iamPariah

Here's my feedback on the UI, delivered to the NewUIFeedback form:

PLEASE give us back a sidebar color that is different from the rest of the UI. Give the users a choice. I personally loved the (really) old green sidebar, but would be perfectly happy with the dark sidebar (and light note, list, and Home) like we had previously. Also, please unify your colors again; some of the buttons are blue instead of green on my Mac. Please get rid of the yellow snow in the Home screen.

I like the openness and many of the subtle UI changes, especially the typography, but making the UI predominantly one color, with inconsistent coloring, makes Evernote feel like an older gen Microsoft app, and makes EV a chore to use.

Also note how Home content used to overlap the cover image, making the Home less... severely institutional.

[Screenshot via Google. My Evernote is much fuller.]

1 minute ago, DTLow said:

My backup solution includes a non-Evernote solution to access my notes.  This is an html backup to a cloud server.

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Right, which I think is a very wise idea.

On 5/6/2016 at 3:20 PM, JMichaelTX said:

Even IF Evernote (the company) were to disappear without notice tomorrow, my EN Mac app, and my EN Win app, would STILL continue to work, even without an Internet connection.

 

 

I've often wondered what would happen to the content in EN should the company go belly-up. The company's recent downsizing and financial issues have brought the question even more often to the fore of my mind.

I recognize that the desktop clients have local storage of content, and that typically means continued local access if the online component goes dark. But some applications terminate app functions when servers go offline permanently. Are you sure EN would not be one of those? There's always the possibility that the cause of the online component ending requires that the desktop apps be rendered useless, too. For instance, in the event of EN losing a patent suit or for another reason being ordered to cease all operations. In that case, a court would give users the time to get their content out, but should one miss the announcement... Evernote Apocalypse.

On 5/6/2016 at 3:20 PM, JMichaelTX said:

an "Evernote Apocalypse", which will most likely never happen in my lifetime.  If it does, I'm ready.

Never say never. The entire point of backups is to act as insurance against the unforeseen, unlikely, or previously thought impossible.