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So, I received a letter from support. Basically a lot of copypasted yada yada without any meaningful answers (funny, there *is* a button to focus on a single note, which I finally noticed, but I did it myself; not a word about it from support). Still, I strongly believe that all of us should WRITE TO SUPPORT and TWEET with @evernote mention about our problems with new version. Do not write just here. If I understand anything about corporations, it's the only way for public opinion to get into their reports and/or their attention. I'm not talking about spamming. Write about your way to use Evernote, be constructive and elaborate. Tell them about your existed workflows they kinda forgotten.

Out of curiosity several days ago I decided to install the new version. Well, good thing I did it on secondary Windows laptop. The v10 is not the update I hoped to receive. Previous macOS version already had cleaner look while lacking some Windows functions. I hoped new version will take best parts from both desktop clients (ok, maybe with some trade-offs I can live with). Yet they basically ported iOS one. On desktop it feels like an alternative homebrew slow java/emulated client for my EN database. Certainly NOT going to update EN on my primary device in the nearest future. v10 breaks my workflow. Drawbacks so far: 1. Improve UX. That was one the main point of v10 I think. If you wanted cleaner look, why there is so many fixed optional elements? Like arrows in left corner (on the same time back and forward media keys are not supported). Why can't I choose what elements to display in sidebar? Why can't I hide Recent notes after shortcuts? Why help and feedback take so much vertical space? And right now I can't hide note list at all to focus on a single note. Why not open it in a new window? See below. 2. It's SLOW. Interaction in "Legacy" version was snappy. Now I have to wait like 4-6 seconds to open a note with 2 strings of plain text(!) in a separate window. Even browsing through notes feels like loading them from web, not from local database. 3. TAGS. The main frustration actually. I use a lot of them. Color formatting really helped to divide them by categories but now they are just gray flat mass. WHY, JUST WHY there is now double scrollbar for tags? I can't select several tags to show notes marked with both of them. However, by selecting upper level tags I'll get all its associated tags simultaneously (and usually it's a pointless selection). edit: Apparently now EN force-collapses tag tree on full quit. Ridiculous. 4. There's still no highlighting for file names during SEARCH. Previous version used system icons for attachments and they at least stood out. With v10 notes are just flat. Now I have to meticulously read whole note to locate required attachment. I ran several random searches in both EN versions on the same device and v10 sometimes returned less results than "Legacy". 5. So far I've only found option to BACKUP notes and notebooks (which was not obvious btw), not whole database. I do not believe in 100% reliability of any IT system. The system to store years of collected data just screams of regular backups. Baking up each notebook separately every time is not an option. I'm really concerned that developers are not going to considerably improve current functionality. Apparently sooner or later the company decide to support only new versions and it's highly doubtable that by that time all community requested functions will be restored. I started considering some alternative software for the first time. Gonna write the same text to support channel but expectations are low, sadly.