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BurgersNFries

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  1. I DO NEED TO SORT!!! ... I like Evernote and have used it for two years. I have lists I need to alphabetically sort. Please.

    It's doubtful EN will add sorting lines within a note any time soon, if ever. (The ability to sort notes by note title has always been an option). If you need lists sorted alphabetically & don't want to make each line a separate note, then you should probably use a true list manager. There are plenty of them out there. And they pretty much work just like having each line in a separate Evernote note, IMO/IME.

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    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.

     

     

     

    When it comes to the actual product your thoughts are not your own, you are just relaying the last communicated thought by EN.

     

    Your personal thoughts are your comment regarding wine and nix note. The answer to your question is most of us are using wine or nixnote and it doesn't fit the bill 100%. Not all Linux Users are programmers and can contribute code, or have the time. Some are even willing to pay for the client and we feel EN is in a better position to interface with their product rather than a 3rd party.

     

    I am reiterating facts.  There really is nothing new that's ever added to this thread.  It's pretty much all been said. If one actually reads the thread, it's clear no one is telling linux users to stop posting they want an EN client.  Yet the linux users keep wanting only linux supporters to contribute to the thread. 

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  3. 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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  4. As was pointed out earlier in this thread, rather than continuing to berate EN b/c of the lack of an EN client...

     

    I think that the message is that Evernote doesn't appear willing to commit resources towards developing a Linux client, i.e., there is no "their Linux version", and there probably won't be. There are a couple of non-Evernote developed Evernote clients, however (noted several times in this topic) -- that might be a better place to put support efforts.

  5. Cross Platform doesn't need to translate into All Platforms, but we aren't talking about something like Palm. Let's be honest, to compare the 2 is obnoxious and condescending. To sit in a topic and keep saying EN isn't going to build a linux client every 2 posts or so is nothing more than some type of chest pumping or competition where you are trying to rub it in the face that people are wrong.

    IMO the more people who ask for the client the better, my hope is that the business development and planning teams start to see value in developing for Linux. The cloud is essentially built on linux and as the ranks of programmers grows linux will be used more on the desktop. Maybe not by mainstream users but by a large number more developers, cloud admins and the like.

    Deja vu all over again...

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    The web is cross platform.

     

    If you are a Linux user there are a number of alternatives, what there isn't is a native Evernote built client. No indication that this is ever going to change.

     

     

    We got that, it's been said dozens or times. The point is to possibly influence future direction. If no one complains or requests it the status quo will prevail. As much as the linux "whiners" keep complaining there is no linux boxes, why do people care to answer the same question over and over? Is there some fetish from telling people no or nannny poo poo no client for you?

     

     

     

    No one says you shouldn't post your support for this.  But those who continue to think "cross platform" translates to "all platform" or those who denigrate EN and/or the devs will most likeley get replies in kind.

     

    (Not sure what a "fetish from telling people no" means though...)

  7. Evernote is like the roman empire in Asterix and Obelix.

     

    With the army claiming "We have captured the whole of France!"

    And ceaser replies: "The WHOLE of France?"

    And the army going: "Well... except perhaps for this tiny little village...."

     

    Translated to Evernote:

    Evernote: We are a cross-platform solution!

    The community: Truly all platforms?

    Evernote: Well... Except for this one platform....

    I don't know why you think "cross platform" translates to "all platform". I won't be holding my breath until there's an EN client for a Palm TX.

  8. Operating system users outside of the Apple ecosystem will always have to wait for fixes

    Users of all OSes must wait for fixes, as they are not completed & delivered instantaneously. BTW, the Windows desktop app is considered by some as the gold standard as there are at least a few features in the Windows client that the Mac & iOS users long for.

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  9. I think Evernote should reconsider its decision on a Linux client.  

     

    First, Evernote has a really good reputation as just plain good people and a good company that I believe is quite deserved.   So in keeping with that it seems certain they would like to have even more happy users. Some of us using Linux at least some of the time and would be even happier customers if there was a Linux client.   

     

    Second, there are many in the community that have this need that would be delighted to write this client as open source or even as proprietary given just enough support or API access to do so.  It would not have to cost Evernote much at all to have this client built.  If it is open source, it would not even cost Evernote much to have it maintained.

     

    So in light of even better community positive response and incurring little extra cost and delighting many more users this seems to me a very clear win-win.  

     

    So what is the thinking that would decide it otherwise? 

     

    BTW, why doesn't someone actually from Evernote comment on this request?  

     

     

    In addition to what Metrodon & Jefito said, wrt open source, a fellow board member, baumgarr, has built Nevernote/Nixnote, which is open source.  Rather than complaining about the lack of an "official" Evernote client, wny not help a fellow linux/Evernote user who has already put his nose to the grindstone to create a linux client?

     

    http://nevernote.sourceforge.net/index.htm

  10. Are you snowed in as well? LOL. The streets didn't get plowed all morning out here.

    So, where do my fellow evangelists stand on this feature suggestion? Personally, it doesn't matter much to me, because I only have one main notebook. However, for users with a lot of notebooks, I could see this as a very helpful feature. Why not have it as an option?

