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OneNote Genesis (2004)

25 points by pmarin 8y ago

Tomte 8y ago
I maintain that OneNote is the best application in Microsoft Office (but I won't argue if you vote for Excel). If it had an open file format that other applications actually supported, it would be perfect.
newprint 8y ago
I recently started using OneNote as "drawing application" on windows 10 and even bough a $100 wacom tablet for that purpose. It is great !
arnklint 8y ago
Curious about what people think about outliners vs storing information in a rich text format, any thoughts? I like the structure and constraints an outline promotes and use one huge outline for most ideas and thoughts before they become something “real”. How would you consider an outline vs “paper” documents?
denart2203 8y ago
A fantastic product. A well designed ap from the bottom up and one that, as a student, I find incredibly useful and use constantly. I have made suggestions on future enhancements in the public newsgroups, and shall try and think of me. Just dont forget: naming of sub-pages :-). Many thanks
amaccuish 8y ago
I bought crossover and run Office 2010 on Wine just to be able to use OneNote on Linux. It just matches my way of organising. I've never found any Linux native apps that get close :(
ginger123 8y ago
I write journals and notes on OneNote. Microsoft has done a really great job with OneNote, it works great across platforms, I use it on Windows, Mac, iOS and Android.
Ftuuky 8y ago
OneNote + Outlook (creating meetings and the corresponding note for everyone to see and edit) is my main productivity combo since it works so well across platforms. I do everything there: meeting minutes, to-do checklists, drafts, and so on.
mrandish 8y ago
OneNote is the only reason I don't drop MS Office for GDocs. There's nothing else remotely as good as OneNote that I've been able to find. The outlining functions and structure just work the way my brain works.
- copperx 8y ago
  How do you deal with the fact that notebooks are ultimately individual files scattered on the filesystem, and there's no easy way of browsing them unless you open each notebook? That's a huge problem with OneNote, one that I haven't been able to get past. It produces immense friction.

25 points by pmarin 8y ago

I maintain that OneNote is the best application in Microsoft Office (but I won't argue if you vote for Excel). If it had an open file format that other applications actually supported, it would be perfect.

newprint 8y ago

I recently started using OneNote as "drawing application" on windows 10 and even bough a $100 wacom tablet for that purpose. It is great !

arnklint 8y ago

Curious about what people think about outliners vs storing information in a rich text format, any thoughts? I like the structure and constraints an outline promotes and use one huge outline for most ideas and thoughts before they become something “real”. How would you consider an outline vs “paper” documents?

denart2203 8y ago

A fantastic product. A well designed ap from the bottom up and one that, as a student, I find incredibly useful and use constantly. I have made suggestions on future enhancements in the public newsgroups, and shall try and think of me. Just dont forget: naming of sub-pages :-). Many thanks

amaccuish 8y ago

I bought crossover and run Office 2010 on Wine just to be able to use OneNote on Linux. It just matches my way of organising. I've never found any Linux native apps that get close :(

ginger123 8y ago

I write journals and notes on OneNote. Microsoft has done a really great job with OneNote, it works great across platforms, I use it on Windows, Mac, iOS and Android.

Ftuuky 8y ago

OneNote + Outlook (creating meetings and the corresponding note for everyone to see and edit) is my main productivity combo since it works so well across platforms. I do everything there: meeting minutes, to-do checklists, drafts, and so on.

mrandish 8y ago

OneNote is the only reason I don't drop MS Office for GDocs. There's nothing else remotely as good as OneNote that I've been able to find. The outlining functions and structure just work the way my brain works.

copperx 8y ago
How do you deal with the fact that notebooks are ultimately individual files scattered on the filesystem, and there's no easy way of browsing them unless you open each notebook? That's a huge problem with OneNote, one that I haven't been able to get past. It produces immense friction.