In the old Windows varsion, to change the notebook for a note, the user clicked on the notebook, and chose the new notebook; easy peezy. To make things even simpler, the user was shown the last three notebooks selected; one click to change the notebook and one click to select the new notebook.
The current version shows the note's notebook. Clicking on it sets a filter for only notes in that notebook. Since it's easy to select the notebook in the side listing of notebooks, this is unnecessary redundancy for doing the same thing. In addition, this is the only item in a note that behaves this way. When clicking on any other item in the note, the user is presented with a list of changes the item can be changed to (like the notebook item used to do). For existing users, this requires retraining from years of use. In addition, the disappearing icon implies that the note is going to be added to another notebook (the '+' implies adding, not changing).
Because the 'move' icon is invisible unless the cursor hovers over the notebook, this former old version user intuitively clicks on the notebook (which now sets a filter). This requires this user to go to the side list, find and click on 'Notes', find the note and remember to find the move note icon. Once the icon is clicked, the user is required to search for the correct notebook, by either typing the name of the notebook or scrolling to the name of the notebook. The two-click method to change the notebook is now a multiple step operation, even when the user doesn't mistakenly click the notebook name.
Please restore the behavior of the notebook item selection to its previous behavior. Since it appears that current development is mostly restoring functionality that previously existed, this one thing is enough to keep this user from switching to the new version.
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mrschwarz 4
In the old Windows varsion, to change the notebook for a note, the user clicked on the notebook, and chose the new notebook; easy peezy. To make things even simpler, the user was shown the last three notebooks selected; one click to change the notebook and one click to select the new notebook.
The current version shows the note's notebook. Clicking on it sets a filter for only notes in that notebook. Since it's easy to select the notebook in the side listing of notebooks, this is unnecessary redundancy for doing the same thing. In addition, this is the only item in a note that behaves this way. When clicking on any other item in the note, the user is presented with a list of changes the item can be changed to (like the notebook item used to do). For existing users, this requires retraining from years of use. In addition, the disappearing icon implies that the note is going to be added to another notebook (the '+' implies adding, not changing).
Because the 'move' icon is invisible unless the cursor hovers over the notebook, this former old version user intuitively clicks on the notebook (which now sets a filter). This requires this user to go to the side list, find and click on 'Notes', find the note and remember to find the move note icon. Once the icon is clicked, the user is required to search for the correct notebook, by either typing the name of the notebook or scrolling to the name of the notebook. The two-click method to change the notebook is now a multiple step operation, even when the user doesn't mistakenly click the notebook name.
Please restore the behavior of the notebook item selection to its previous behavior. Since it appears that current development is mostly restoring functionality that previously existed, this one thing is enough to keep this user from switching to the new version.
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