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I have been using evernote since it practically launched. I only use Evernote these days because there is no competitor I like a lot. Not because it's good.

I have been using evernote since it practically launched. I only use Evernote these days because there is no competitor I like a lot. Not because it's good. The app crashes, it takes forever to open, and the company has not improved anything in a long time. Now they even changed the logo making it harder for my mind to locate the app. Total disaster at Evernote. I can't believe Microsoft hasn't bought it yet.

mikestew 8y ago
I can't believe Microsoft hasn't bought it yet. Why on earth would they want to? OneNote runs on everything, ties in well with Office, and covers the big ticket features that Evernote does. I'm a vimwiki user for the most of what Evernote/OneNote cover, but what I can't believe is that Evernote users haven't saved Microsoft the trouble, and just switched to OneNote. I mean, if you're going to go walled-garden, Microsoft has some nice landscapers.
- cecja 8y ago
  WOOOSH
- cal5k 8y ago
  I use OneNote - it's really great. Until it suddenly decides it doesn't want to sync anymore.
  - komali2 8y ago
    I would pay to be able to make onenote only use the local filesystem and not be allowed to connect to the internet at all except when I manually decide to. Their syncing is garbage! Lord forbid you find yourself on a plane. Suddenly all your notes, inaccessible, even if you synced them an hour prior.
    - snowwindwaves 8y ago
      Maybe it is because we are still using onenote 2010 but we have one note books on our network drive and just sync to that. Works great for a team of 6.
  - snaky 8y ago
    It doesn't sync custom tags anyway. https://onenote.uservoice.com/forums/327186-onenote-for-windows/suggestions/5681685-win-sync-custom-tags-across-all-devices https://onenote.uservoice.com/forums/327186-onenote-for-wind...
- fraudsyndrome 8y ago
  Evernote on windows is horrible. My two biggest annoyances were: - No auto capitalization, - no highlighting multiple words (wanting to change the font of specific words in different lines) I moved over from onenote and decided to move back, maybe it's just more comfortable for me. They were both free versions anyway.
- caymanjim 8y ago
  The same reason every mid-sized company gets bought: to obtain the users. Evernote was there first, and has an established market through nothing more than inertia. Their product is terrible. Someone will buy them, absorb the userbase, and get rid of the existing product.
  - product50 8y ago
    Have you used OneNote? It is definitely a comparable product vs. Evernote and is integrated with Office365 which makes it part of all existing enterprise subscription packages. THey also have a free version which is pretty good.
    - godzillabrennus 8y ago
      They had Outlook and still bought sunrise. I still miss sunrise.
- snaky 8y ago
  > OneNote runs on everything, ties in well with Office Not for long. https://onenote.uservoice.com/forums/327186-onenote-for-windows/suggestions/32737648-include-onenote-for-desktop-in-office-2019 https://onenote.uservoice.com/forums/327186-onenote-for-wind...
  - mikestew 8y ago
    Well, that's one of the reasons I just settled on vimwiki despite having used OneNote since it was an internal build when I worked at Microsoft. I'm tired of chasing it around. Included with Office. Not included with your version. Runs on Mac, but only online and no local storage. Doesn't have that important feature the Windows version does. Had shared notebooks for ten years, permissions system still sucks goat balls. And now they're going to axe the "good" version. Lemmee just alt-tab back over to vim here and make a note of that...
    - snaky 8y ago
      Would you then bring some light on how the such thing happens actually. That was really breakthrough product - the ultimate one, combined with Microsoft technologies like Tablet PC, and handwriting recognition - and now, after the 15 years since Microsoft invented all that, they are chasing after Apple with their iPad Pro? edit - after twenty years! > In 1999, original equipment manufacturers released the first tablet PCs designed to the Microsoft Tablet PC specification
      - mikestew 8y ago
        Would you then bring some light on how the such thing happens actually. I worked at the same company, didn't work on OneNote. Doesn't matter, I'm a tech guy and these decisions have nothing to do with the technology.
ilamont 8y ago
Didn't Microsoft buy Wunderlist?
deedubaya 8y ago
Didn't MS already buy Wunderlist?

