Although evernote is in the category of the lightest must-have app, it's an extremely bloated app. too bloated in terms of features. I really wonder what percentage of users use all the features.
Why Evernote failed to realize its potential (2021)
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Re: Why Evernote failed to realize its potential (2021)
#32Honestly Apple Notes works really well. It doesn't have much features, but its simplicity should be the baseline of any note taking app
How do you get your notes out of apple notes though? They're like some sort of covetous demon who won't let your notes go once it consumes them. I literally went to the apple notes discord once and asked them directly and their response was basically "Apple Notes isn't design to be used for more than 100 notes"... so be very very careful about choosing to use Apple Notes cause you may never get your notes out of ther…
You can use AppleScript to copy them into other apps. Though a lack of an API is annoying.
Re: Why Evernote failed to realize its potential (2021)
#33I never installed it, because there are too many other ways to make notes. They were solving a problem that was already solved, albeit imperfectly.
I can send an email to myself. If it's a person's info, I can put them in Contacts. Or I can have a Google Doc called "Notes" where I write stuff. All of those have interfaces I already know.
One can validly object that all of those methods have drawbacks. But they've worked well enough for me that I wasn't wishing for Evernote and one more thing to learn.
Re: Why Evernote failed to realize its potential (2021)
#34Still 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 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.
Re: Why Evernote failed to realize its potential (2021)
#35I 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…
I’m able to embed images into the Joplin app - not sure how long ago you tried?
Re: Why Evernote failed to realize its potential (2021)
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tldr it's very hard to get people to pay for something they can live without.
Re: Why Evernote failed to realize its potential (2021)
#37Re: Why Evernote failed to realize its potential (2021)
#38Still 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…
NotePlan is my favorite
Re: Why Evernote failed to realize its potential (2021)
#39Still 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…
What kind of notes do you take?
I've used OneNote for like 12 years now I think and I love it. It's where my school notes are and every note I've taken in my career since then. My personal diaries and life notes. Everything is in it.
I've been looking at Obsidian as well because I like the idea of self hosting but aside from that I've never seen a reason to leave.
So back to my question, what kind of notes do you take?
Re: Why Evernote failed to realize its potential (2021)
#40I find this an interesting reflection of an org I used to work for. Originally successful product allowed to stagnate over the course of decades with all the energy being sucked up by new shiny bolt-ons while the core business need and core product is never re-imagined to fit in with modern industry trends.
On reflection it always looks kinda daft that this can end up happening but I think (at least in my case) its easy for orgs to lose sight of their product's failings which can be compacted by the need to always hype up their product in public and this bleeds into private and into strategy.