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18 minutes ago, eugenes said:

Notion webclipper sucks 
But Save to Notion saves the day.

Thanks - this works great !

34 minutes ago, TK0047 said:

I have been a HUGE tag guy. All my notes had more than 5 tags on average and I am a firm believer in tags vs. notebooks. I believe tags is the new way of thinking vs. the folder structure we all have been used.

With Notion, I realized I could use @ symbol and then use it within the note so now I could cross reference everything. Basically, I had to change the way I thought about notes, and when I figured out that these "pages" (notes) were actually kind of websites where I can do links, it opened my eye to many possibilities. 

In essence, now my old tags are "pages" in databases or pages in Notion. So if I used to have a "Bank of America" or a "Statement" tag, now those live as individual pages or items in databases and I can still access all of those without having to remember where things are.

This was the biggest challenge I had to overcome.

Good points.  After 10 years of EN and  3 months of Notion - for organizing information -  I don't know how anyone could pick EN over Notion.  The tagging, the @ symbol cross referencing, the backlinks, the Toggle Headers, the hierarchial folders, table of contents, and more.  You can even sync a portion of a page/note on other pages -  edit one place, updates in other places automatically.

No need to reply with "Notion webclipper sucks" or "Notion mobile sucks" (it does).

I can't use Obsidian because all my work is on Chromebooks via browsers (theoretically could load Linux version).

12 hours ago, ferol said:

yes.. UpNote is in my This is a development worth watching ... 

@ferol know how to do "nag alarms" (repeating)  in Notion ?  I love the @remind command. Thanks !

2 hours ago, Doministry said:

Can you transfer data easily to Notion from Evernote? Is there a Android app?

After the major f.... Evernote did today I will not use this cr.... anymore.

Yes the converter worked well for me. Only exception was EN "internal links" referencing another EN note. 
 

no big deal

49 minutes ago, ferol said:

This is prefect !

 

 We want somethink like this to Evernote

Nice- hate gray links. 

i'm learning a lot here about Notion in the Evernote forum...

1 hour ago, ferol said:

once one understands how it all works and how it can be moved and renamed, it ends up being quite simple and highly flexible... Maybe a bit more laborious when moving and renaming, but once you've stabilized your main structure it's fine.

Found a Table of Contents function in Notion.  Looks good for long notes.  Doesn't "span several notes" like I used to do in EN, but I can use @ references to other notes.

https://www.notion.so/Table-of-contents-50de58f824bf4100a4a9fa5b6f783c2b#d88f2cad06f949a8b6c4cb846a18f1fa

Nested tags looks complicated and requires advanced planning.

I used to use Evernote table of contents feature. It would make a table of contents from several pages, I'd like to find that functionality in Notion.

but I just love the toggle command in Notion to quickly and easily collapse sections

3 hours ago, TK0047 said:

After 36,314 notes and 10+ years of Evernote usage as well as being an Evernote fanboy....I am making the switch to Notion.

Everything users have been asking for from Evernote in the forums are already in Notion. And it is so fast to make a reference/connection to a page in Notion by using @ and you can cross reference everything so quickly.

The databases, gallery views, board views, markdown, being able to change the color of a text or the style on the fly etc....many many nice features that just work.

Good points.

40 minutes ago, AlbertR said:

Yep - search excludes the URL behind the links. But if you've transferred your notes to Notion, I'd try to search in Notion for strings like "evernote:///view/710611". Maybe it searches URL text and adresses?

Great idea !  I searched on Notion for "evernote:///view/710611" - got a bunch of hits - many without internal links - but seems to have snagged a bunch I can convert.  Whether or not it's snagging all, we'll see.

Thanks again !

1 hour ago, gazumped said:

Hi.  AFAIK the only way to re-link the notes would be to search for the link text - in your example above "Internal Link Text" and replace the links one by one.  In Evernote it's possible to filter notes for URLs,  or to search for a keyword like shard but I don't think either method will find a link where the URL is hidden.

Thanks ! 

In my 4,000 notes, I have some "internal links" from one note to another.  

