Chris Kasten › Comments

Yeah, not a lot of other options than what you and Wei suggest. I would like a "copy note" feature too. - Fa La La La Lindsay

With a "copy note" feature we'd be perilously close to having templates! I'd vote for it too. - Chris Kasten

a template feature would be good. I have a few purposes that would suit this nicely. - Wei-Yen Tan from IM

@valley: I don't believe you can have more than one notebook in a search :( At least not int he Windows client. - Greg Gannicott

Yeah, the API documentation confirms that you can't negate a notebook or specify more than one. I guess I haven't noticed that because of the way I use notebooks. :S - Fa La La La Lindsay

This has a little more info: http://forum.evernote.com/phpbb... - David

Ah yes. I've just switched over to Linux but haven't got WINE going yet. Thank you much!! - Debbie

No worries! If you have any problems getting it running, DM me - I might be able to help. - Ian Betteridge

How stable is it? I read that the clipper is not that functional on WINE - Wei-Yen Tan

It works under wine, yes. Visually, it can be a bit jarring... Here's an older screenshot: http://is.gd/2b24q - Chris Kasten

Does the clipper work ok? - Wei-Yen Tan

The Firefox web clipper works fine - I always just used that. - Ian Betteridge

Okay. Because I heard that there was problems with the screen clipper and thats what I use. - Wei-Yen Tan

I think they [evernote] said in a recent podcast (or blogcast - whatever that's about?) that they want to do a Linux version but don't have the time - they said they're hoping someone else does it for them before they get around to it. - Greg Gannicott

If you're wondering what I'm babbling about (you wouldn't be the first!) you can see screen shots in this blog article (not written by me): http://www.jeffkirvin.net/2009... - Chris Kasten

I looked at it myself... they must be testing for the browser to see which version to show, but why they'd show the old version at all is a mystery to me... - Fa La La La Lindsay

Just tried from Safari setting user agent to mobile safari (iphone) and still get the ugly version. The groovy version must be gone. - Chris Kasten

The more i use(d) Evernote the more i found out how much it sucks: crappy desktop client that forces you to use/install a mail client and doesn't use the OS's search engine, shortcut keys that don't work, etc. If Evernote wasn't without any real competitor right now, i'd ditch it in a second... - Ralph

Not sure what Ralph means by "doesn't use the OS's search engine" That has not been a problem for me. Spotlight on the Mac easily finds the files I'm looking for. I know that search on Windows XP (have not used vista yet so I am not sure there) and earlier sucks, so I would recommend you try Google Desktop. I have not found a need for Templates yet. - Steve Sill

Steve, i can only say, that Windows Desktop Search doesn't seem to be supported. If Spotlight on Mac is supported, then by all means they should supoort search on Windows too. - Ralph

Wow, for once someone supports something in Mac and not PC and Steve gets in a tissy. Welcome to my world. - CasperBoo

I really miss the template feature. - Jim

evernote has never forced me to install a mail client...not sure what that's about - Trent Olson

From what I've heard from the company, they know the PC client ain't great & they're in the middle of re-writing the whole thing from scratch - Glenn Slaven

I'm a longtime EN user since seeing them at Digital Life show in 2004! A big fan of templates as well but I enjoy the multiple clients and synching and for now can still get by w/o them but have plans for them if they do come in a future update. - Tony Vota from iPod

@Ralph, I am not quite sure what you mean by "not supported". Are you saying that Mac users can use spotlight and search for content within Evernote using the evernote search syntax? Now that Evernote has opened its api's I don't see why Windows Desktop can't be made to do the same thing in the future. - Wei-Yen Tan

Glad to hear they might be rewriting the desktop version. I stopped using it altogether and will probably uninstall it. When I need to, I save to the Web site, but mostly I use OneNote. For me, it is the best. But look forward to seeing a new Evernote Desktop. - Jim Corkrum

According to the latest podcast, the CEO of Evernote is getting himself a new pc purely so that he can "road test" the new Windows desktop client personally. I presume it must, therefore, be fairly close to being launched. I've never used Evernote with templates. What did they look like? - Gordon Herd

Christopher - yeah it's great when you can run into someone a couple months or even a year later and mention some little piece of information they brought up when you first met them - It really goes a long way. Also, I find that just taking the effort to record it improves my memory where I might not have to actually refer to my record in Evernote. - Mike Bracco

I do this with the backs of business cards, actually. After I meet someone and get their card, I'll try to jot down info about them on the back that I can draw on later for follow-up contacts. Evernote certainly does seem like a slick tool for this! - Trent Hamm

