istarninwa

On 1/14/2020 at 1:15 AM, gazumped said:

I have an Android phone and tablet,  but tend not to use Evernote for note taking (or writing) that's going to take a while unless I'm on a desktop.  At many offsite locations there's too much risk of dropped network connections (or expiring batteries) messing things up. 

There are many alternative note-taking options out there that are not subject to having internet access - from the eraseable notebooks that will record handwriting and in some cases upload text to the web,  to paper conversion apps like https://www.scribzee.com/en  that allow you to write in a physical notebook and OCR it to Evernote later.  I've used a spiral bound reporters notebook and a pencil on occasion,  but mostly I use a random sheet of paper and write up the details later.

I find that making detailed notes during any kind of meeting or conversation keeps me on the sidelines - I'm an observer,  not a participant.  If you're a designated note-taker that's fine - it's part of the job.  If you're supposed to be contributing to the meeting,  you have to multi-task,  and that's usually counter-productive. 

Better to make rough notes as you go so that numbers and addresses are correct,  but to leave writing a beautifully detailed report 'till later.

Nice life story, bro... How is *any* of this relevant to the subject in question, namely: that the notes reset to the top after switching to a different app or a lock screen?

One doesn't have to be editing a note to experience this problem. Heck, you don't even need to be using a mobile version: this happens on the desktop as well -- you switch between notes, and your place in the previous note is reset to the top.

On 1/14/2020 at 1:15 AM, gazumped said:

On 1/12/2020 at 7:37 PM, skosh said:

Is this not driving everyone nuts?

Nope.  

Ah, therein lies the objective.

On 6/7/2019 at 11:55 AM, istarninwa said:

A lot of my notes are quite long. The very fact that this bug requires all notes to be short limits the usability. Whatever limits the usability cannot be a feature. Especially considering this was recognized as a bug years ago. Just because it's persistent shouldn't mean that we should all accept it as a feature now.

Thanks to @gazumped for advice; it really does look like you're trying to help. However, I would like to reiterate the above. What you're proposing is a workaround to a lacking feature (at best -- a bug at worst).

To pitch in with my workaround: I switched completely over to Google Docs a few months ago. Because I like my notes to be long and have complex cross-references within those notes, Docs seems to be much more suitable. With a much richer array of formatting features (formulas, color schemes, etc.), I think I'm sticking to it. I can create bookmarks anywhere in a document and use a link to that bookmark anywhere in that -- or another -- document.

[P.S.: This wasn't the only issue I had with Evernote. The final straw was it losing days of progress in a (long) note due to a synchronization failure, and discovering that in order to restore it, I needed to be paying more for my Evernote subscription than I already was.]

Resolving this bug is now a "feature request". It's actually three of those that were just recently merged together. Please endorse it here:

I'd like to second this feature request.

It seems that this was in fact a feature of a previous Evernote version:

The disappearance of the feature was recognized as a bug and was attempted to be solved multiple times, to no avail.

Not all notes are conducive to being split. Very few of my notes can fit an arbitrary resolution of the screen I am looking at.

Splitting my numerous longer notes into multiple components would be an Utter. Madness.

Once this feature is implemented (i.e. bug resolved), it would be trivial to have the user define their preferred behavior.

This a recurrent request:

I'd like to second (or Nnd) this. A persistent and annoying bug for sure.

A lot of my notes are quite long. The very fact that this bug requires all notes to be short limits the usability. Whatever limits the usability cannot be a feature.

Especially considering this was recognized as a bug years ago. Just because it's persistent shouldn't mean that we should all accept it as a feature now.

I'm experiencing this issue as well: Evernote resets to the top note at some point after I switch windows.

Windows 10, Evernote version 6.16.4

Dave, I followed your recommendation. This is the database folder accessed through General Options:

C:\Users\{username}\Evernote\

There are folders 'AutoUpdate', 'Crashes', 'Databases', 'Logs', but not 'Dict' (see attached).

I tried adding the folder myself, with a user.dic text file, but it is not being used by Evernote.

An added problem that I have is that none of my dictionary words save from session to session, and I've no idea why.

I agree: This function is absolutely essential. This needs to be prioritized.

I'm having to switch the default font to larger (e.g., 24), but then I'm having to switch it back to small to be able to print or save a note into PDF.