jochi

Pasting my post that was never responded to in the beta group. It's apparently closed now with no indication anywhere except the fact you can't reply. Whatever, seems typical of Evernote at this point.. seriously disappointed with all the resources they have that this is the best they could do.

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I've been an Evernote user since the very early days and a Premium subscriber for years. I've always been frustrated by the slow performance, but I put up with it for the other features. The Beta is certainly an improvement but it's got some significant issues that will prevent (or at least discourage) me from continuing to use it. Any ideas on the below?

1. Markdown — I use this heavily in my workflow. Support for composing with markdown is nice addition but the Evernote format is a disappointing limitation ... once it's in Evernote proprietary format it ceases to serve the purpose of having a portable note format

2. Keyboard shortcuts — The new version has all this internal menuing with very limited shortcuts and ability to customize

3. Collaboration — I share lots of Notebooks and links with my family. The new version dispenses with the evernote:// URL protocol for shared links so they open in a web browser instead of the app, a real nuisance. After years of wrestling with it, I finally came up with a Keyboard Maestro macro that did the trick to get the evernote:// link, but that function is removed entirely in the beta. Seems literally counterproductive for a productivity app to spawn a new browser window/tab every time a user clicks a shared link.

4. AppleScript — I've had an AppleScript watching a folder on my Mac that imports any file I drop into it. There seems to be no support for AppleScript at all. 

5. I have several shared notebooks with my family. I created some notes recently in my default notebook, only to find when I wanted to move them to the shared notebook that all the shared notebooks were locked.