Well quite honestly I am sure the featureset in Bear2.0 is already set in stone. I would be more of a wishlist of items post-release. I do most of my writing on an ipad, so i am anxiously awaiting that which I suspect will drop soon.
Rather than throwing all requests into this one thread i would either create an own thread for each request or put the request into an already existing one. That improves the chance for discussion and communication
I would like the search results to be sorted by relevance, as in iA Writer, macOS Spotlight and DEVONthink. The token @title only partially solves this problem
My biggest hurdle to using Bear has always been the tiny fonts used in the notes lists views on iOS. In general, would like the option for larger fonts in all versions (iOS, iPadOS, and macOS), in all places. The larger font options for the actual notes are gorgeous, and very usable. But when I open the app on my iPhone and donāt have my glasses on, I canāt even read the names of the notes.
This is a pretty big accessibility problem ā one that Appleās Notes, and several other apps handle beautifully. Dynamic Type for list views in iOS is really quite easy now, and shown off in a lot of Appleās own sample code. For macOS, a couple font size options for the notes and sidebar list would be a huge win.
Overall, Bear is my favorite writing app already today, and the Panda editor changes look amazing. But not being able to pull out my phone and read my list of notes keeps forcing me to drop using Bear.
My hope is Bear developers donāt take on anything that would keep Bear 2.0 from being delivered in Q1 2023.
Despite years of hearing about and hoping for Bear 2.0, Iāve somehow convinced myself that weāll not only have Bear 2.0 released in Q1 2023, but also see subsequent releases/updates of Bear measured in weeks or months instead of years. I really donāt want to spend the next 6-12 months talking about what features we want to see in Bear 2.0 when itās released in 2024.
Iād like to see a Gallery view for my notes. Sometimes I just like to display my notes in a similar way to cards, like Google Keep and Evernote do. Not terribly important, but would be a welcome feature as it changes the way I āthinkā about all the notes in a topic. Sometimes I gather all my āscrapā notes and put them side by side to see them as one whole picture, etc. Love everything the team is doing, canāt wait for the iOS and iPadOS apps.
Honestly, the amount of work theyāve already done, polished as the Bear team have a history of doing, is way more than enough for me. I absolutely love Bear, and Iām excited for a rock-solid 2.0 release with the new editor, OCR, backlinks, etc.
That said, in future incremental 2.x versions, I would absolutely love to see typewriter mode, a VIM-style editing mode, and workspaces and themes sound great too.
Vim is a modal editor. There is a normal-mode (moving around, updating, deleting) and an insert-mode (inserting text) for entering text. The modes allow for a really powerful way to edit text. Most text editors and IDEs have some sort of Vim keybindings either natively or provided through a plugin. I imagine that itās primarily used by software developers, but once you get used to editing text with Vim-style keybindings, you tend to really miss it without.
Itās a nerdy software dev thing. People who love vim love it and want it everywhere. People who donāt canāt usually even close the damn app because its keybindings are so idiosyncratic. In other words: something nowhere close to Bearās stated target audience and design goals.