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I tried using it years ago over the span of a couple months and found syncing to be absolutely atrocious. It'd delete pages of notes if they didn't exist on the

by fiblye 8y ago

I tried using it years ago over the span of a couple months and found syncing to be absolutely atrocious. It'd delete pages of notes if they didn't exist on the other computer I was syncing to and then they were simply gone forever. Dropbox was getting huge around the same time. I started just saving my text notes in a dropbox folder. Never had any syncing errors, deleted Evernote, and never looked back. I'm sure they've improved since then, but it's hard to go back after such a sour first impression.

shermozle 8y ago
That and the Mac and Windows versions had functionality that didn't work in the web or Android versions. So you could read notes that others sent you. The web version would also reasonably regularly save 100 versions of the same note. Support queries on this got a shrug response and "yeah don't use the web client". So I switched how I do notes and ditched Evernote.
asdff 8y ago
I'm in the same boat with the text files in a dropbox folder. I thought about just emailing myself notes to a notes-only account, but I'm not sure there much of an advantage there over Dropbox. Still, files in a folder checks all the boxes for me. Compatible with everything forever, can organize and reorganize as creatively as I want, lightweight, can search my notes and sort a bunch of different ways, and osx even supports tags. Granted, this is a little clunkier on mobile, but for quick notes I use drafts which is the speediest note taking app I've found (opens directly to writing prompt, one button save or append to dropbox files).
rb808 8y ago
Is there a way to make notes on a phone and save to dropbox? Sounds good but I"ve never tried.
- tracker1 8y ago
  I think the dropbox UI does give that option, at least to edit existing text files... I tend to use google's keep myself these days though.
- pborenstein 8y ago
  Drafts (iOS app) can do that. And it can save to Evernote as well. But between Pinboard & Drafts, I don't use Evernote any more.
  - jorvi 8y ago
    I've tried Drafts (and pretty much every other app that supports Dropbox sync) and none felt as intuitive as Notebooks[1]. There is even a free iPhone version[2] you can try. Has support for Markdown and Webdav as well! [1] https://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/notebooks-write-and-organize/id780438662?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/notebooks-write-and-organize... [2] https://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/notebooks-for-iphone/id780442075?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/notebooks-for-iphone/id78044...

by fiblye 8y ago

shermozle 8y ago

That and the Mac and Windows versions had functionality that didn't work in the web or Android versions. So you could read notes that others sent you. The web version would also reasonably regularly save 100 versions of the same note. Support queries on this got a shrug response and "yeah don't use the web client". So I switched how I do notes and ditched Evernote.

asdff 8y ago

I'm in the same boat with the text files in a dropbox folder. I thought about just emailing myself notes to a notes-only account, but I'm not sure there much of an advantage there over Dropbox. Still, files in a folder checks all the boxes for me. Compatible with everything forever, can organize and reorganize as creatively as I want, lightweight, can search my notes and sort a bunch of different ways, and osx even supports tags. Granted, this is a little clunkier on mobile, but for quick notes I use drafts which is the speediest note taking app I've found (opens directly to writing prompt, one button save or append to dropbox files).

rb808 8y ago

Is there a way to make notes on a phone and save to dropbox? Sounds good but I"ve never tried.

tracker1 8y ago
I think the dropbox UI does give that option, at least to edit existing text files... I tend to use google's keep myself these days though.
pborenstein 8y ago
Drafts (iOS app) can do that. And it can save to Evernote as well. But between Pinboard & Drafts, I don't use Evernote any more.
- jorvi 8y ago
  I've tried Drafts (and pretty much every other app that supports Dropbox sync) and none felt as intuitive as Notebooks[1]. There is even a free iPhone version[2] you can try. Has support for Markdown and Webdav as well! [1] https://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/notebooks-write-and-organize/id780438662?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/notebooks-write-and-organize... [2] https://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/notebooks-for-iphone/id780442075?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/notebooks-for-iphone/id78044...