Hey

Notion has become my digital home. It's where I think, plan, and build.

But after years of pushing it to its limits, I've found myself wishing for features that would make it truly exceptional. These aren't small tweaks—they're thoughtful additions that would fundamentally change how we work.

Here are eight features I hope the Notion team considers.

1. Side-by-Side Pages with Drag-and-Drop

Imagine opening two pages next to each other and simply dragging blocks between them. No copying, no pasting, no losing your place.

Side-by-side pages would make Notion feel more like a true workspace. You could reference one page while writing in another, compare databases, or restructure your wiki without the constant back-and-forth.

The drag-and-drop functionality would make it intuitive—grab a block, move it over, done.

Their Product designer likes this post, so they may add it soon 👀

2. Native Recurring Tasks

Thomas Frank built an elegant solution for recurring tasks using formulas and automations. It works, but it shouldn't have to exist.

A native solution would be simple: set a task to repeat daily, weekly, monthly, or on custom intervals. When you complete it, a new instance appears automatically. No formulas to maintain, no automation limits to worry about. Just straightforward, reliable recurring tasks that anyone can set up in seconds.

3. Custom Fonts and Typography

Notion's current fonts work, but they make every workspace look the same. Design matters, and the right typography can make your knowledge base feel like yours.

Adding more font options—or better yet, allowing custom font uploads—would let creators, teams, and businesses align their Notion spaces with their brand identity.

A design agency could use its brand typeface. A writer could choose something that makes long-form reading more comfortable. It's a small change that would have a massive impact on how Notion feels.

4. Radar Chart Visualization

Sometimes you need to compare multiple variables at once—skill assessments, product evaluations, personal growth metrics. Radar charts (or spider charts) excel at this.

They show patterns and gaps that tables and other chart types hide.

Notion already has solid database views and simple charts, but adding spider charts would unlock new ways to visualize progress and make decisions. Imagine tracking your team's competencies across different skills, or comparing multiple project proposals on various criteria—all in one clear, visual format.

5. Template Updates Without the Tedious Work

You create a template, share it, people love it. Then you improve it. Now you have to manually update every single page that uses it.

For creators and teams who build template systems, this is exhausting.

There should be a way to update the source template and push those changes to all instances—with safeguards for custom content people have added. Maybe it's an "update from template" button. Maybe it's smart merging that preserves user edits.

However it works, it needs to exist.

(Currently, we're using only the migration method to transfer data from an old version to a new one )

6. Mind Maps with Live Database Integration

Picture this: you're in a page with several databases—projects, tasks, notes. You open a whiteboard view within that same page and drag database items directly onto the canvas as blocks. You connect them with arrows to show relationships.

Those relationships sync back to the database in real time, creating actual relational properties you can filter and rollup.

This would bridge visual thinking and structured data. You could map out project dependencies and have those connections inform your database views.

You could brainstorm how ideas relate and turn that into queryable data. Mind mapping wouldn't be separate from your databases—it would be another way to interact with them.

7. Password Protection for Specific Pages

Some pages need an extra layer of security—sensitive client information, private notes, or confidential company data. Right now, Notion's permissions are all-or-nothing at the workspace or page-sharing level.

Adding password protection for individual pages would give users granular control over sensitive content. Someone might have access to your workspace but shouldn't see everything in it. A simple password lock would solve this elegantly.

8. AI Theme Designer

What if you could upload a color palette or brand image to Notion AI and have it redesign your entire workspace theme automatically?

Instead of manually changing colors across every database, callout, and button, Notion AI would analyze your reference and apply a cohesive color scheme throughout your template.

It would understand color theory, maintain proper contrast for readability, and transform your workspace in seconds.

This would be especially powerful for creators and businesses who want their Notion spaces to match their brand identity without hours of manual work.

Your Voice Matters

If any of these features resonated with you, I encourage you to share your thoughts directly with Notion.

They genuinely listen to their community, and the more people who express interest in these ideas, the more likely they are to become reality. You can reach the Notion team at team@makenotion.com with your own feature suggestions.

While we wait for Notion to build these features, I've spent years solving similar problems in my own way. Second Brain 6.0 is my answer, a complete system that turns Notion into something that actually works the way your mind does.

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Let's make Notion better, together.

Osama aka Ols

Thank you for reading ;)