mackid1993 1,425 Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 They released the customizable sidebar today. There's also an option to hide the giant Task and Event create buttons under a submenu! So far it seems to be working let's see what's broken! 🤣 2 1 Link to comment
Mike P 3,037 Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 Only complaint so far is that the contents of the "More" menu disappears underneath the Windows task bar. 1 Link to comment
mackid1993 1,425 Posted September 24 Author Share Posted September 24 I mean hiding and showing should be as simple as dynamically adding a "display: none" attribute to the element they are targeting so that shouldn't break. Weird visual stuff like this is what I'm expecting. Link to comment
mackid1993 1,425 Posted September 24 Author Share Posted September 24 Also calendar and files for me! Link to comment
Kayla Gao 18 Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 I like this. You can hide new tasks and events. The sidebar is clean and comfortable. Increased concentration 😄 1 Link to comment
Level 5 Dave-in-Decatur 4,010 Posted September 24 Level 5 Share Posted September 24 What version has the customizable sidebar? I'm on 10.106.4 (Windows) and don't seem to have it yet. NM, I see it's 10.107. I'll wait till they push it out to me. Link to comment
Alxa 501 Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 Really a bliss to be able to deactivate the big buttons for task and event creation finally 🙂 I am still missing the possibility to rearrange the items in the side bar, though. 2 Link to comment
karenjs 36 Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 I'm so happy! Because ALL the extra features had pushed down the notebook stack to the very bottom (prime real estate going to features I never touch) I have been shoving 2-3 stacks into Shortcuts JUST to get those notebooks to appear higher and make the sidebar actually usable). Now I get to go back to using shortcuts like I did in Legacy -- those short/med-term high-use notes that come & go. 🎉 I'd still love to see the vertical space between text tighten up over there but WOW this is exciting. Bye big buttons I never use! 1 Link to comment
dbvirago 536 Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 I like it so far, but it doesn't seem to sync across my two Windows desktop instances. If this is expected behavior, I'm fine with that, but it seems odd. It's easy to tell because the other machine is over on the other side of the room and I can still see those big-ass purple and orange buttons. Link to comment
AlbertR 768 Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 2 minutes ago, dbvirago said: it doesn't seem to sync across my two Windows desktop instances I think (and hope 😉) this is by intent because it allows to configure different views depending on used screens on different machines. 3 Link to comment
Level 5 PinkElephant 8,941 Posted September 26 Level 5 Share Posted September 26 As all settings in the client settings panel it’s local. General settings need to be done on the web settings pages. 2 Link to comment
Jon/t 1,705 Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 48 minutes ago, dbvirago said: but it doesn't seem to sync across my two Windows desktop instances I don't think it's meant to so you can have different looks on different machines. Link to comment
mackid1993 1,425 Posted September 26 Author Share Posted September 26 Yeah that's kind of the point, settings are local to the machine. I think that would make 5% of people very upset if they were to sync. 😂 Link to comment
Neom1e 1 Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 I don't see what's different about the sidebar!!! Have I gone mad? I'm on version 10.107.3, and it says it is the most up-to-date version. Adding a screenshot, using a MacBook. I just don't get it. If anyone can enlighten me, I'd be very grateful. Link to comment
bmcl26 584 Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 Go to settings and select Sidebar. You can then hide which items you wish (some, like Notes, cannot be hidden). When you click on the icon at the right, it toggles hide/unhide as you wish. 1 Link to comment
Neom1e 1 Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 Ah, thanks so much, BMC! Really appreciated 😄 1 Link to comment
Grant837 151 Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 I am happy with this ability to hide some parts of the navigation pane. I hope they continue to enhance the navigation pane. Some features I would like to see still: 1. A shortcut key to collapse the hierarchy. For example, I often have many stacks open over time, and I would like to compact them all at once to give me a compact view at once, instead of having to collapse them one at a time. 2. Allow the position of the notebook group and the tag group to be switched. I lean more on tags than notebooks because a. I can have a note under multiple tags, and b. Tags can have more levels of hierarchies 3. It would be awesome if we could hide any item, even individual notebooks. This would be a great way to set old project notebooks out of the way - a kind of archiving I guess. 2 Link to comment
mackid1993 1,425 Posted September 28 Author Share Posted September 28 Like Federico said, no matter what they do 5% of people won't be happy. 3 Link to comment
EVERSTEPH1 2 Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 yaaay goodbye monster buttons!!! 😆 1 Link to comment
Matt Price 0 Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 Thank you so much! Love the ability to hide the task and calendar button!! Any chance this similar customization will come to the mobile app, specifically the create page and nav bar? Link to comment
mackid1993 1,425 Posted September 30 Author Share Posted September 30 This is a community forum. Evernote staff doesn't comment here. I would suggest emailing feedback@evernote.com or asking them on Twitter. They've been pretty responsive there. Link to comment
Grant837 151 Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 On 9/28/2024 at 6:59 AM, mackid1993 said: Like Federico said, no matter what they do 5% of people won't be happy. Cab I not be happy with a work in progress? Or do you mean my wish for those features makes you unhappy? 😉 Link to comment
