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48 minutes ago, Etonreve said:

I like Zotero, but my use has been limited to research and writing that required detailed citations.

I'm pretty much using Zotero for everything now.  I spent a weekend figuring things out and digging around for specific solutions.  But I spent many more hours trying to adjust my workflow to Evernote's "upgrades," so I'm ahead of the game since now I'm getting stuff done.  

There's no "import" for notes from Evernote, but that always created a mess when I tried it anyway.  Now, Evernote is a container for my last many years of work -- as I migrate it to Zotero.  And I don't need a premium account for that.  Once my Evernote note count is down to zero, it's gone.  

Interestingly, I hardly use Zotero for its intended purpose as a citation manager, since it's not really set up for genealogy cites.  But at some point I will probably tweak the CSL to handle that, too.  ?

On 8/14/2018 at 10:35 AM, Dave-in-Decatur said:

Hopefully many of us have seen the Great Big Brand Refresh Announcement, with its link to the Greater Bigger Details on Medium. First I had to stop yawning, then I had to get my eyes to stop rolling so hard. Evidently the big news is: minor redesign to the elephant; some typography; some other typography. And evidently this is considered vital to Evernote's mission. The Greater Bigger Details go on and on about a "system," but evidently that refers to the "system" involved in the branding itself. What if any changes are planned for Evernote's actual working system--i.e., what they're planning to break without telling us--doesn't seem to be said, although between the yawning and eye-rolling I may have missed it.

Now, I know that some of you all here work in marketing, and can explain to me exactly how important this is for Evernote to help me "focus on what matters most" to me (that's the brand slogan motto tagline catchphrase). Kindly don't. Thank you.

Got the email notification today, "Notice anything different about us?"  YAY!  They're fixing stuff!  Um, no.  A lot of words.  A lot of words about stuff I couldn't care less about.  Stopped in here to see what the conversation might be about the Big Reveal -- and really no surprises here.  I'll continue my migration to Zotero.  Sorry, Evernote, but your new paint job doesn't do a thing for my "focus" and, frankly, it just pisses me off that you're bragging about the extensive resources put into a pretty package.  Give me an ugly package that WORKS!