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Well said, totochto!

 

Some people just feel compelled to continuously object to everything they don't understand.  My solution:  just ignore them, and keep on asking for what you want.  These objectors have no say in Evernote's decision making process.  Many times now, Evernote has implemented features that these people objected to, or said it is not in the scope of the Evernote app.

JMichael, I don't know why, but you often (always) feel compelled to continuously object to & nitpick posts by the evangelists. I find this very sad b/c the evangelists are the ones who tirelessly help others, unlike those who find pleasure/satisfaction from belittling them.  Perhaps there's a bit of evangelist envy going on there.  I don't know.  But it's really very sad.  I'm sure this will come as a surprise to you, but I fully understand the feature request. If you were to read my post, you will see I was addressing the fact that another user considers this feature 'basic'...because you also regularly twist what we post to suit your agenda. Please cite where I (or anyone) has objected to this feature. I eagerly await your citations so that I know you are speaking the truth & simply not (yet again) twisting what was said to suit your purposes.

Ah yes, the clarion tone of monotonous mediocrity. The opposite of innovation in the (business) world of technology is not conservatism, it is stagnation. Perhaps if an automobile does not suit one, a horse-drawn cart would be better. After all, most people are probably not afraid of progress per se - such an abstract concept - rather of being left behind in the dung heap of history. But line sorting - seriously? So elegant, so basic, so handy (for some). When needed, I much prefer an alphabetized dictionary to a random word list. (Do I feel a flame approaching?)

"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home."

- Ken Olson, President, Chairman and Founder of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC),

"Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a @#$%@#@ sharp knife to it."

- Banksy, Wall and Piece

"Innovation, being avant garde, is always polemic."

- Ferran Adrià i Acosta

Yes, well nice try at diverting attention from the issues at hand by using broad (and inaccurate I would add) generalizations.  But no cigar. 

What a great product!  I can use this for almost everything.  Wait...I cannot sort my lists like within the note?  OK, I will just export, sort and import.  Wait, why don't I just use an application that does sort.  OK.  Sounds good.  Wait, why do I use EN now?  I guess i don't now.  Bummer.

 

It has been said that there are a low number of users.  Wonder why?

 

It has been said that it EN does not re-invent things.  How can you re-invent things when they are already invented and only need to be implemented?

 

Sorting is basic.  Can use say alphanumeric?  You don't provide a car without seats.

 

And finally, sorting is integral to EN.  Notes are nicely sorted.  It is just the notes themselves are not.  Strange.

Things that are "basic" differ for each user. I've been using EN for six years, have over 63,000 notes in my main account (I have a few other EN accounts), use EN every single day, pretty much every single hour I'm on the computer & then some) and have yet to find the lack of being able to sort text in a note a detriment. I can't even say I would have ever even used this feature, if it existed. Maybe if you need a motorcycle, you should get a motorcycle instead of a car.

ANY IDEAS HOW WE CAN FORCE IT???? To make them develope this feature faster?

First, AFAIK, no one even knows if this is on their to do list.

Second, I'm pretty sure there is no way to force them to do anything. If it makes you feel better, you could boycott them & use another app.

Good luck.

I've merged the two threads you started. Please do not start multiple threads on the same topic. Thank you.

Does anyone know if there is every going to be a Linux client? The ability to import files easily via an import folder would be most useful.

http://discussion.evernote.com/topic/22658-request-evernote-for-linux/

Hi, 

 

My computer crashed recently and I am trying to recover my local evernote notebooks. I have access to my old hard drive but I can't seem to find the evernote local notebook files. Could anyone please indicate what would be the default path and extension for local notebooks in Windows?

 

Thanks.

You would need a good copy of the your-user-name.exb file. All notebooks are stored in that file. I suggest you do regular backups in the future. Please search the board on the topic, since it's been discussed a lot.

I know this is IOS, but just in case someone is looking form an ANDROID phone, I found my lost recordings here:

 

\Internal storage\Android\data\com.evernote\files\unsaved_notes

 

they are saved as .amr files, not .wav.  They play in VLC media player in the least.  Maybe other programs too.

 

Happy hunting!

Yes, this is the iOS section...please do not post Android information in the iOS section. Thank you.

I also support your right to address a post to Evernote developers.

No one has ever suggested otherwise. However, if/when a user has a more direct need to feel their request is heard, then yes, submitting via a support ticket is the recommended alternative.

Certainly the nay-sayers have no problem repeating their objections ad nasuim.

You "support" the right for users to repeatedly request a feature (which no one has ever said they shouldn't) and yet you add a negative connatation to those who disagree? I don't understand the rationalization behind "supporting" replies only from those who agree with you.

