cripoll

Thanks @PinkElephantfor your clarification regarding the purpose of the forum. I agree with @ObviousBob that the iPad platform is not the main focus of attention for the developing team. Actually, I'm considering focusing more on my laptop while on the move, since relaying on the iPad is quite feeble. Hopefully, issues will be addressed and the iPad version will become reliable enough to be more than a viewer, otherwise, there are other contenders on the field that could also make the work, even better.

Thanks @PinkElephant, your answer prompts me to the right place, though I dare say that the name of this forum is “Possible bugs /Technical issues”. Am I missing something?

Certainly, editing a note on the iPad is quite frustrating, not because it does not work but because it is quirky (to say the least). These are the issues I’ve detected until now: 1. When editing a note, switching to another app and coming back to evernote provokes that he cursor moves at the very begining of the note, right at the top, making it impossible to multitasking without stoping to find “at which part of the note was I editing?” 2. This is quite annoying, that happened me recently: I was editing a note while on a meeting and suddenly, the blinking cursor just disappeared. It took a few seconds until I realised that the cursor was probably there but not visible, so I had to guess where the cursor was by typing some text 3. When reaching the far visible end of a new note, if you continue typing you cannot see anything on the screen unless you scroll manually to find out that the scroll does not move down as you add new lines. Quite ridiculous. I have the feeling that people dedicated to develop the iOS version of the app does have a careless way of coding, probably not paying attention to things that make the using the app a headache when you are on a real working environment. I can’t even believe of me writing these very basic things on a forum to take the attention of the developing team of a product that aspires to become the “accomplish everything” app of this decade.

Definitely, we are not talking about eyesight issues here. There is something wrong with how the new Evernote manages text size. I would add to the discussion that text size varies according the screen size I have 2 iPads (11 inches and 12.9 inches). Though text size is still comfortable in my 11 inches iPad, that is not the case for the 12.9 inches. Higher resolution on iPad Pro 12.9 inches provokes smaller text on Evernote notes. Other apps are capable to keep text size consistent across devices, but not Evernote. In addition, not having the option to adjust text size is an issue that affects usability. A remakable example of the opposite is Apple Notes: zooming in or out produces a seeming change in the text size and an automatic adjustment of margins so you do not have to scroll horizontally.

I’m afraid fonts are not rendered correctly depending on which iPad you use. In my case, with an iPad Pro 2020 12.7 inches fonts o a note turn out to be too small to keep using it comfortably, so I’ve decided not to use it anymore until this issue is addressed.

I hope that the Evernote team is working on this or, at least, have it on their list. Though they say that they want to provide a seamless experience on all platforms, that is hardly the case. Today I realised that the feature we are talking here is available on the desktop version, and does exactly what is expected. I'm afraid iOS versions will always remain behind, so I dare say that such a claim is overstated. At this respect, Evernote team should follow the path of Apple Notes: 2 platforms and the app works exactly the same regardless the platform. Does it sound magic? Not really, it's just about being committed to excel on customer experience. That's in the backbone of great companies, the journey from "good" to "great".

@PinkElephant, you will not believe it. I've tried your suggestion, but changing font size from the system settings only affects to the list of notes on the left panel, but not to the note itself, that seems to be totally unaffected!

That's sensible at first sight, but for the fact that this issue is only happening in Evernote. Nonetheless I will try, since, as you said, not all apps will be affected by that change. I would encourage the Evernote development team to follow a similar approach as in Apple Notes: it's a very effective solution, to say the least.

Screen resolution is quite an issue when developing software, even more with the existing high screen resolutions in retina displays alike. My Evernote "Normal style" is a Sans Serif font, 16 in size. No issues with that on my MacBook Pro, neither on my iPad Pro 11 inches (2018), but when it comes to the iPad Pro 12.9 inches (2020), the text renders slightly smaller than on the iPad Pro 11 inches, just the exact reduction to be uncomfortable for my eyes. Zooming in with the fingers does not solve the issue, mainly because the app tries to adapt horizontally to the maximum space before pinching, keeping it constant even when zooming, obliging the user to scroll horizontally as soon as the end of the screen is reached by the cursor. I dare say that a size of 16 on a Word document would be deemed as irresponsibly big when printed. Using a size of 16 on Evernote is not an issue since notes are not intended to be printed, at least in my case. I do not see myself changing now the trove of notes I have to a size of inches just because the app is not capable to deal with this issue. Wouldn't it be easier to implement a competent zooming system, like the one in Apple Notes, that regardless the actual font size the text can be visualised bigger or smaller to meet the needs of each user and, as a byproduct, to address the different screen resolutions that modern devices present?

@cmlccie I agree with most of your points. Tables are important and should be better implemented. They look as an old fashion HTML table, while it should be something closer to a spreadsheet or something like that. Styles would also be useful, but we must not forget that the purpose of this app is not to be a word processor replacement.

I also have the same problem. I try to use more the iPad as a laptop replacement in osme circumstances so not being sble to add rows to a table is quite disappointing