Bill Myers

Wow. Thank you for sharing this. I'm not entirely sure how all this would work or whether it would fit my use case but -- I'm intrigued to say the least. I think a more robust tasks feature would be amazing both for me personally and for Evernote as a product. I can't wait until some of this is unveiled to the wider public for feedback.

I'd love to see the capability to assign categories to tasks. I know that for most use cases, organizing tasks by project makes the most sense. And Evernote tasks work great for this. But I practice GTD, which recommends organizing tasks by "context": the person, place or tool required to accomplish an action. The ability to add that kind of metadata to tasks while still having them located in a project note would be all I'd need to adopt this feature. It's not the sort of thing that will cause me to stop using Evernote -- I use it for so many things, and I love it. But boy, it would be cool to have this feature and be able to use tasks for my use case. I'm aware Evernote can't accommodate every desire each and every customer has. But it can never hurt to ask.

I don't. To the best of my knowledge, Bending Spoons hasn't said anything about that yet. For all we know, they could bundle AI with the Professional tier as an incentive to upgrade. Or they could charge more for it. What I'm saying is that it's a big question mark right now.

Are you attacking my dietary preferences now, too?

Yes. This. We can't assume everyone feels the way we do. Or should.

I'm back, and don't sweat it. I had a really crappy day at work and I may have overreacted. I see it as 100% subjective. I don't know how to articulate why the new UI just feels right to me. But it does. I'm not sure how I could be any more "fundamentally mistaken" than those who don't like it. We all feel the way we feel. If someone says "two and two is five" or "the moon landing was a hoax," we can call them fundamentally mistaken. We can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that they're wrong. But if I say I like the new UI, and someone else says they don't, we're both right. Because we know what we like. Bending Spoons has to look at the big picture, though. Not just my opinion and your opinion, but consumer sentiment in general. And they don't have the luxury of catering solely to current customers' predilections. They have to think about the larger market they want to capture. They may have to make changes that will upset a few existing users in the short term in order to bring many times that into the fold in the long term. One hopes they're placing their bets well. Time will tell.

@Dave-in-Decatur, normally I wouldn't even respond to something like this but I like you enough to say something rather than just walk away in silence. You asked those of us who liked the UI to explain why, and then quoted my reasons and described them as "fundamentally mistaken." You've also said "you'd like" those of us who have commented to come back and confirm we still like it. I was happy to give an opinion when asked, but your response makes me feel uncomfortable and even a little angry. I'm not willing to justify my aesthetic tastes, or do any additional work over this. I think if you avoid putting people in a defensive position, you'll find there is a benefit to you as well. People will be more apt to converse with you. I've unfollowed this thread and am going to go back to what I was doing. I respect everyone's opinions and I understand some people feel passionately about this. But I don't think my continued participation in this thread is good for me.

When did Evernote become this thing about notes? When did an elephant get involved? Sorry. My question to you wasn't a serious one. I was riffing off your original joke. "See, Bill? Notebook icons!" Wait, what are these... how you say... "tags?" As for your query, I'm not sure I have an answer that will mean anything to you. I guess I realized that the prior UI, with all of its color contrast and "efficient use of real estate" now feels like it was cluttered and cramped to me. It took some time with a minimalist UI to realize I felt that way. Evernote now feels lighter to me, less claustrophobic, and has fewer things that distract me from my content. I don't expect everyone to agree, and that's OK. But that's the best explanation I can give you for why I like the new look. Which is, frankly, way better than my "Old West Brothels" idea. Please, nobody on this earth ever do that. I am so sorry I said anything.

OS/2 and laserdisc! The only platforms that ever mattered.

OK, I've played with the new UI for the better part of a day and it's actually growing on me. I think I may like it better than the old UI. But I'm hoping @Dave-in-Decatur can tell me where all those little notebook, notepad, tag and other little icon thingies came from. Are those new?

Bring back DOS. The only UI I ever loved.

Oh, Lord. I just looked at my sig. I went from Level 3 to Level 4. When did this happen? Does it come with extra added responsibilities? Because I don't want them!

By the way, for those people who have vision or other issues and are finding the new UI difficult to read, I mean no disrespect. I can't speak for anyone other than myself when I say that the new UI doesn't appear to change much of anything for me. I don't love it. I don't hate it. It's just different. But I think I will join the beta if they'll let me because I like playing with new toys.

@Dave-in-Decatur, here's a very early Evernote UI. Circa 2004. Very blue. Very Windows XP. And here's Evernote circa 2008. So much green. And now here's my idea for an Evernote UI: Very, very minimalist. Do you like it?

Thank you. I've actually enjoyed our interactions and found that even when we disagree, I think you're a really reasonable guy yourself. In fact, you're usually good at talking people down when they're overheating. I'm sorry for overreacting. I remember when they abandoned that in favor of the design that got us where we are today. I was like, "Whoa! That's NUTS!" Well, maybe not. Could you imagine anyone trying to resurrect that? The truly funny thing is, I am so used to those little notebook and tag icons we have now that I totally forgot they were even there. I mean, when you posted those pics I was like, "What else am I missing that's right in front of my face?" Then I looked for my other blue sock and found it in the freezer. I may have problems.