    Then again, I'm still waiting on Mac and iOS for more sort options (Windows still has the most).

    Not snowed in. Doesn't happen often in the desert. ;-)

    WRT the feature request, I don't have a problem with the way things work now. IMO, it's NBD to sort the results pane differently, when I need to. I do think Jeff pointed out a reasonable concern...that when one notebook is sorted one way & another notebook sorted another way & the search results include notes from both notebooks, what to do? Sure, EN could add all kinds of flags & options, but I think they still try to stay as basic/simple/straight forward as possible. I think that also makes it easier to deal with the multi-platform issues.

  11. I don't think anyone from Evernote has mentioned any technical reasons for not doing this have they? Assigning a UID should not be that much of a problem - even if there are asynchronous issues. It's more of a UX decision - and I think it's a bad one. If the guest has access to add, delete and edit notes then why not tags too? Doesn't make sense.

    Evernote does not typically comment on why something is the way it is or isn't. It could be a conscious choice or simply a matter of other things having a higher priority.

  12. I have to laugh about the fanboys here...

     

    Having a user defined option for the thumbnail is just another field that has to be added to the database. If it's populated, tell the software to use that field, if it's empty, use the standard field that is populated by the algorithm. Any IT developer worth his salt can add that feature in half a day. This is not some Google-type complex machine-learning stuff, this is just totally basic and it is ridiculous that it hasn't been an option from day one or implemented in the meantime.

     

    This thread was started in July 2011 and we now have almost 2014. Has Evernote ever heard of agile software development??? Something smells here...

     

     

    Yeah, I wondered how long it would be before you dug up the F word.  That seems to be the go to word when someone can't accept that others have valid opinions that differ from theirs.  If I don't agree with you, then I must be a fanboy.  Sweet.
     
    BTW, since it's clear you don't get it, that's why I have evangapologist in my tag line.  It's called sarcasm.
     
    And please re-read my earlier post, since you seem to have blinders on as to why this feature may not be implemented. 
     
    This really isn't worth debating, since the bottom line is that it really doesn't matter what you or I think.  The issue has been presented to EN & they either will or will not implement it based upon *their* criteria.  If it's a deal breaker for you & you have so little regard for the developers based upon the fact that your "go to" feature has not been implemented, then you should be disgusted & find an app that better suits your needs.  Good luck.
     
  13. I can't believe that the obvious feature to select your own thumbnail picture is still not implemented. It just shows that Evernote is not listening to its customers. It should be a piece of cake to add that feature... :angry:

    Whether it's a piece of cake to implement is not something you can speak to unless you are intimate with Evernote under the hood & how it behaves on the various other platforms. Additionally, there are a lot of feature requests by the 60+ million users. The fact that *your* feature request has not been implemented is no indication that EN is not listening to their customers. Sometimes a feature is simply something EN has decided to not implement at all. Or perhaps it's a lower priority than a lot of other things.

     

    "Evangelapologist" seems to describe you very well, indeed!

     

    Custom thumbnail selection would be one of the most important features to organize your notes and quickly find what you are looking for. After all, a picture says more than a thousand words.

     

    If Evernote cannot implement something as basic as this, they should go out of business. End of story...

    Thumbnail selection is certainly not the most important feature for many people, including me. End of story.

  14. I can't believe that the obvious feature to select your own thumbnail picture is still not implemented. It just shows that Evernote is not listening to its customers. It should be a piece of cake to add that feature... :angry:

    Whether it's a piece of cake to implement is not something you can speak to unless you are intimate with Evernote under the hood & how it behaves on the various other platforms. Additionally, there are a lot of feature requests by the 60+ million users. The fact that *your* feature request has not been implemented is no indication that EN is not listening to their customers. Sometimes a feature is simply something EN has decided to not implement at all. Or perhaps it's a lower priority than a lot of other things.

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  15. So you work for Evernote?

    If not, you have a couple of friends that tell you about stuff in this company?

    Or you just assume that your postings count makes you know it better?

    Jealous much?  That's the only reason I can think of why you'd post such silly comments that have no relevance. 

     

    But thanks for playing.

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    I've read the posts.  I've been here much longer than you have

     

     

     

     

    So I was wondering, because you are here MUCH longer than others, what does make you think that you are better than others?

     

     

     

    I don't & I don't know why you think that.  I do think I know what Evernote is about more than others. 

  17. Several of the Evernote employees have a background in security systems, so it seems to be a choice, not an oversight

    Nor a lack of ability.

    I think you are quoting me here, right?

    Indeed. I think the Evernote developers (at least, in my experience) are extremely competent. I wouldn't be surprised if they are among some of the best in their respective fields. This doesn't mean they will make the "right" decisions (amazingly, they have not implemented all of my suggested changes). It does mean, though, that they have probably thought through all of this a lot more deeply than we have :)

    Ahhhh...yes, I am quoting you. Sorry. I will correct this.

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