Don Reba

26 minutes ago, ChristianJB said:

Please install the latest version, this was fixed... 

https://evernote.com/release-notes

https://evernote.com/download

 

You are right, updating solved the columns narrowing. However, the horizontal scrollbars are still there.

2 minutes ago, AlbertR said:

Rows? Please provide a screenshot.

Sure thing.

It might be getting worse. All my tables broke, with rows that used to be one line now taking up two or three. And there are now horizontal scroll bars that don't help anything.

On 6/27/2023 at 1:32 PM, Don Reba said:

I wish Evernote updated its Android 9 client to be compatible with the current version, instead of nagging. As it is, I couldn't move on from the Legacy version even if I wanted to  because I don't buy a new phone every couple of years.

At last, Evernote did update the Android 9 client. It's slower but usable. So, now I don't need to look for another note taking software.

Evernote stopped syncing me when I'm connected through a VPN (which is almost always). The forum login also stopped supporting the VPN.

2 minutes ago, PinkElephant said:

You can use the checklist formatting - its even better for such lists, because it is easier to sort a checklist than a list build with checkboxes.

Since quite some release cycles you can decide in settings if a list entry will be striked out on checking it as well, or not.

Those don't work on Android before 10, as far as I can tell.

4 minutes ago, gazumped said:

v10 has things like Tasks that don't show up correctly on Android,  but I have a venerable Android phone running Legacy and a new Desktop running v10 and regularly use the phone for reference and input.  What sort if information were you trying to share?

Checkboxes were the main issue. For example, we need to use a Legacy desktop client when we want to make a grocery list we can check off in the store.

1 hour ago, PinkElephant said:

You can have an older phone, it just needs to be supported by the maker. I run EN v10 on an iPad that is nearly 10 years old - but Apple provided it with full iOS updates until last fall, and is still delivering security fixes. Same with an iPhone 6S+, 8 years old. Both run the latest EN clients.

If your phone is 5 years old, and does not get updates, the problem is not with EN, it’s the neglect of your phones vendor. To run EN a phone needs to run Android 10 or iOS 13 as minimum requirements.

The Android market is different from Apple's. About a quarter of Android users are still on version 9 or below: https://9to5google.com/2023/06/02/android-13-june-distribution That's a good proportion of Evernote users who would not be able to update from Legacy.

18 minutes ago, gazumped said:

Android 10,  which supports Evernote 10,  came out 4 years ago...  and the Play Store still offers the Legacy version for older Android users.  Are you being nagged to update,  or to become a subscriber?

My phone is 5 years young and is giving me no reasons to change it. A few months ago, I asked my wife to start using Evernote, so we could have a shared family notebook. Then we found we couldn't use the notes her desktop made on our phones, so we rolled her back onto Legacy. Now, Legacy nags us every morning.

I wish Evernote updated its Android 9 client to be compatible with the current version, instead of nagging. As it is, I couldn't move on from the Legacy version even if I wanted to  because I don't buy a new phone every couple of years.

For once, I'm happy Samsung is not rolling out Android 10 to my phone.

38 minutes ago, PinkElephant said:

Just read through the lengthy and agitated thread about Windows dark mode. Since the old Windows client is 32bit, it could not incorporate the system dark mode. Now it is possible, because the app was completely rewritten.

I don't know the details, but I find the claim that a 32-bit program couldn't use dark mode hard to believe. But, even granting that, it's pretty unusual to have to rewrite much just to recompile a program in 64 bits. Most of the time, it does not take any changes at all.

38 minutes ago, PinkElephant said:

Win10 gets an update every 6 month, a functional update every 12 month. MacOS gets a full update every 12 month. This alone means you are permanently updating

It doesn't mean that at all. It is very rare for Windows updates to break reverse compatibility. A lot of 20-year-old software runs perfectly fine without changes.

38 minutes ago, PinkElephant said:

Plus you have the mobile clients, the web client, 4 or more browsers with the web clipper. Enough to keep more developers on the jump than you probably want to employ.

It's really not rocket science. Saying this having written a full-featured Evernote client myself a while ago, one with rich text editing, offline note storage, search, attachment, multimedia note support, etc.

On 11/25/2020 at 10:34 AM, Mystic said:

Evernot's old client needed to be changed, in 2020 it looks ridiculous

What do you mean it "looks ridiculous"? I don't know about other platforms, but the Windows client version 6 is one of the better-looking programs I use. Besides, it's a desktop program, it's not like it needs to be rewritten every season to keep up with the latest fashions.

On 11/25/2020 at 10:35 AM, Scotpip said:

It's pretty much identical to the web client in features and performance.

That's quite a low bar to clear, though. I expect desktop software to be much more responsive than websites.

2 hours ago, Mystic said:

I ran away to nimbus notes, which is what I advise you. The project is developing at an incredible pace and they interact with their community, unlike evernote. Support answered me in 4 minutes !!!!!!!

I've read in another topic that the Nimbus client is a bloated Electron app, like the new Evernote. Better support is good, but, if this is true, it won't replace Evernote's old native client. I want to have good software and not interact with support at all.

On 10/11/2020 at 8:18 PM, CalS said:

What does that mean in the scheme of things?  Word is disconnected search will work so this must be the file that is used for that?

The main implication is that this cache does not have any forward compatibility guarantees and could be deleted at any moment. It is currently purged whenever you sign out of Evernote and is likely to be purged after updates, as well.

On 10/10/2020 at 4:04 AM, DMiddleton said:

I don't think I have ever known of another product where a new 'improved' version was released that dropped a load of the existing functionality?

Firefox for Android just recently. They switched the engine and rewrote the app from the ground up, losing all the features that used to make it worth using over other browsers. The two releases are so similar, they feel like a single event in my mind.

5 hours ago, mds386 said:

...and why didn't this install in %programfiles%?

If it asked you now if you want to update, you might think twice. This way it doesn't have to ask.

Just found out about this feature from this thread, and it's brilliant! Evernote should absolutely add it back in version 10.

One has to wonder who had the bright idea to use Electron for an application that needs to be running all the time. That's hundreds of megabytes of RAM you don't get to use for your work anymore, as well as the reduced battery life.

12 minutes ago, kg12 said:

Use Microsoft office as a bible on Windows UI.

Overall agree, except with this. Please don't. MS Office is notorious for ignoring Windows UI conventions.

We've been down this road before with Evernote 3.5, when they decided to rewrite the client in .NET. It became slugging and lost features, the users were up in arms. Thankfully, the developers had the humility to go back to native in version 4.0.

On 10/8/2020 at 10:59 AM, RMorgan said:

Evernote is only installed as a per-user install.  It installs in the user profile directory.

This is a big disappointment. There should be no binaries in the profile directory — software goes into "Program Files." And it is a poor install experience, since the installer has to be ran as Admin when the previous version has been installed to "Program Files."

On 10/14/2020 at 11:40 AM, dcon said:

I'll bet it's so updates can be done without requiring UAC!

Sounds like v10 is an Electron app. 😣 Going to be a repeat of the disastrous Evernote 3.5 .NET rewrite.