mrschwarz

In the old Windows varsion, to change the notebook for a note, the user clicked on the notebook, and chose the new notebook; easy peezy. To make things even simpler, the user was shown the last three notebooks selected; one click to change the notebook and one click to select the new notebook. The current version shows the note's notebook. Clicking on it sets a filter for only notes in that notebook. Since it's easy to select the notebook in the side listing of notebooks, this is unnecessary redundancy for doing the same thing. In addition, this is the only item in a note that behaves this way. When clicking on any other item in the note, the user is presented with a list of changes the item can be changed to (like the notebook item used to do). For existing users, this requires retraining from years of use. In addition, the disappearing icon implies that the note is going to be added to another notebook (the '+' implies adding, not changing). Because the 'move' icon is invisible unless the cursor hovers over the notebook, this former old version user intuitively clicks on the notebook (which now sets a filter). This requires this user to go to the side list, find and click on 'Notes', find the note and remember to find the move note icon. Once the icon is clicked, the user is required to search for the correct notebook, by either typing the name of the notebook or scrolling to the name of the notebook. The two-click method to change the notebook is now a multiple step operation, even when the user doesn't mistakenly click the notebook name. Please restore the behavior of the notebook item selection to its previous behavior. Since it appears that current development is mostly restoring functionality that previously existed, this one thing is enough to keep this user from switching to the new version.

In the old version of EN, to change a note to a different notebook required one mouse click to drop down the notebook list, and click to desired notebook. In addition the most recently used notebook was on top. The new behavior requires clicking on a disappearing icon (you need to hover over it), selecting the notebook from an alphabetical list, then click a 'Move' button. The old method was more efficient and easier. The new one requires more work to do the same thing. What was wrong with the old method that required it to be changed? This isn't a complaint, it's a question of why this design decision was made.

I now have them both running on my laptop.

I may be dating myself (I admit it, I'm old). Does anyone remember "Packrat" from Polaris Software? It was a precursor for Evernote type programs. It was a great application and was widely in use until they came out with an ill-conceived upgrade. The analogy is not perfect. Their problem was they came up with great improvements, but could not produce a stable version. For Evernote, they have a stable new version, it just doesn't do much. How many times have we heard that features are coming 'later'? I'll remain a loyal paying customer as long as they maintain the V6 branch in Windows or provide a feature equivalent V10. I have had V10 installed for a couple of days, but I just reinstalled the 'legacy' application and will be using that. I'm retired and not a business user and I store almost everything digital in Evernote. That gives me access to my information everywhere. One of the primary features I use is to move a PDF into Evernote. It was simple using Nitro Reader 5 by clicking a menu option. When I installed V10, the menu item disappeared. Now, it's something that's 'coming'. I also learned this morning, that hitting the delete key doesn't move a note to the trash anymore. Now, it's 'CTRL-Backspace'. In my opinion, that's nothing more than making a change for the sake of making a change. Upgrades should at least preserve the features of an old version. Offering a stripped-down new version may serve the developers. I guess I have to question that since this version has so many things missing from it, why the management decided to release it before it was ready. When V10 becomes feature-equivalent to V6, I'll take a look again.

Thanks. I downloaded and will revert. How will I know if/when they restore this feature?

I know Nitro Reader 5 has been replaced by Nitro, but I still use it as it allows me to fill out forms and sign document. I also have been using the 'Send to Evernote' feature to put PDFs into Evernote. Since I installes V10 of Evernote, that feature is gone. Can anyone suggest a way to get it back? I uninstalled Nitro Reader and reinstalled it, but to no avail. Thanks in advance.

Still waiting...