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22 hours ago, jean jamin said:

It's very annoying when the Evernote CEO and Mr. Designer try to fool you, by basically only sharing their perspective https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nggD3PMO0EM Who uses 5 devices with different operating systems? This is presented as the major problem that had to be solved. Most use 1 device the most by far and occasionally watch through another device (no problem there). The fact that the user interface had to become more uniform was a problem for the manufacturer, not the user !! Everyone understands that this is a problem, but predominantly for the manufacturer! That great sacrifices had to be made from the user perspective for this is unforgivable to be honest. Make sure you only release something when it's all right and not a pale shadow of what I am used to as a user. But the worst part is that the gentlemen in their 'discussion' state for everything that is experienced as a problem that it only concerns 'a small percentage of the users' (tags for example) and that only that group finds it annoying that the tags were moved to the bottom. Everything that is a problem is made small and Mr. Designer goes to 'Polishing' as second step when the number of missing or poorly implemented functions is still enormous. After 12 years as a daily premium user and over 12000 notes, I am about to say goodbye to Evernote. I can endure too little too late, because I can still use the old app, but that they try to justify the fact that they are offending the most loyal users with a badly defective product is unacceptable.

On 11/6/2020 at 2:59 PM, schaeffa said:

I am also finding that the app is so slow now that it is highly disruptive to work flow. Also, the “find in note” search function doesn’t work at all anymore. It either spends an hour searching for the first letter of the word I entered, or it just doesn’t turn up any results. Am I going to need to find a new platform?

Try Joplin.

6 hours ago, tavor said:

After months of postponing EN updates, I finally updated today . . . without reading the release notes. Suffice to say I was shocked that the new and allegedly improved EN is just the web version in a desktop app wrapper. Many features lost, including Local Notebooks.

Ironically, the day I discover that EN is now forcing all user data into the cloud is the day that cybersecurity firm FireEye announces they were hacked. If they can be hacked, it is just a matter of time until EN's cloud-stored user data is hacked. 

Sticking with EN Legacy until I find an alternative option that doesn't require users to store sensitive info in the cloud.

After trying out several options, I found that the most similar alternative is Joplin. It imported my +3400 notes seamlessly from EN's .enex file export. It is virtually identical in functionality to EN.

2 hours ago, BertFB said:

No more GPS location information!!!  Critical to many users!!! Dropped without informing us before 'upgrading'

This is their way of improving it! Knock out all the features the customers love. They've decided we don't know what we need. They know better!

12 hours ago, dantek said:

New version released for Windows - v10.4 - 

 

No mention of any of the issues mentioned in this thread being looked at. Spellcheck doesn't work and the windows don't even have window names....but hey - new features you didn't need! (sigh..)

They do a wonderful job listening to their customers!

2 hours ago, Scottify said:

Does anyone from Evernote actually read and reply to these posts???

I haven't seen any replies myself. It seems like they don't care.

BTW , I've found a free note application that imports flawlessly from Evernote's .enex file (the export format). It's called Joplin. The good thing is that your data can be hosted on different cloud services. At also has the look and feel of Evernote. I'm trying it out now with my DropBox.

On 11/20/2020 at 12:24 AM, CalS said:

Not so much.  I tried a test with 565 notes, 553 made the journey.  And the formatting on some notes was borked.  Not quite ready for prime time in my view as compared to 6.25 Windows version.  Maybe okay if 10 doesn't get any better.  Lower price for the same grief.

Similar experience myself with 3000+ notes. Am now trying out Notion.

13 hours ago, Gfwtgfwr said:

I reverted to the legacy version - good - but on reboot, new version installed itself again!  Bad!  NOT HAPPY WITH THIS!!!  Poor Evernote.  I feared this very good quality program couldn't last...  Everything will be owned by Microsoft eventually....

 

After reverting to legacy version, did you disactive the "autoupdate" option? (click on: Tools > Options > General > Automatically check for updates).

2 hours ago, donnydl said:

Until the last week I really hadnt use the "new" evernote.  I have to say I am unimpressed in both formats I use.

 

My current problem is that I have created a note on the IOS version.  It is photos of items I need to retain but have now been binned.  I created the note on Sunday and it has still not uploading despite being connected to the internet for virtually all this time.