2) There's ample evidence that Evernote policy is to read every post. Just go to the top of any forum page, and type in "we read every post", and you'll see many examples of Evernote employees saying exactly that. Here's just one: http://discussion.evernote.com/topic/43257-scansnap-evernote-edition/?p=243064. Of course, whether one believes it or not, but me, if I couldn't take them at their word on this, then I'd probably stop using their software.

Absolutely!

I know this has been suggested before, but I would love to see the ability to share stacks (and all the notebooks contained in them). I know there are workarounds and not everyone would find this useful, however I feel strongly that it would help me and other users.

Thanks!

Yes, you are right. This has been suggested before. Evernote staff read all posts on the board so please do not start new threads for the sake of starting a new thread. Unlike bed sheets, thread count does not matter here.

You better quote what EN announced about this matter.

Evernote is not working on a native Linux client, and we don't have any plans to make a Linux client in the future.However, we'd love to see other people build applications that talk to Evernote. We will happily and actively promote good quality applications that work with our API. E.g.: http://www.evernote.com/about/integration/Randy (baumgarr, above) has been working on a Linux note taking application that works with Evernote for a while, so you could talk to him about testing his application.

I have just been reading pages about this... quite unbelievable that Evernote should make such a mess up of something so simple as having a "Choose" featured image" - all Wordpress Blog posts have this it's very simple and if people don't choose one the program picks one, whether it uses some "largest, mines bigger than yours, tiniest" consideration I neither know nor care.

I suspect the quote "You don't have to like it, but that's the way it is. (shrug)" from one of your evangelists is a very good indication of the Evernote attitude to it's customers and their requirements.

No, it's not simple. Clearly you overlooked this post (by a Evernote employee) in the thread....

The requests for this feature have definitely been noted and I appreciate the spirited discussion!

Just as a point of reference, describing the complexity of this task as "small" or assuming that it would "only take half a day" is grossly underestimating the level of effort involved in modifying a database structure supporting 80 million users (and billions of notes) in a production environment Happy to discuss this further with anyone in a separate thread!

I have all my notes for work on  my iPad, I wanted to link it to my  phone to it but i didn't know my username so i logged out and logged back in  only to realize that I  guess i made another account.  And the new account that I need i don't know what username and/or password it is under so i cant get into it and i cant  get a hold of their customer support. The only clue I could come up with  is that when I try  a certain username it says it has sent me a reset email, but I dont know what email it is sending it to or even if its for me. Please help.

If you're not receiving the email, then it's most likely going to an address you are not checking, for whatever reason. Could be b/c it's incorrect or one you no longer use.

You should submit a support ticket. (See my signature).

You do not work for Evernote, then no one should trust what you say about Evernote's decisions and plans. You may have heard of them, but I for one consider they are not official. And so unless you want to deliberately annoy people (i.e. who are asking for Linux client version of Evernote), you should STOP telling about Evernote's plans and business decisions.

If you've noticed, we're just reporting what Evernote have said publicly about their position on a Linux client. That's really all we know, and it appears not to have changed in some time. You can draw your own conclusions. Beyond that, we're allowed to have opinions, just like you.

Yep.

@biocyberman - I'm simply relaying what EN has said publicly. I find it odd that you object to that.

Thank you! I don't understand what you mean by "client". I use Evernote Premium. I would change the content of a note - delete, add, edit, whatever and close Evernote. Then reopen it and the change wasn't there. That help?

Are you syncing? Are you moving between computers/devices?

I also have a need for inside an ever note to have it sort alphabetically, can that be done?

 

Use Case is I have 100 dvd's listed alphabetically in a note titled :DVD's and I'd like to add titles to it and have it auto sort alphabetically like it does in Excel.

I also keep track of DVDs. I would suggest you make a note for each DVD. That's what I do. Then I make any notes about the DVD in the note & then can search & quickly find a DVD that contains either a scene I like (along with the starting point) or actors or commercials (since I have some that originated from Betamax from the 70's). I actually assign numbers to each DVD, label the DVD with the number & the number is also in the title line in my Evernote.

Additionally, there is a lot of helpful information right here on this board. That's how/why I started spending so much time here is b/c every day, I'd learn something new about EN and how to use it.

OK, interesting....  I don't automatically associate tags with the ability to organize in a hierarchical structure. That being said, I can see the benifits and I’m going to give that a try to see how it works. That may make all the difference in my overall experience with this software.

 

Thanks for the suggestion.

I have to admit that it took a bit of adjusting on my part when I first started using EN. But once you "get it", you realize how powerful & flexible it is to not be restricted to hierarchical folders.

(first time poster here) - I've been trying EverNote for several months now... seeing if it is comfortable to use. In general, I really like it. I have to agree though, nested categories (regardless of terminology) is the one single downfall to the system. And it really is a huge one.

