I use onenote. Its simplicity and multiplatform support resulted in a lot of "is this really a Microsoft product?" reactions by people I showed it to. Definitely recommend to give it a try
Unfortunately they don't have a osx version.
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Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Evernote?
#32I use onenote. Its simplicity and multiplatform support resulted in a lot of "is this really a Microsoft product?" reactions by people I showed it to. Definitely recommend to give it a try
> multiplatform support
$ apt-cache search onenote
Yielded no results for me. What is the GNU/Linux client called?
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Evernote?
#33By owning a Surface RT, I've used OneNote for almost a semester now. For me the only minus side of OneNote is that the PDF slides from the lecturers can't be editable inside OneNote. This is because the things that are "printed" inside OneNote are images which makes the OneNote file big. But then, after trying some alternatives, I cannot find any better one. Seems that I will stick to OneNote for now.
As a Windows Phone user, I have come to love OneNote as well.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Evernote?
#34It's not close to a full-blown Evernote alternative, but Google keep ( http://keep.google.com ) is my alternative.
Keep is the first note taking app I can use without getting frustrated, precisely because it is so limited and does not feel bloated.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Evernote?
#35I use JustNotes on OS X, which is built on top of Simplenote. It syncs wonderfully and is very, well, Simple. The reason I switched to Evernote: rich text.
Google Keep can't do RTF either :(
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Evernote?
#36Fair chance is that plethora of use-cases covered by Evernote are not covered by any other alternative. OCR, Web Clipper (favorite bit of mine), audio notes, location-aware notes, sharing, cross-platform support, awesome note indexing and subsequent search, offline caching, 3rd (as well as 1st) party app ecosystem integrated with their API... You name it. Even their free as well as premium tier give you a lot of bang for buck.
Which is kind of explanation of why they can get away with some issues in their service - they own the space. Period.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Evernote?
#37I've been using nValt with synching via SimpleNote. nValt is pretty nice, actually - the UI is optimized for fast searching or adding notes.
Same here. Been loving nValt and saving my notes in Dropbox. Super simple, and incredibly fast.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Evernote?
#38I use onenote. Its simplicity and multiplatform support resulted in a lot of "is this really a Microsoft product?" reactions by people I showed it to. Definitely recommend to give it a try
> multiplatform support $ apt-cache search onenote Yielded no results for me. What is the GNU/Linux client called?
Sorry, I was referring to iOS and Android mobile support. There's a webversion though accessible from https://skydrive.live.com, but I've hardly used it (so can't recommend it. Also, I suppose a desktop version is crucial for a good note taking app so I guess it's not worth trying on linux / mac).
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Evernote?
#39Text files on dropbox, using native editors is definitely the most portable solution with no vendor lock in. Dropbox's web site even has an online text editor.
+1, couldn't agree more.
I have dropbox aware editors on all of my devices, and have a good directory layout for storing and working on ideas as text files. BTW, I use the same setup so I can work on my book projects on any of my devices (using leanpub).
I use Dropbox a lot for clipping web articles, taking pictures of bills and records, etc.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Evernote?
#40Zim is pretty decent if you like something on the desktop and like wikis. Its strength is in quickly organizing a bunch of related ideas/notes (being a wiki) but it is much faster to use than a browser-based wiki. http://zim-wiki.org/
I tend to just scribble in Vim though, or use paper and pencil.