I do not want to restart the app etc incase I lose the note as I no longer have the originals.  I am sure that someone will come on and say "well you shouldnt have diposed of the originals". The point however being that the app should do what it is meant to and has never not before!  If I wanted to simply keep the originals and not digitise things I wouldnt have the app and Id just keep a massive pile of unorganised paper.

Is this a known problem or and if so is there a get around or fix so that I do not lose my note.

I dont really know where all this is going now as there seem to be so many things that dont work and I am only a lite user.  I appreciate people have said you can return to legacy on other platforms but this is not possible on IOS and I have auto update plus why should/would you check whether a app is working correctly before you update it, surely that is the developers job?  I'm confused....

 

Ultimately how do I save this note everything else is a consideration for another day.....

I am encountering the same problem as you this morning. This is another problem from Evernote's side. Don't waste your time reconfiguring, reinstallling or anything else, even if the Evernote so-called "support" tells you to. I've been through this in the past. After wasting away hours of work, I would find I was back at square one with exactly the same problem. They are good at making users waste their time by running around in circles, but hopeless at fixing things.

To solve your worry about losing your images, I would recommend you go back into the note and download them into a folder on your desktop or device. This way you can be sure you won't lose them, whatever happens with the sync problem.

On 11/20/2020 at 9:25 PM, Julia R said:

How do I simply navigate to "MY NOTEBOOK LIST"? All I want to do is see a list view of all of my Stacks and Notebooks and rename, re-organize/move notebooks to different stacks, and create + delete stacks. This seems SO BASIC. It should be a shortcut, and (or at the very least), live under the VIEW menu.  

Now the only way I can find to get to this overall list is to create a brand new notebook. 

Am I missing something?! I shouldn't have to spend 30 minutes looking up help articles to figure out how to do this.

That's the beauty of the new version! You spend well over half an hour trying to find out where they've hidden one of the features you regularly use, only to discover that it no longer exists. Welcome to the party!
You now have two options:

a. You stay with EN, in the vain hope they will try to fix the mess they've created (which I very much doubt). And in the meantime, you downgrade to the previous version (mentioned in previous posts).

b. If you're fed up of all the problems that EN has created in these last 2-3 years, then it's time to migrate to another platform, which many of us are now researching.

Two years waiting for the shiny, new, ultrasonic, super-duper, rebuilt-from-scratch EN, and we get this. Absolutely amazing. Maybe the competition had infiltrated some of their own designers to kill this product? This is truly a case study. It'll probably be the basis for an upcoming book: "How to kill your product - for dummies".

BTW, in view of the enormous tsunami of complaints that EN is getting all over the internet, I'm surprised that the CEO is not facing the music and making an announcement of any sorts. Maybe he's too busy looking for a new job?

1 hour ago, davidtderrick said:

We are all thinking about moving. How many will actually do so? Exporting involves compromises even if you totally love the destination site. I suspect many people will stay with EN, just with a hugely inferior experience. It may catch up, but most of us have doubts.

I've received some excellent references from a couiple of friends about "Nimbus Notes". There's an "Evernote import" option, that I've been told works seamlessly. I'm checking it out right now: tags, multilevel folders; Android, Windows and web versions; web clipper, offline content, etc... And half the price! It looks like a good replacement so far. I'll be doing some testing over the weekend. I've already wasted a lot of time trying to configure/personalise Evernotes "upgrade", and then downgrading after discovering the mess they've mad of this so-called "upgrade". I'm now trying to catch up with my schedule.
Evernote for me is now dead. Over the years, I've had to reinstall it 3 times. Over a dozen hang ups when synchronising, database corrupted on 4 ocasions, stopped working on several ocasions, and the best of all, their support has been absolutely hopeless: they've never solved anything for me - just a complete waste of time, trying to make me run around in circles. So much for the "special support" for "Premium" users.

I just can't understand why Evernote has been messed up in the latest version (10). It was working fine for me, several features I was using regularly have now disappeared, the interface is hardly configurable any more. "Local files" is no longer supported. No more sorting by ANY of the columns, etc...

