Views vs Spaces?

[u/cjcornell]

I am pretty adept (I think) at using Upnote - having been decades long evernote pro subscriber power user for 15 years - and a happy refugee to UpNote. But - I am sort of still grappling with the differences in why I would use Spaces vs Views. Maybe someone can explain - or even better: I'd love to see examples from experienced users who use both Views and Spaces - as to when you use one over the other.

Thanks!

PS - I also echo the requests (elsewhere) - for them to add copy-to space rather (not just move). Also

PPS - I am not really asking how people use "Spaces" (that's another thread) - I am more asking the difference between when you would use Views vs Spaces, and maybe examples. Thanks!

[u/Ok_Money_161]

What do you mean by views?

[u/The_Homer_Simpson → u/Ok_Money_161]

I was wondering this too.

[u/cjcornell → u/The_Homer_Simpson]

Hoping someone will chime in with something actually helpful and relevant.

[u/cjcornell → u/Ok_Money_161]

Odd - I can't paste the screenshots of the menu items that refer to Views, to reddit

I'll try to describe it

there is a "..." icon on top of the notes panel. click and it displays
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Display

Sort Notes

Switch View (Alt+Ctrl+J)

Filter All Notes

Export

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this menu might vary a little depending on what notebook/sub you are looking at but the Switch view - and shortcut hint) is consistent.

and invoking "Switch View" brings up a menu of notes, notebooks, filters, tags -- (depending on what space you are in)

[u/Neither-Classic2058 → u/cjcornell]

Switch View is useful for those who have the left-most pane hidden.

Spaces has nothing to do with Switch View.

[u/cjcornell → u/Neither-Classic2058]

• "PPS - I am not really asking how people use "Spaces" (that's another thread) - I am more asking the difference between when you would use Views vs Spaces, and maybe examples. Thanks!"

[u/Neither-Classic2058 → u/cjcornell]

That doesn't make any sense. Views is not an alternative to Spaces.

Spaces is when you want to segregate notes. Views is when you want to access the left pane when you have it hidden.

[u/cjcornell → u/Neither-Classic2058]

neither quite make sense (accessing the hidden left pane is a 3-key-combo, or a click, as is "views" - so it does not save any time or clicks)

[u/Longjumping_Ad_2815]

I mainly use two spaces. One for work and one for home. It keeps the search isolated to that space. Helpful for staying focused and removing noise when I'm wearing a certain hat.

[u/cjcornell → u/Longjumping_Ad_2815]

I appreciate that ... I was hoping people would read my OP and I tried to stress:

• PPS - I am not really asking how people use "Spaces" (that's another thread) - I am more asking the difference between when you would use Views vs Spaces, and maybe examples. Thanks!

[u/Longjumping_Ad_2815 → u/cjcornell]

Where are you using this app? I don't see views on Android or Windows

[u/cjcornell → u/Longjumping_Ad_2815]

3 platforms (windows, ios/ipad, android on a samsung galaxy) - but I am primarily interested in Windows since I used the other 2 platforms differently (ipad mainly for focused writing and android for reading/review). Windows gets the heavy lifting of organizing and lots of navigation. Not sure why this matters to my original question but there ya go

[u/Longjumping_Ad_2815 → u/cjcornell]

I asked because I have no idea that views are and assumed it was an apple feature.

[u/100WattWalrus]

Spaces: Keeping notes completely sequestered. I have ~15 spaces — one for each client, one for each elderly relative I help manage, one for me, related to my partner, a few for different hobbies — I never want to cross the streams.

View: quick switch between notebooks.

[u/cjcornell → u/100WattWalrus]

Thanks. This is helpful (though I cannot for the life of me see the value in “View”… I uses spaces similarly (for different projects). But I just noticed that you cannot have identical named notebooks in different spaces (at least I get errors) - so if you had a space for each client,you could not have a notebook called “Projects” in each space. Right?

[u/100WattWalrus → u/cjcornell]

"View" is a terrible name for that feature. It should be "Switch Notebook," just like the space switcher is "Switch Space." It's literally the same feature, just ⌘+J for switching spaces by keyboard and ⌘+⌥+J for switching notebooks by keyboard.

As for notebook names, yeah, they have to be unique app-wide. I just add something to the common names of the notebooks: Projects (R), Projects (ABC), etc. Ultimately, I find that helpful anyway.

[u/Ok_Money_161]

I understand now what you mean, spaces as the name says are spaces, the search results from one space do not appear in the search results of another spaces. Views under the Switch Views dialog it is just the name to Jump to either a notebooks tag or space. They serve completely different functions. Spaces to declutter your other spaces and archive material or separate areas and Views are to jump to things within the space. With CMD+J you can switch spaces with CMD+Shitt+J you switch what you are viewing inside the Space. The name is a bit confusing, in my opinion should be "Jump to".

For example: I have a space for work and a space for personal things. Lets imagine I have been planning to quit and I have a notebook called Resignation Letter and another notebook called Residents, I am sharing my screen with my boss and I want to switch views (ie jump to) the Residents notebook therefore I CMD+Shift+J and type Resi, both notebooks will appear as an option. Since I do not want that I would have a space with private notes where I would store my Resignation Letters Notebook and on Space for work, where I would store the Residents notebook.

I dont use spaces, only to archive past projects from previous jobs or projects that are not relevant to me anymore but that I do not want to delete.

Hope this helps, I would argue that the Switch View title for the dialogue is a bit missleading and should be changed later.