Sharing about a few networked knowledge tools I have used.
Miro: https://miro.com/
Miro is your team's visual platform to connect, collaborate, and create — together.
Notion: https://www.notion.so/
A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team.
Walling: https://walling.app/
Walling is your visual space to organize all your ideas and projects.
Slack: https://slack.com/
Slack is a new way to communicate with your team. It's faster, better organized, and more secure than email.
(Random Pick: Because it looks so similar to Slack)
Discord: https://discord.com/
Discord is the easiest way to talk over voice, video, and text. Talk, chat, hang out, and stay close with your friends and communities.
Why I put them together is that I found a similarity among those applications: they all utilize a left-side toolbar in their webpage design. However, in most Chinese applications, I didn't see a similar design.
A few thoughts on this consistent design:
- Easy Navigation
Placing the toolbar on the left side provides easy and quick access to essential features and functions. Since most people read from left to right, it aligns with users' natural scanning behavior, making it intuitive to locate and interact with different tools and options. - Cross-platform Consistency
Many productive tools aim to provide a seamless experience across various platforms, including desktop, web, and mobile. The left-side toolbar, with its compact and vertically oriented layout, can be adapted to different screen sizes and orientations, maintaining a consistent user interface and ensuring familiarity across devices.
What else?