+1 Mike! Good pull. This is such an awesome idea - and so obvious that I'm kicking myself for not thinking of this. - Bill Sodeman

If the person is up for it, you could also take their picture and add it to the note. - David

Sweet Jebus that's brilliant. - David Chartier

Nicely done. You've given a digital spin to the old "foley file" :-) - Chris Kasten

Will the web client ever offer the encrypt/decrypt functionality? - Keith Rowland

what security options do you hope to offer in the future? - tinnion

When will images be encrypted on Evernote's servers? - Bill Sodeman

If images are encrypted, then OCR image searching wouldn't work. THis is one of the best features of EverNote. I suppose a Selective Toggle for each image posted would be a nice addition. - Keith Rowland

Is it possible to scan into Evernote with any printer (with scanning functionality)? - Jim Young

I like Jim Youngs idea...and I want some Evernote stickers. please? :) - Clint McManaman from BuddyFeed

Groovy! Some awkward text lower on the page though, "We are also contribute to a number [...]" - Chris Kasten

I want to see conversion stats compared to old version asap! - righini riprova

Randall - is it safe to assume you've disabled version checking? - Chris Kasten

3.0.0.51093 works for me. But for some reason I had to 'update' it manually from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US... - Jesper Kjær Hansen

I just use the bookmarklet. Is there any advantage to using the add-on? - Gordon Herd

Hmm..it doesn't work for me still, even manually :S - Ariel Acentares

I have the Nightly Tester Tools installed, yea... But the Evernote clipper works just fine in 3.5.. Been using the 3.5 betas for a few months now, worked fine all the time. - Randall Hand

Whatever floats your boat. - Fa La La La Lindsay

I've used the skirt one a lot :-) Also, "Whatever blows your hair back." - Chris Kasten

I'm with Lindsay "Whatever floats your boat" - Nathalie, Dreamer of FF

"Whatever jingles your bells" - Especially useful around Christmas. - ha3rvey (Ho)^3

Whatever yanks your chain...whatever drives your train...Whatever turns your crank...Whatever wets your whistle. - Alex Scoble

"Whatever guns your motor" - ha3rvey (Ho)^3

Sorry Evernote...Way too much work to be organized. Outlook and OneNote do it so much better. Maybe if you had included templates in V.3, you might have a better way of Getting Things Done. - Jim Corkrum

Works fine for me. It's not that much work once things are set up (which only takes a few minutes creating some tags and typing in a few saved searches). I like the fact that EN is flexible enough to let me do GTD in a way that is comfortable to me and not confine me to some template that is comfortable to someone else. - Fa La La La Lindsay

... that being said, being able to create our own templates would be pretty awesome - Chris Kasten

Yes, I would like to be able to create my own templates. I would especially like to create one for code snippets to be formatted. - Fa La La La Lindsay

Really great stuff Lindsay; question: you said "I create a new task in a note by pressing the space bar in the new note so that it will let me edit the note title." What do you mean by pressing the space bar so you can edit the title? - Andrew

@Andrew, in the Windows client you can't just start editing the title of a new note, (which IMO is really weird), and my tasks are usually just titles. So I found that if I click on the body of the new note and hit the space bar then the title becomes editable. Does that make sense? Maybe it works differently in the Mac client and I know it does on the web but I don't generally use the web client when doing my GTD stuff. - Fa La La La Lindsay

agree - as a *note taking* tool it is vastly superior to Evernote. However, Evernotes ubiquity across platforms gives it a huge edge for those who find themselves on Macs/PCs and mobile. - Jamie

You can tell OneNote to store your data anywhere you want. I use a USB drive for my data. But you can also use Live Sync to keep it updated on all your computers. - Jim Corkrum

I tried both and feature for feature, OneNote wins. But I find myself not needing a lot of those features (simplicity wins) so I stick with Evernote. Also, Evernote is on different platforms as well as in the cloud. Now I have so much of my brain in Evernote, I will go crazy if they go out of business - Andre P. Siregar

The only thing I find missing in Evernote is the ability to share with select people like I used to do with Google Notebook. - Steve Sill

I like OneNote a bit better for the more polished UI -- but I can't afford to license it for all my machines, thus Evernote gets the nod now. - Chris Kasten

Like most software, a preference for one over the other is a personal thing. OneNote works better for me, but perhaps not for you. Whatever works best for you is the best one. - Jim Corkrum

I was a Backpack and Yojimbo user and now have brought it all across to Evernote and couldnt be happier. The ability to share it across multiple computers plus having it on my iPhone is invaluable. Things like OCR is just cream on top - Andrew Wielandt

OneNote won't run in MacOS. Evernote runs in a web browser. - Bill Sodeman