mikestew 8y ago

I can't believe Microsoft hasn't bought it yet. Why on earth would they want to? OneNote runs on everything, ties in well with Office, and covers the big ticket features that Evernote does. I'm a vimwiki user for the most of what Evernote/OneNote cover, but what I can't believe is that Evernote users haven't saved Microsoft the trouble, and just switched to OneNote. I mean, if you're going to go walled-garden, Microsoft has some nice landscapers.

cecja 8y ago
WOOOSH
cal5k 8y ago
I use OneNote - it's really great. Until it suddenly decides it doesn't want to sync anymore.
- komali2 8y ago
  I would pay to be able to make onenote only use the local filesystem and not be allowed to connect to the internet at all except when I manually decide to. Their syncing is garbage! Lord forbid you find yourself on a plane. Suddenly all your notes, inaccessible, even if you synced them an hour prior.
  - snowwindwaves 8y ago
    Maybe it is because we are still using onenote 2010 but we have one note books on our network drive and just sync to that. Works great for a team of 6.
- snaky 8y ago
  It doesn't sync custom tags anyway. https://onenote.uservoice.com/forums/327186-onenote-for-windows/suggestions/5681685-win-sync-custom-tags-across-all-devices https://onenote.uservoice.com/forums/327186-onenote-for-wind...
fraudsyndrome 8y ago
Evernote on windows is horrible. My two biggest annoyances were: - No auto capitalization, - no highlighting multiple words (wanting to change the font of specific words in different lines) I moved over from onenote and decided to move back, maybe it's just more comfortable for me. They were both free versions anyway.
caymanjim 8y ago
The same reason every mid-sized company gets bought: to obtain the users. Evernote was there first, and has an established market through nothing more than inertia. Their product is terrible. Someone will buy them, absorb the userbase, and get rid of the existing product.
- product50 8y ago
  Have you used OneNote? It is definitely a comparable product vs. Evernote and is integrated with Office365 which makes it part of all existing enterprise subscription packages. THey also have a free version which is pretty good.
  - godzillabrennus 8y ago
    They had Outlook and still bought sunrise. I still miss sunrise.
snaky 8y ago
> OneNote runs on everything, ties in well with Office Not for long. https://onenote.uservoice.com/forums/327186-onenote-for-windows/suggestions/32737648-include-onenote-for-desktop-in-office-2019 https://onenote.uservoice.com/forums/327186-onenote-for-wind...
- mikestew 8y ago
  Well, that's one of the reasons I just settled on vimwiki despite having used OneNote since it was an internal build when I worked at Microsoft. I'm tired of chasing it around. Included with Office. Not included with your version. Runs on Mac, but only online and no local storage. Doesn't have that important feature the Windows version does. Had shared notebooks for ten years, permissions system still sucks goat balls. And now they're going to axe the "good" version. Lemmee just alt-tab back over to vim here and make a note of that...
  - snaky 8y ago
    Would you then bring some light on how the such thing happens actually. That was really breakthrough product - the ultimate one, combined with Microsoft technologies like Tablet PC, and handwriting recognition - and now, after the 15 years since Microsoft invented all that, they are chasing after Apple with their iPad Pro? edit - after twenty years! > In 1999, original equipment manufacturers released the first tablet PCs designed to the Microsoft Tablet PC specification
    - mikestew 8y ago
      Would you then bring some light on how the such thing happens actually. I worked at the same company, didn't work on OneNote. Doesn't matter, I'm a tech guy and these decisions have nothing to do with the technology.

ilamont 8y ago

Didn't Microsoft buy Wunderlist?

deedubaya 8y ago

Didn't MS already buy Wunderlist?