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I ditched evernote after I lost my data twice. Sadly I have yet to find a solution which I feel would be an adequate replacement. Even Paperwork is far from it. Either the proposed alternative is even buggier than evernote, or it doesn't implement the full featureset I need. I kind of feel that for me the pinnacle of Evernote was version 3. The lure of being able to dump any information into it and sort it later was…
As other's have mentioned, the WebUI is a major no-no. Evernote's strength lies in its Desktop application and very useful clipping service. The fact that Evernote uses its own cloud storage instead of say an encrypted folder in Google Drive/Dropbox etc is a negative of the service. Sync is required but implemented in the most undesirable way in Evernote currently. Paperwork is promising, but seems to have replicated…
That makes me think, has anyone tried to build a note taking app based on git? A tricky part for this kind of app is networking and synchronization of notes, and that's all taken care of by git. The "only" thing left would be to implement the mobile and desktop front ends.
[1] http://openmirage.org/blog/introducing-irmin
[2] http://nymote.org/blog/2015/brewing-miso-to-serve-nymote/
Earlier quoted context omitted.
That was a joke you mean downvoters.
HN doesn't like jokes. It's dry.
Some of my highest-voted comments have been pure humor. A few examples, with parent comments included for context:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8690893 (86 points, and 24 for the followup comment)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6447007 (43 points)
Even this silly one-liner got 23 points:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7863205
That one won't make sense out of context, so here's the article it refers to:
http://www.newstatesman.com/business/2014/06/bizarre-secret-...
My point in sharing these is to give some examples of kinds of humor that have gone over well here. Of course as they say, "Past performance is no guarantee of future results."
I think a very simple step that could be taken to improve adoption would be making it more obvious that you don't need an email to try the demo. I would mention it right on the demo "Signup" page. Judging by some of the comments here, something that simple would likely get more people to try it.
How do you get past the signin page without using an email?
There's also Simplenote. I can recommend it. It's pretty cool, it's just plaintext, and it just works. I migrated to it after I got sick of the formatting in Evernote getting screwed up and sync issues causing data loss.
Why is an account needed for the demo??? That turned me off enough to give up. I am tired of having to create an account for everything and anything - and it makes managing passwords harder, or promotes using weaker passwords. I don't want to live in a world where each step I take on the internet requires a separate account/password!
As other's have mentioned, the WebUI is a major no-no. Evernote's strength lies in its Desktop application and very useful clipping service. The fact that Evernote uses its own cloud storage instead of say an encrypted folder in Google Drive/Dropbox etc is a negative of the service. Sync is required but implemented in the most undesirable way in Evernote currently. Paperwork is promising, but seems to have replicated…
I hate this trend towards supporting only one or another kind of proprietary service.[1] What is wrong with WebDAV? That way, you can use a cloud hosting provider, or self-host.
[1] I'm looking at you Scrivener.