 

If it's true that this has been a highly requested feature for many years, why in the world don't they find a way to deliver what people want? That doesn't make any sense to me. At least offer it as a 'paid' feature, or sell a plug-in we could install, or something.

There is a lot of discussion on the board already on the topic. Please search the board for these threads which may be very helpful. In a nutshell, EN's system is MUCH more flexible than a nested folder system, especially the more notes you have. An example jefito has used a lot is how to file a red, rubber ball. Does it go under red? Round? Rubber? Toy? Ball? With tags (and/or keywords) you can use all of them & not have to delve into the bowels of your hard drive looking for the image of the red, rubber ball. I think EN was very wise in choosing this methodology.

Is this even serious?? Two years and I still can't sort??

Hmmm.... I don't recall Evernote stating they were going to do this. 

Ridiculous indeed. (Please save the unnecessary flames) On that subject - where can I get an unabridged unalphabetized copy of the Oxford English Dictionary. Of course, I forgot -  just use other dictionaries until you find what you are seeking, then go through the whole unalphabetized OED to verify.

You seem to think lines in Evernote notes are supposed to behave like a dictionary or thesaurus.  You would be wrong. 

Evernote has stated in the past that they elect to NOT modify your notes.  So...as has been stated before, it's doubtful this is something Evernote will ever implement.  If you want/need lists in alpha order, then you should stick with a true (translate: more robust) list manager.

(Emphasis mine):

Our philosophy is that we want to preserve the exact bits of the files you put into Evernote, so if you drag/save them out, you should get the original file exactly as it was. Any special processing we do (e.g. OCR on PDFs) is done via a second, separate file that we create and maintain. In the UI, you can get a copy of this second text+image PDF, but we don't replace your original.

There's currently no UI option to say "save all of the files and images out of this set of notes", but thanks for the suggestion. You're correct that the only way to do this currently is to export as HTML. The original attachments are all saved in separate files that you can find from the Finder.

If you put a PDF into Evernote and access it from the web, you should get the same PDF document when you click on it. It will probably appear in a browser window, so you'll need to save that from the browser into a file on the desktop if that's what you want.

I just started using Evenote (migrated from Notational Velocity, mainly so I could sync my Evernote Mac desktop with iPads).  But I do want to export txt files as a safety measure and it is a bit beyond my skill to use the apps on github.

 

Evernote:  If you are listening, please include an Export to txt file option under Export.  Thanks.

Here's why Evernote exports to html...

https://www.evernote.com/shard/s137/sh/e10c37c9-be36-40f4-b7b4-3501c4bcbc61/e1f2636a2d024c13de29b10c8544b65b

No word, yet. My opinion is that this ought to be standard (it is with other note-taking apps on the Mac like DevonThink, nvALT, and VoodooPad). However, if it was a Premium feature, that would be fine with me as well.

It's not for me to say. But I'd guess if it were premium, it would spawn a whole 'nuther rant theme similar to the one(s) that offline notebooks should not be a premium feature.

gbarry as an evernote employee, it would be helpful for you or someone on your team to chime in. Maybe even put together a registry of users who would pay for the feature. The whole "deal with it" attitude from moderators is a horrible reflection on evernote. Some of us are customers, not just of premium subscriptions but of Jot note pen and moleskin notebooks etc.... If evernotes stance is truly "deal with it", then that is really sad and horrible customer service. Please let us know if that is the official evernotes stance because I will gladly cease all paid transaction with evernote.

I don't normally say "deal with it". But it's clear what post (rant, really) I was responding to b/c it's quoted in my post & you are free to re-read it. 

Jeff was correct when he said...

The "deal with it attitude" comment probably a reflection on the rudeness of the poster being responded to, but let's face it; the Evernote stance should be pretty clear by now, and yet nobody seems to accept what the actual Evernote employees actually have actually said, on more than one occasion. Parse the situation any way you like, but at the end, we're left with a situation that neither you nor I can change -- what else can you do but try to deal with a situation you don't like.

And speaking of deja vu all over again, you & I have danced this dance before...

I'll continue to keep voicing my support for a linux client, you can continue to tell me that EN isn't interested and we can continue to cycle.

No one has said you (or anyone else) should not ask for a linux client. However, linux supporters are the ones who are telling the rest of us to stop posting our thoughts. This is a message board. If you post something, there's a really good chance someone else may have another idea or something of value to offer.

IMO, odd that the "linux community" that is clamoring for an EN client is so against helping/modifying baumgarr's open source linux client. Especially since it's clear that at least in the near or not so near future, that's your best bet, if you don't like the web client or using Wine.

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PS - since your first post is so rude, I'm reluctantly adding...

First, please read my sig. I do not work for EN.

Second, I use the EN web client every single day.

Third. peace & love backatcha babe.

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As eloquent as your first post is, the take away from this thread is that EN has stated they will not be making a linux client.

Deal with it.