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Evernote, the bug-ridden elephant

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Re: Evernote, the bug-ridden elephant

#31

LOL. Evernote has always had more rough-edges than Android. So I ditched it after that huge security incident by using cloudHQ to migrate to something else: https://www.cloudhq.net/evernote

What did you migrate to? How does it compare and how do you like it?

Re: Evernote, the bug-ridden elephant

#32
Shit, here I am finally taking the time to see what Evernote is and finding that I could find use for it in my day to day. Yet now there is no way I could ever trust it with my data, everything I would put on it is important to me.

What are some good Evernote alternatives?

Re: Evernote, the bug-ridden elephant

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post #29

I consider myself an informal evernote evangelist, but honestly, I kind of agree here. The new Safari web clipper is all sorts of buggy (and sometimes messes with websites and navigation). And yes, the OS X client is quite slow and bulky. And I really don't appreciate not being able to resize the window to half of my screen (1440x900) size. Hopefully there's an OS X client overhaul on its way?

Funny you should mention the web clipper, as I've been uninstalling it from all my browsers. It kept on inserting half-rendered HTML into random webpages I would visit.

Re: Evernote, the bug-ridden elephant

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post #33
post #29

I consider myself an informal evernote evangelist, but honestly, I kind of agree here. The new Safari web clipper is all sorts of buggy (and sometimes messes with websites and navigation). And yes, the OS X client is quite slow and bulky. And I really don't appreciate not being able to resize the window to half of my screen (1440x900) size. Hopefully there's an OS X client overhaul on its way?

Funny you should mention the web clipper, as I've been uninstalling it from all my browsers. It kept on inserting half-rendered HTML into random webpages I would visit.

Hah, I just got that this morning in Safari. It only happens for me after I disable the extension, on tabs which I had open with the extension enabled. Apparently disabling the extension doesn't clean itself up properly on safari, and it leaves those broken s at the bottom of the page around until you refresh it.

Re: Evernote, the bug-ridden elephant

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post #9

Yeah. I lost substantial data in their web client. All developers know that feeling when using an app: you're dealing with something a little half-assed. Evernote has always had that feel for me. Switching over to something else, preferably based on flat files using something like Markdown, is on my to-do list.

I never used it because until recently, the Mac app interface felt like a Windows app from 1999.

Re: Evernote, the bug-ridden elephant

#37
I just realized that I've stopped using my Evernote account ever since I upgraded to iOS7...and that's just because it kept crashing on me even if I had a brand new phone. This post just reminded me to cancel my Evernote pro-account and move all my stuff over to -- I guess, Google Docs? (as others have recommended). For receipts, I've been using the Flickr app to auto-upload my iPhone photos into a private folder. Then, I just send download links to accounting for reimbursement. It's even easier than Dropbox -- and it's free for up to 1 TB. The security issues are scary...it'd be interesting to see Evernote's reply.

Re: Evernote, the bug-ridden elephant

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post #32

Shit, here I am finally taking the time to see what Evernote is and finding that I could find use for it in my day to day. Yet now there is no way I could ever trust it with my data, everything I would put on it is important to me. What are some good Evernote alternatives?

I like Simplenote (http://simplenote.com/)

Re: Evernote, the bug-ridden elephant

#39
post #6

I've been meaning to move off of Evernote because their OSX client is just slow as all hell. Are there any alternatives, aside from something like Dropbox? Evernote's OCR implementation was/is really useful.

Try Devonthink. http://www.devontechnologies.com No affiliation, just love the software.

I agree. I've had multiple friends swear by Evernote and every time I tried, I'd get a few hours into it and find some annoying limitation. DevonThink gives me everything I need. They're a bit behind on having a good sync solution for iOS, but they've been actively working on it for a long time now and it should be coming soon.

Re: Evernote, the bug-ridden elephant

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skitch used to be such a wonderful little application, but I refuse to pay for it since evernote bought it and crapped all over it. is there a good alternative to skitch yet?

I still don't understand all the hate for the new version of Skitch; taking a screenshot and throwing a few shapes and text on it takes less than 5 seconds. What's the problem?
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