Level 5 PinkElephant 8,941 Posted October 2 Level 5 Share Posted October 2 It is very much a finished project. You can wish whatever you want (greet Santa when you meet him). You already know where to send it. Personally I hope the round-file this special list. I wouldn’t expect it to add value, just confusion. 1 Link to comment
mackid1993 1,425 Posted October 2 Author Share Posted October 2 6 hours ago, Grant837 said: Cab I not be happy with a work in progress? Or do you mean my wish for those features makes you unhappy? 😉 That's a quote from the recent podcast he did with The Verge. Link to comment
Sorenzo 1 Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 It's kind of sad, that I had to google where the settings to change the sidebar is located...By intuition, I was searching for a settings button near the sidebar, so I clicked on the three dots beside the "add new task" button Link to comment
Jon/t 1,705 Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 5 minutes ago, Sorenzo said: It's kind of sad, that I had to google where the settings to change the sidebar is located...By intuition, I was searching for a settings button near the sidebar, so I clicked on the three dots beside the "add new task" button Its in settings under the title sidebar.... not sure where else it should be 1 Link to comment
Sorenzo 1 Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 Thanks very much for taking the time to reply. Please see attached where I think the link to the settings for the sidebar should be found. best Regards Link to comment
Level 5 PinkElephant 8,941 Posted October 10 Level 5 Share Posted October 10 The settings are in the "Evernote" menu. Link to comment
Bruno Batista 3 Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 NICEEE! A step to let us users format a minimalist interface! Thanks! But still can't turn off the visibility of the "Notes" and "Notebooks" icons. Why block this option in a half customizable feature? Those two are the shortcuts that I don't use. If I want to find and organize a note, I just go to the "Tags", there I can make three, four, layer to organize the same note. With notebooks I can only put a note in a single "subject" and I can only have have two layers of organization (the principal Notebook and the Notebooks inside it). Link to comment
mackid1993 1,425 Posted October 14 Author Share Posted October 14 1 minute ago, Bruno Batista said: NICEEE! A step to let us users format a minimalist interface! Thanks! But still can't turn off the visibility of the "Notes" and "Notebooks" icons. Why block this option in a half customizable feature? Those two are the shortcuts that I don't use. If I want to find and organize a note, I just go to the "Tags", there I can make three, four, layer to organize the same note. With notebooks I can only put a note in a single "subject" and I can only have have two layers of organization (the principal Notebook and the Notebooks inside it). I would imagine that would break too many things. Notes and Notebooks are too foundational to Evernote to allow them to be hidden. Link to comment
Level 5 PinkElephant 8,941 Posted October 14 Level 5 Share Posted October 14 I never understood that enthusiasm anyhow. The left panel could be collapsed nearly out of sight, hiding all „distractive“ details. Who wanted a clean writing environment could always open a note in an independent window. Link to comment
Bruno Batista 3 Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 Agora, PinkElephant disse: I never understood that enthusiasm anyhow. The left panel could be collapsed nearly out of sight, hiding all „distractive“ details. Who wanted a clean writing environment could always open a note in an independent window. The simple answer: we don't have to understand, the meaning can matter only for who is using, that's the cool thing of unleash the freedom of customization. Link to comment
Level 5 PinkElephant 8,941 Posted October 14 Level 5 Share Posted October 14 Every customization makes the app bloated and harder to maintain, and this for all users. That‘s the inevitable downside of customization, way too often overlooked or belittled. I see a massive deterioration of release quality in this year, and it goes along with a lot of niceties added. I see a negative impact of all these twists and perks on key functionality going down the drain. Search has been on and off lately, sync has been laggy in the realm of hours, attachments has gone corrupted. And instead of asking the basics to be assured, some celebrate it when complexity is driven further up. But of course, this „quality before features before cost“ priorities has never been popular. Link to comment
Level 5* s2sailor 2,490 Posted October 14 Level 5* Share Posted October 14 45 minutes ago, Bruno Batista said: The simple answer: we don't have to understand, the meaning can matter only for who is using, that's the cool thing of unleash the freedom of customization. We (other users) don't, but Evernote certainly does. Why else would they spend time and effort implementing a feature if they don't understand or see the utility of it? If you feel strongly and want Evernote to see your suggestion, send it to feedback@evernote.com. Link to comment
Level 5* s2sailor 2,490 Posted October 14 Level 5* Share Posted October 14 39 minutes ago, PinkElephant said: Every customization makes the app bloated and harder to maintain, and this for all users. That‘s the inevitable downside of customization, way too often overlooked or belittled. I see a massive deterioration of release quality in this year, and it goes along with a lot of niceties added. I see a negative impact of all these twists and perks on key functionality going down the drain. Search has been on and off lately, sync has been laggy in the realm of hours, attachments has gone corrupted. And instead of asking the basics to be assured, some celebrate it when complexity is driven further up. But of course, this „quality before features before cost“ priorities has never been popular. Don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel 🙂. Link to comment
Josie D 0 Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 How do you customise the sidebar? Thanks Link to comment
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