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Why Evernote failed to realize its potential (2021)

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Re: Why Evernote failed to realize its potential (2021)

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Post by dgdosen »

perplex wrote: post #46
SUPERSLEDZ wrote: post #27

Still looking for viable replacement: * Joplin had some issues I've checked year ago. * Apple notes while I have iPhone there's no Windows app. * OneNote is just trully horrendous app. * Obsidian just can't convince myself. I'm forcing myself to use it work, while it works, it's not something I enjoy doing. * Notion is odd, everything is a block and sometimes formatting is just meh... * Google keep is just simple not…

I use bear.app and love the simplicity but is versatile enough to all my uses cases. It only runs on Apple platforms, so maybe a deal breaker. It seems similar to Obsidian, so maybe another deal breaker. It syncs via CloudKit and for what it's worth, the devs have shared that they are working on a web app version that would presumably use CloudKit Web Services.

also (IMO) - - exportable/importable to/from markdown in case that's ever needed - much faster than evernote ever was

It's what Evernote was supposed to be. They've got some richer formatting open issues - but that's coming in V2.

Re: Why Evernote failed to realize its potential (2021)

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Post by sj4nz »

SUPERSLEDZ wrote: post #27

Still looking for viable replacement: * Joplin had some issues I've checked year ago. * Apple notes while I have iPhone there's no Windows app. * OneNote is just trully horrendous app. * Obsidian just can't convince myself. I'm forcing myself to use it work, while it works, it's not something I enjoy doing. * Notion is odd, everything is a block and sometimes formatting is just meh... * Google keep is just simple not…

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Re: Why Evernote failed to realize its potential (2021)

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Post by stavros »

Snitch-Thursday wrote: post #21
INeedMoreRam wrote: post #15

I use and encourage Joplin instead of any privacy-breaching commercialized product such as Evernote, Notion, or OneNote.

I use the multimedia and handwriting touch capabilities of my tablets and phones. Since Joplin does not have handwriting support, nor image embeds, nor file embeds. This is not to single out that tool, since most cross-platform notetaking applications have the same problem or a similar permutation. I choose to be stuck with OneNote 2010 because: 1. It has local files I can back up and sync, no cloud account or online…

What do you mean by image/file embeds? You can embed images and files just fine.

Re: Why Evernote failed to realize its potential (2021)

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Post by disqard »

vasac wrote: post #18

Last time I was using their Windows app it felt non-native in a bad way (some 7-8 years ago). Also, I managed to lose note content in their iPhone app just by opening note which contained large image. Image simply disappeared nowhere to be found either on phone or computer. After that happened for a second time I kinda switched to iOS Notes and later to Joplin.

I experienced a similar data loss, which was very impactful: I was at the "fast-forward" session of SIGGRAPH, making notes on what I wanted to attend. Somewhere near the end of the session, EverNote crashed and took all of the data in such a way that it was neither on my device, nor on the cloud. That was a deal-breaker.

I uninstalled the app and deleted my subscription.

These days, I keep my notes as .md files and they stay in sync using Nextcloud. I've been using this for ~4 years now, and it works great!

Re: Why Evernote failed to realize its potential (2021)

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Post by thecodrr »

Shameless plug but for the past 2 years we have slowly been working to replace Evernote with Notesnook [1]. Sounds weird to say "replace Evernote" when Evernote is absolute shit (no offense) but one of the main reasons we went this route is because Evernote did one thing right: It made personal note taking approachable & actually fun. Nowadays, a lot of the modern note taking apps (Notion, Slite etc.) are focused on the "enterprise user" i.e. they prioritize business focused note taking with features like collaborations, integrations etc. Private & personal note taking is no longer the hype which, in my opinion, is really sad.

I might be mistaken in my viewpoint however, of later I have noticed a huge trend toward providing user experiences that target a team workflow. Personal workflows are an afterthought, at best. For some tools this works out but for note taking apps I think it creates a huge void. Not everyone wants a thousands ways to integrate, publish whole websites, buy & sell, and create presentations using their notes app.

[1] https://notesnook.com/

Re: Why Evernote failed to realize its potential (2021)

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Post by edmundsauto »

SUPERSLEDZ wrote: post #27

Still looking for viable replacement: * Joplin had some issues I've checked year ago. * Apple notes while I have iPhone there's no Windows app. * OneNote is just trully horrendous app. * Obsidian just can't convince myself. I'm forcing myself to use it work, while it works, it's not something I enjoy doing. * Notion is odd, everything is a block and sometimes formatting is just meh... * Google keep is just simple not…

I followed a similar path until I discovered Heptabase. Focused on speed like Obsidian, but the solo dev pushes out new features at an insane pace. They do this by focusing, so you won’t see a laundry list of features, and it’s pay only but well worth the money.

Finding your note taking app is like finding sobriety. Some apps work for some people but any given app is unlikely to be “the one”. My strategy was to just keep trying them until one sticks, because I know note taking is crucial for my success.

Re: Why Evernote failed to realize its potential (2021)

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Post by ca7 »

SUPERSLEDZ wrote: post #42
mahathu wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love, love LOVE TickTick. It is a note-taking and todo list app and everything is so frictionless like I've never seen before. Also supports markdown notes. I'm only concerned that it looks like a Chinese Todoist clone. The about page doesn't is suspiciously elusive.

Would you mind sharing url? Hard to find with all the urls coming from TikTok. :D

My guess is they are referring to TickTick: https://ticktick.com/

Re: Why Evernote failed to realize its potential (2021)

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Post by seabriez »

INeedMoreRam wrote: post #15

I use and encourage Joplin instead of any privacy-breaching commercialized product such as Evernote, Notion, or OneNote.

Source for OneNote being privacy breaching. Highly doubt it that Microsoft has any reason to breach your notes privacy. From a legal standpoint smaller companies have less to lose by cutting corners. Example? Zoom had several breaches where people were able to activate the camera remotely.
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