I used Evernote a few years back but was frustrated by the lack of customisation options in the user interface so started using Microsoft OneNote instead.
Now I have started using Macs full time I find that the Mac version of OneNote isn't as good as the Windows one and so have come back to Evernote but there are still things that I consider to be basic that are missing.
These are...
1. The ability to change the colours of my notebooks in both the main notebooks window AND the side bar (even just changing the colour of the name of the notebook would work for me). Also for those colours to be displayed on all my devices.
2. The ability to add stars to individual notes with one click rather than faffing about with choosing emojis.
3. The ability to choose whether to show or hide the date the note was updated etc in the list of notes. I'm not bothered when it was added, it just makes the UI look more cluttered to me and uses valuable screen estate.
4. The ability to place notebooks and notes in the order I chose rather than by date or name, I want to be able to put them in order of importance or put them in the order I use them most often.
5. The ability to clip a whole web page without losing all of it's styling. The article clip works most of the time but not all.
6. To have the active notebook highlighted in the sidebar rather than 'notes'. I think 'notes' should be highlighted when looking at all notes.
7. To be able to create checkable to do lists in a single note. Subtasks would be awesome but thats perhaps going a step too far.
8. To have the web clipper close itself after a couple of seconds after it has successfully done it's thing.
Looking at the list it makes it seem that I am saying that Evernote is bad and it's not, it's great, but these are things that I feel could make it better, especially it's usability.
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Tracey Niblett 0
I used Evernote a few years back but was frustrated by the lack of customisation options in the user interface so started using Microsoft OneNote instead.
Now I have started using Macs full time I find that the Mac version of OneNote isn't as good as the Windows one and so have come back to Evernote but there are still things that I consider to be basic that are missing.
These are...
1. The ability to change the colours of my notebooks in both the main notebooks window AND the side bar (even just changing the colour of the name of the notebook would work for me). Also for those colours to be displayed on all my devices.
2. The ability to add stars to individual notes with one click rather than faffing about with choosing emojis.
3. The ability to choose whether to show or hide the date the note was updated etc in the list of notes. I'm not bothered when it was added, it just makes the UI look more cluttered to me and uses valuable screen estate.
4. The ability to place notebooks and notes in the order I chose rather than by date or name, I want to be able to put them in order of importance or put them in the order I use them most often.
5. The ability to clip a whole web page without losing all of it's styling. The article clip works most of the time but not all.
6. To have the active notebook highlighted in the sidebar rather than 'notes'. I think 'notes' should be highlighted when looking at all notes.
7. To be able to create checkable to do lists in a single note. Subtasks would be awesome but thats perhaps going a step too far.
8. To have the web clipper close itself after a couple of seconds after it has successfully done it's thing.
Looking at the list it makes it seem that I am saying that Evernote is bad and it's not, it's great, but these are things that I feel could make it better, especially it's usability.
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