hampsterx

ok just found this post and installed this legacy version, what a relief! I have to say, they went about this rewrite all wrong, would have been better to make the legacy apps (web/mob) available (with disclaimer no further updates) and put them on a sticky thread in the forums to try and defuse the tension with your existing/paying/loyal customers. Even in the best case scenario users get very attached to how an app works so doing a complete UI rewrite is risky. "Basecamp classic" is an example where they followed this approach (https://signalvnoise.com/posts/3856-the-big-rewrite-revisited) of keeping the old version around and pushing the new version for new customers. I know they kept the old web version around as I switched back to that but that got taken away a while ago also and only just now did I update my Android apps and got hit with this buggy and barely usable version.

yup its very irritating. Old app was a link to open original article. At least put in a cookie setting to remember my preference so it can link directly.

Customize to make it go away would be great, suspect most power users don't need/want it and its irritating to them (as it is to me).

I really wonder if any developers/PM at Evernote actually uses Evernote as a power user and if they think these app rewrites are better and more usable?

Agreed, just posted similar sentiments here: Ugh they should probably change the default on forums to sort by date, thought it was a graveyard until I realised it was not sorted by date.

Just wanted to say, have been a customer since 2008. Came here to vent my frustration with both the web and mobile (android). I find the new web client almost unusable and I wish I could switch back to the old one still. Simple things like opening the original URL requires a new page and confirmation, at least remember my preference for next time. Everything is just more clicks, and less usable than the old web app and performance (i7 quad core) is still pretty bad sometimes. I can barely use it. I updated Android app, must have not updated for a good six months because its fully changed and now its super painful to use as well. Default/Welcome screen is a pain, I wish there was a way to turn it off. Again, more clicks to do anything. Cannot bulk select items to categorize anymore. Unused options like "share" which I never use are prominent and useful features are behind more clicks. Now I feel like I really do need to find an alternative as I don't see how (as a power user) I can properly maintain my collections without losing my sanity :(

Seems unlikely they care at this point. A company like this is heavily invested in Agile BS, staffed with product/project managers and likely focused on new products rather than existing functionality. The original developers and then some have long since left according to LinkedIn (eg Technical Lead - Android Group, left 2014, Android Manager and Lead Developer, left 2017, etc), the codebase has likely had many developers fingers all over it and few if any probably fully understand it at this point. And even then, with Agile/Scrum their hands are tied by what the PM and by proxy CEO wants them to work on which most definately won't be features that help a small but core group of hard core users, it will be new features/products that will bring in new customers. has anyone tried this? Link2SD https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buak.Link2SD&hl=en_US Might get lucky?

Likewise, cancelled plus membership several months back due to this fault. I still use Evernote, just not offline. 60mb upload per month on free plan is more than enough for most users I suspect unless you are regularly storing images/pdf or other binaries on regular basis. The offline feature was the *only* feature holding me to any paid plan.

> Perhaps they listened, investigated, and said no, for many of the reasons given in this thread. Or, perhaps they decided this is the greatest idea since sliced bread and are adding it to our development plans. Well we would never know would we because they don't have an open bug tracker or even share their development roadmap > I find it sad that posts like this and so many others in the forums post suggestions, and then denigrate the product if there suggestion is not accepted and implemented immediately. Thread was started 9th January, that's almost a year ago. Again, it's clear the direction of Evernote under Libin was to prioritize business features over core product development, stability, etc. --- As a software developer and power User I have to say it's quite frustrating, I am in need of a new Android phone but having internal storage be a major consideration due to an App limitation is just wrong. Prior to Evernote I used Web Research Professional for many years, in many ways it was (still is) superior to Evernote, it's a pity they never embraced Mobile/Cloud Amusingly now I am considering a home brew solution, frankly I don't have the time but it's at this point where a developer get's spiteful Dropbox have a sync API. Using the folder structure, inside the folder you have a file to hold an index of the files (not folders) inside that folder. Clipper is easy part, can simply clip and upload an MHTML like file to dropbox. Indexing can be done by any client (creating that index file I mentioned). Web Client could be pure Javascript, document how it needs to work, someone else could help build Android/Iphone apps.

> For performance and security reasons Evernote does not store data or note contents on any external storage devices such as SD cards. Nobody is suggesting to change the default from internal storage to external. However it needs to be an option for those that want it. And if you really wanted to increase performance then you could always keep the index on the internal storage and simply use the external storage for storing the full article

Same situation here, approaching 1gb in offline notebooks and phone space is running out, 32gb card empty. Ridiculous considering how trivial this feature is to implement on Android http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html#filesExternal