For years, one of the most annoying issues with using concepts has been that it is not possible to accomplish a lot offline due to cloud-first architecture. The company has finally resolved the issue and added support for offline mode to the app.
To absolutely surprise anyone, the company on Tuesday said in a post announcing the update that this is one of the most requested features from users.
Therefore, users are finally able to view, edit and create notes without an internet connection via Interion's desktop and mobile apps. The app also allows you to download one page for offline access.
Once you're back online, the app will sync any changes you make to the document. However, without an internet connection, blocks like embeds, forms, or buttons don't work either.
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Additionally, if you subscribe to a Notion's Plus, Business or Enterprise plan, the app will automatically download your recently viewed favorite pages.
Users can turn off automatic downloads and manage downloads via the new “Offline” menu in the Settings panel.
The company's CEO Ivan Zhao said in the X thread that the concept cannot ship all of these years because the app uses complex databases to store different blocks, and that the concept cannot ship this year, as it requires multiple people to build a conflict resolution mechanism to manage instances that modify documents offline.
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