JF_

I have been an Evernote premium subscriber for a number of years now. Evernote is becoming increasingly more aggravating to use. I am using it less frequently now, maybe once a day or every two days. Here's my perception: 50% of the time when I start up Evernote on my Macbook Pro, it immediately prompts me to download and install an update. I get it. I have worked in the software product industry for nearly 30 years. As a paying subscriber, I'm glad Evernote is actively being updated. As a fan of agile methodology, more frequent, smaller updates is more appealing than big bang releases, to learn if things are working and to get improvements out quickly to your customer base. Often when I start up Evernote, I get the spinning green circle that indicates it's doing something. For like 30 seconds. While it's doing something, I can't. This happens about as often (and may coincide with) when it wants to do updates. After updates, I am often forced to see what's new. Here's the thing, Evernote Product Management Team: When I fire up Evernote, it's because I want TO DO SOMETHING. Right now. In fact, I'm in the middle of doing something when I fire up Evernote, and I need it to be a tool that I use in context with the task at hand. I want to quickly enter or update a note to get something out of my head that I'm thinking about right now. Or I'm in the middle of doing something and I want to look up a note that I made for just this occasion, when I need to remember something that was important. Instead I stare at my phone or my Macbook Pro screen and wait. For 30 or more seconds, after the application has started. Evernote now looks like the chief product person thinks it's a destination, rather than a tool that I can quickly pick up while I'm in the middle of a task and use it to help me complete the task. It's missing the mark.