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The first dead Unicorn will be Evernote

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Re: The first dead Unicorn will be Evernote

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Post by npunt »

joshdickson wrote: post #54
muglug wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not the author's fault, directly – it's a problem with the platform (syrah.co). I upped the font-weight from 300 to 400 in Chrome dev tools, and everything was instantly better.

I'm the author of the post and I wrote the entire site's codebase (syrah.co), and I did all the design, so it's all on me. You're right, we will be fixing this in an update soon. Syrah is still in beta and we weren't quite expecting this to get as widely read as it's becoming, so hopefully you'll forgive the crappy formatting :) Appreciate the feedback.

Reader View / RSS also cuts off right before the tweet FYI.

EDIT: I was under the presumption that reader view used RSS, which it turns out it may not. Anyway, very good article with a lot of good facts, forgot to mention that in my slight rant about styling on the web above :)

Re: The first dead Unicorn will be Evernote

#62

Post by PhasmaFelis »

kalleboo wrote: post #42
lynchdt wrote: post #7

We tried Evernote for business in our office for around 6 months. The sharing and communication feature-set was really bad. In a shared notebook we ended up with 'conflicted copies' of lots of important notes that really needed to be an authority on things. The 'Work Chat' feature is spectacularly bad and unusable - to the point of comedy. Most of us flipped way to using Google Apps and Keep Notes, which just really…

I'm amazed they still haven't fixed the syncing/conflicted copy issues. We switched to OneNote pretty much right after they Mac/iOS versions came out and the "just works" live collaboration was a breath of fresh air.

Wait, Mac?

...Holy shit. OneNote has Mac and Android versions now? I only stuck with Evernote this long because it was the only thing that would sync across all my devices.

I don't need collaboration, just an external memory store. How is OneNote for taking structured/organized, rich-text notes for a single user? I'll check it out tomorrow, and I might switch immediately.

Re: The first dead Unicorn will be Evernote

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Post by [deleted] »

kalleboo wrote: post #42
lynchdt wrote: post #7

We tried Evernote for business in our office for around 6 months. The sharing and communication feature-set was really bad. In a shared notebook we ended up with 'conflicted copies' of lots of important notes that really needed to be an authority on things. The 'Work Chat' feature is spectacularly bad and unusable - to the point of comedy. Most of us flipped way to using Google Apps and Keep Notes, which just really…

I'm amazed they still haven't fixed the syncing/conflicted copy issues. We switched to OneNote pretty much right after they Mac/iOS versions came out and the "just works" live collaboration was a breath of fresh air.

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Re: The first dead Unicorn will be Evernote

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Post by gaius »

mark_l_watson wrote: post #40

Doesn't it seem nasty to claim that a large established company may go out of business? Just the claim can hurt their business. Evernote is fairly useful. I pay the minimum amount above the free tier. I enjoy the product but I only use it perhaps 10 minutes a day, on average.

Anyone can claim anything, even selling a stock is a claim of sorts.

Re: The first dead Unicorn will be Evernote

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Post by joshdickson »

inopinatus wrote: post #56
muglug wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not the author's fault, directly – it's a problem with the platform (syrah.co). I upped the font-weight from 300 to 400 in Chrome dev tools, and everything was instantly better.

I'd say the author is pretty directly responsible; he is the CEO and founder of the platform :-) Personally I just switched to reader mode, but that's not actionable feedback.

I know, I'm the worst :( Thanks for the feedback :)

Re: The first dead Unicorn will be Evernote

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Post by jaaron »

mintplant wrote: post #9

So what's the alternative to Evernote? The article lists Google Docs, which doesn't really seem equivalent, and OneNote. I'm using OneNote right now to organize planning for a media/writing project, and the experience leaves a lot to be desired. The writing interface in particular is clunky, in the web client and on Android -- on my phone, I have to pop open a menu and then a drawer just to switch bold text on or off…

I've primarily moved to a combination of Google Apps and Dropbox (for pure file storage). I can pretty much use Google Docs for the note taking I did with Evernote or I can use other apps that sync or export to Google Docs.

Re: The first dead Unicorn will be Evernote

#67

Post by joshdickson »

npunt wrote: post #61
joshdickson wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm the author of the post and I wrote the entire site's codebase (syrah.co), and I did all the design, so it's all on me. You're right, we will be fixing this in an update soon. Syrah is still in beta and we weren't quite expecting this to get as widely read as it's becoming, so hopefully you'll forgive the crappy formatting :) Appreciate the feedback.

Reader View / RSS also cuts off right before the tweet FYI. EDIT: I was under the presumption that reader view used RSS, which it turns out it may not. Anyway, very good article with a lot of good facts, forgot to mention that in my slight rant about styling on the web above :)

Didn't know RSS worked at all, actually, as I definitely haven't written any code to support it. Thanks for the info.

Re: The first dead Unicorn will be Evernote

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Post by insulanian »

favadi wrote: post #47
chandika wrote: post #30

I was a heavy evernote user a few years ago and then migrated to OneNote. I think one of the challenges that is causing evernote users to drain off is as its organization model for notes is broken unless you are highly disciplined in using tags. As your usage grows the product becomes worse for you for non-search navigation and discovery. MS OneNote on the other hand feels like an upgrade from evernote in terms of it…

Last time I tried OneNote, its text editor allows click and type anywhere. I found this behavior is weird and there is no option to turn it off. I know it makes sense if we use touch pen, but not for typing with keyboard.

This! I use OneNote, but I hate that "click and type anywhere" feature. I'd like to have something like Markdown, but with easy tables and embedded images.

Re: The first dead Unicorn will be Evernote

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Post by DevKoala »

PhasmaFelis wrote: post #62
kalleboo wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm amazed they still haven't fixed the syncing/conflicted copy issues. We switched to OneNote pretty much right after they Mac/iOS versions came out and the "just works" live collaboration was a breath of fresh air.

Wait, Mac? ...Holy shit. OneNote has Mac and Android versions now? I only stuck with Evernote this long because it was the only thing that would sync across all my devices. I don't need collaboration, just an external memory store. How is OneNote for taking structured/organized, rich-text notes for a single user? I'll check it out tomorrow, and I might switch immediately.

It is great. I use it across my iOS devices. It also comes with free cloud storage.

Re: The first dead Unicorn will be Evernote

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Post by [deleted] »

PhasmaFelis wrote: post #62
kalleboo wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm amazed they still haven't fixed the syncing/conflicted copy issues. We switched to OneNote pretty much right after they Mac/iOS versions came out and the "just works" live collaboration was a breath of fresh air.

Wait, Mac? ...Holy shit. OneNote has Mac and Android versions now? I only stuck with Evernote this long because it was the only thing that would sync across all my devices. I don't need collaboration, just an external memory store. How is OneNote for taking structured/organized, rich-text notes for a single user? I'll check it out tomorrow, and I might switch immediately.

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