Comments on: Evernote for Mac Update: Redesigned Note Panel, Better Tables, Easier Checklists, and More.

By: Chad

Chad — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:10:18 +0000

ok, so I just remembered that if I have multiple windows/notes open, I can always go up to “Window” and select the note that I want to switch to if it is buried under other notes, but, this too is tedious and totally ignores the simplicity of gestures and the ease of being able to access anything you want with a swipe of your fingers. At least it works, sort of…

By: Chad

Chad — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:03:15 +0000

I agree Josh, the fullscreen-mode with multiple windows option is not working well. Sure, open multiple windows, but then how do you navigate between them? Exposé and/or Mission Control do NOT allow you to see, at a glance, all the windows/notes you have open so you can easily go back and forth between them. And why would they? I don’t think Apple designed Exposé to bring up multiple windows in fullscreen mode because they were aiming for: single window, it’s own space, clean design, no clutter.

Sure, I know there are funny work-arounds like, go back to desktop, activate Exposé, then Shift-Tab back to Evernote to force Exposé to expose all the individual open notes at one time. But, this is tedious and seems to work against the workflow of Lion.

I like having Evernote in full-screen mode so that it has it’s own space, but I do not like that you can’t edit a note in the main window anymore. Is there a way to edit a note in the main window without having to open a separate window? Anyone…?

By: Evernote Fan

Evernote Fan — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:27:41 +0000

I love Evernote and dislike this poster’s tone, but I have to say I agree that having multiple windows inside of a “fullscreen” mode is a complete misunderstanding of Apple’s design goals.

To quote the Human Interface Guidelines, Lion’s full screen mode is meant to offer “a distraction-free environment that helps [users] focus on a task.” The whole point is to hide all those windows and toolbars and let you focus on the note in front of you. For reference, take a look at Mail or Pages. You don’t have to agree with Apple, but if you’re going to support their fullscreen mode then you should try to follow their design goals.

In fact Evernote’s iPad app is a better implementation of a fullscreen interface than the desktop app. Just do that. If the user wants windows… then they simply shouldn’t use fullscreen mode.

Anyway, aside from that love the product and many thanks to the dev team.

By: SA

SA — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:44:49 +0000

I really, really dislike the new note headers. They are a huge waste of space – when 3/4ths of a line is empty, and there’s no way for me to hide that line if I’m not using it, what is it doing other than taking up screen real estate? Really awful.

By: The

The — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:43:44 +0000

I agree. The full screen option on OSX Lion is not working properly. It is impossible to edit the note because the desktops keep switching. I downgraded to the previous version, and i will stay there until this problem is fixed.

By: Majid

Majid — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:02:29 +0000

Please take a look at this review:

http://www.macworld.com/appguide/app.html?id=89232&expand=false

Hope everything gets improved and best wishes!!

By: Henry Strauch

Henry Strauch — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:30:01 +0000

The update looks great and i was excited to start using evernote again along with “Peek” for the iPad. Overall, Evernote is a good program and keeps improving, but there are a lot of things still present that made me originally stray away from Evernote as my go-to program.
I am a college student at a UC (one of the good ones) and use my computer to take notes on a daily basis. I also constantly look for a program that will help me organize and keep track of everything across my mac and iOS platforms. Unfortunately, no program thus far has been able to this.
Evernote has come the closest, but it still is not efficient to have to create a new note, and title it for every different topic during a class lecture. When I take notes (along with every other student I know) they are organized by lecture. All the notes are then organized by class, not by the topics that are covered through the whole lecture! Now, this would be fine if Evernote allowed for more than just a 2 step hierarchy. At this stage, what really makes Evernote any different from every other word processor and dropbox combination? Furthermore, in the mac version there is no easy way to subscript or superscript text; another reason i still use programs such as word or pages.
Now onto integration with “Peek.” When using a program like “Peek” or another flashcard/study program, I do not need the title of a long document as a “hint” with the rest of the document as my answer and the only way to change this is to break every document into differently titled notes. This is very inefficient and in no way better than making flashcards on my free iPad app, or on flashcards themselves. Peek needs to either allow you to make your own flashcards or to easily separate parts of my document into subfolders. Or maybe even a feature in ever note when you simply highlight the text u want as a clue and the text you want as the answer. If something like this were to be implemented, i would not regret being a premium member.

By: Monica

Monica — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:16:40 +0000

Seconded! I haven’t updated yet but my boyfriend has on his mac, and I already hate having to click a second button just to edit the date (which I do for a lot of my scanned documents). I’m really hesitant to update to the new software on my own mac even though I love the sound of the other new features (table editing, to-do list, etc).

As aesthetically pleasing as it is not to see all the note info, it’s impractical. Can we have the option for both? (or revert back to the original design?)

By: Jarvis Slacks

Jarvis Slacks — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:11:13 +0000

Thank you so much for this update. The move to the Lion OS changed things about Evernote that I loved. I’m glad you were able to fix them with this update, especially opening notes in multiple windows. It makes a huge difference. Thanks again.

By: 2E20

2E20 — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:36:59 +0000

Version 3.0.6 triggers the switch to the discrete graphics, even when in list view. This didn’t happen with the previous versions.