i'm new here but I have the same wishes as the above posters.
I don't think Evernote is for us, unfortunately.
Evernote is great for syncronization between my PC and my android; love it!
But when it comes to the wishes of myself and the folks above, it's widget is lacking. I put the widget on my screen, it shows a simple list of notes. Can't do anything with it; you have to click the widget and it takes you into Evernote.
Clunky.
There's good apps for what we want out of a usable, interactive widget: NoteToDo.Notes To do list is one. You can create list items, have full font/color/size control, check them off, and do all of this *from within the widget itself*. No "display widget" that merely sends you to the app.
Again, though, obviously Evernote is loved by many people. I guess they just don't want what we want.
An old school widget offers similar functionality, but not font or size options, and no backup or cloud sync: Checklist Widget. It's ooold. But does what we want.
Evernote it seems to me is a Word Document syncing app. Not truly a To Do list app, as you can't have discrete To Do items that can be slid up and down (rearranged); it's just like a word document with boxes before lines of text.
Again, many love it, so we are the odd-ones-out. To each their own.