointers for different tools for referring to posts later.  I find that if I create bookmarks for every post on various sites I'm interested in, I soon end up with enough bookmarks that they're difficult to dig through. 

You might check out raindrop.io. Think of it as a central cloud-based boookmark manager. A bit easier to sort and organize. Unfortunately, it's one-way only. Easy to import bookmarks into, but not out of. Once I got the web page clipping working in Obsidian, I've made that my main "brain" and just use bookmarks for quick capture of things to look at later.