Is there a way to search for all the internal links ?  I've converted over to Notion - when I hit  an Evernote internal link - it obviously doesn't  work.

I'd like to go to my EN database and identify all the internal links and manually recreate in Notion

Unfortunately, in EN the text is the link title.  Hope this makes sense.  Thanks !

I moved to Notion.  4000 notes.  Conversion easy. 

What I care about most:  notetaking and information organization.   Not sharing, making websites, web clipping, emailing, etc.

For my needs, Notion is better.  You can create "notes inside notes inside notes" - the "Toggle" heading is awesome - make a bunch of subnotes on a page, click a toggle and collapse it.  Links between pages / notes / sections is easier.

Evernote has no "multilevel hierarchy"   On a big project - I'd either have to use 5-10 notes or "big long notes".  Yuk.

My only Notion gripes are the phone app is weak and the "pages look boring" -  even bolding isn't bright, don't think can highlght text.  But I'm boring too, so that's OK. 

Good luck for whatever works for you.

38 minutes ago, esotirescu said:

after 23 years of evernote on paid plans from the very beginning, i'm sad to say that i'm in the process of moving my 4000+ notes somewhere else (to notion). i don't mind paying for what i use, but the latest price increase just doesn't match what i need any more. i don't use tasks, calendars, AI and some of the other shiny things evernote uses to justify the price increase. 

Notion working great for me.  The multilevel pages in pages is awesome - toggle switch to collapse and expand.  Yes there's "warts" but I like it more.

Leaving Evernote was worth it  just to get rid of this message every time you click external link.....

Notion working great

How cheesy.....  Gone to Notion and loving it.

2 hours ago, mackid1993 said:

Notion may be good for some people but it's paradigm and feature set is different. I wouldn't call it an Evernote replacement. Amplenote or Notejoy are much more similar than Notion.

Thanks.  You are right  - Notejoy is very similar to Evernote - and easily transferred over my EN data.  I'm staying with Notion for now - love the  flexibility.

9 hours ago, mackid1993 said:

No one else combines full document and image OCR, email to note, task management, notetaking, essentially unlimited storage over time, cross platform support, real time sync, AI features I can go on and on. You'll find not a single product that matches Evernote feature for feature.

This thread for people leaving EN, right or wrong, for whatever reason.  EN is good product. and years ago market share leader.  But they're losing share fast - even before recent pricing action.

I found this very  interesting - can't attest to data/methodology.  My one week with Notion has been awesome.   Merry Christmas to all !!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTg3fCr1WaY

https://lifehacker.com/tech/best-evernote-alternatives

Thanks.   Started an account.  Bummer Free version cannot include image in note. 

Seems very close to EN at 1/3 the price.  Definitely will evaluate.

Thanks ! Keeping everything in EN.  Change of new year is good marking point.  Data is really more portable than I thought.  

I just need a  "second brain depository" - so a lot of these other notetaking tools will work fine.  And each pretty easy to learn.

Thanks !  Amplenote looks great too.  Going to give a try.  And keep "history" in EN for awhile.

I re-imported EN to Notion - working great.

There are lot of good alternatives to Evernote.  

Thanks. Have iPhone and Chromebooks- which is why browser important

@gazumped Nice post and great resources ! 

I did create Notion account. They have a direct import - where it automatically grabs EN data. 

I used on a couple small databases -  worked great - seemingly everything came over, including tags.

However:  my largest database, over 2,000 notes came over twice - two copies of each.  Deleted and retried.   I'd rather not manually delete 2,000 notes.  If I could fix this - I'd be done.

Have few thousand notes.  Some notes with images, tags, few attached files.  Simple requirements - free or less than $40, accessible via web, ideally keeping tabs.

Notion, Jopin, Notesnook, Zoho and others all seem like they'll work fine.

What matters most is easy/confirmed/robust transfer of data out of EN.  What apps please have the best converters ?  I'm asking also at "destination app" support sites.

Please no drama, pricing, "freeloader", snarky comments.  @PinkElephant please ignore this thread - don't need your usual troll comments.

Next response will be my initial experience with Notion transfer  Thanks !!