This ridiculous "upgrade" has caught me in the midst of an important project, causing me difficulties to find my notes. I'm furious about the amount of time I've wasted trying to understand and configure the new version, only to discover that it was hopeless, and then to find an earlier "normal" version, and to install it and then reconfigure again. I think they've lost track of what it means to have a steady, stable and reliable tool that can be accessed quickly and intuitively. Have they hired a team of game makers to replace professional application designers? They're converting Evernote into a useless toy.

Is this finally the rise and definitive fall of Evernote?

P.S. I couldn't find previous versions on the Evernote site, but I found this other site, where I downloaded vn. 6.25.0.9084, checked it for virus with my Kaspersky (it was clean), installed it, and unclicked automatic updating in "options".

1 hour ago, gazumped said:

I know this seems like rushing to Evernote's defence,  but it's not:  I'm a Virgo.  I like things to be precise and exactly correct...

This is a user supported forum.  Developers do weigh in from time to time,  but 99% of the responses are down to us chickens.  If you're a subscriber,  you are entitled to personal chat or email support - just contact the support team directly.  You will always get a personal response.

I know this is a user supported forum. Where else can I vent my frustration? I'm fed up of reporting issues to EN, only to receive the usual reply: "send us your log, how did it happen, bla, bla...", when the problem has already been reported by many other users, and has been around for some time - just like on this ocasion. On several ocasions, the "support" I was receiving was in the lines of "try this, have you tried that?"... a complete waste of time.

I've been using EN now for 5 years and I have encountered several important issues with the app that just take ages to be corrected. I have the feeling that we users are being used as beta testers. Of all the apps I have on my phone, EN beats them all when it comes to serious bugs and the time that is required for them to be corrected.

The least EN could do would be to email all customers informing of the problem, and releasing an update to the next version which would simply be a copy of the last version that was working correctly. I think we would all be quite happy with this workaround while they fix the problem, and we could continue working without wasting time on DIY forums. These forums should be for learning how to use the app from others' experience, not trying to find a fix to EN's bugs.

On 6/23/2019 at 7:41 AM, NotQuiteRight said:

Additional Info about delay in opening a note on my Android mobile device.

 

I cleared the cache on the 8.10 App. It did not help.

I cleared the data on the 8.10 App. It did not help.

I uninstalled and re-installed the 8.10 App. The opening delay reduced but only for about a half an hour or so after which the long opening delay returned.

 

I have now uninstalled 8.10 and installed 8.8.1 as per the LuizSiqueiraNeto post above. I managed to find the auto-update tick box under the 3 dot menu button at top right of Evernote entry under "My apps & games" in the Google Play store.

 

So far there is no delay in opening a note.

I made the mistake of installing 8.9.1 instead of 8.8.1 as LuizSiqueiraNeto advised, but I discovered that it is also working fine. Clearly the problem starts with 8.10.

BTW, as payed users of EN, I find it amazing that the only help we are getting to overcome this issue is from ourselves. It seems that the EN developers have gone into a coma. There is absolutely NO help coming from them. I'm deeply disappointed - once again.

15 hours ago, LuizSiqueiraNeto said:

Uninstall Evernote and install through this link.

Link to download version 8.8.1

https://androidapksfree.com/evernote/com-evernote/download-old/evernote-8-8-1-1082393/

Then search the store for Evernote and look for the option to disable automatic updating.

Just done this. Back to normal (fast) note access again. I've also blocked updating. Thanks for the advice.
P.S. I've also bookmarked the URL to the page: https://androidapksfree.com/evernote/com-evernote/. This is the third serious problem I've had with Evernote, and for which I've had to go back to a previous version.

7 hours ago, Coffee First Thing said:

I've noticed a significant delay in opening notes on my Pixel 3, including in notebooks that are available offline. 

All my notebooks are configured as "available offline". And I have this problem with all my notes. It's been over 2 weeks since this issue started, ad still no solution from EN. It's clearly time to uninstall updates as asan has just suggested:
" My workaround was to simply un-install all updates, which left me at version 7.9.9.  This (so far) seems to work well. "

Same problem here. It's taking between 4-8 seconds to open a short, simple text note. It was instantaneous before 8.10. I'm using a Samsung S7 Edge running on Android 8.0.0.

Very frustrating. I use EN as a tool, not a toy. Highly disappointed with the way EN churns out "new versions", seemingly with very little testing. I have the feeling they've given up on testing and simply launch beta versions for the users to debug.