Evernote

Every time I come back to Evernote, with its promise of cross platform, I leave disappointed.

I really wan't to move away from Parallels and OneNote, but Evernote just isn't making it very easy. I'm not asking for 100% functionality as OneNote is a bigger package, but C'mon!... All I want to do is add a column to a table, or resize it. Seriously?!

If I want to collaborate, I have to pay for a premium account. Fair enough, that's acceptable. But wait! Everyone I collaborate with has to have a premium account also...oh! Well that's not going to happen. Let me pay, let me collaborate.

OneNote does this for free via SkyDrive by the way. And also has a Web App for free, and now has iPad/iPhone support. I can't believe Microsoft....MICROSOFT! have innovated well above and beyond the tech start up darling that is Evernote. What is the world coming to.

I'll keep coming back though. I do really want to love Evernote.

Removed the part about "all devices on all platforms" in the description because that isn't possible. Does it have Solaris or Linux support? No. You can use a browser extension in Linux, sure, but that's not the same as a desktop application. It's even more impossible to support "any device". There are so many devices out there - it would take years to do that.

Since I use Linux, I can't use Evernote. I would recommend Tomboy Notes. It's really nice.

It's nice in terms of features and synchronicity, but 4 major versions later it's still got some of the most nagging formatting and viewing bugs - maybe because of my windows7 x64 ?

Evernote is my second brain; It's by far the most useful web app I've ever come across, and is a must-have.

The concept behind Evernote is very good, and the phone apps are great. On the other hand the desktop application is a piece of crap. Super bloated. Taking notes should be something easy and i end up giving up before even starting to type. I wish this site had a dont like button

Hogs a lot of memory, not sure if it still does since my last use. Anyone care to elaborate?

Should the developers of Evernote ever stop by this site to read comments they should read this:

C O L L A B O R A T I O N M A D E E A S Y F R O M A L L P L A T F O R M S

I have become quite fond of Evernote... so fond in fact that I wish to share and collaborate on notes with my wife, my coworkers and even my tech-savvy customers. The developers saw the masses requesting this kind of ability and rolled out Notebook Sharing and Collaboration: http://blog.evernote.com/2009/06/25/notebook-sharing-phase-1/

Cool, BUT, you can only collaborate using the web client. It has been over a year since "phase 1" rolled out and there has been nothing said about when any new abilities will be added.

Personally, my attention span doesn't last that long. I've been spoiled by the magic of the intarwebs and I want what I want NOW so I'm seeking an alternative that lets me do everything that Evernote does but with private, public, and shared categories. (Just to complain a little more here if I may: I want to be able to select the option to allow the people I share with to read or contribute to the notebooks too!)