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Evernote for Windows update

Posted by Andrew Sinkov on 18 Jan 2011

Posted by Andrew Sinkov on 18 Jan 2011

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Today, we updated Evernote for Windows with a slew of great improvements, fixes and some much-requested features. Here are some of the highlights of version 4.2:

Greater control over clips

If you use the Evernote Web Clippers for Internet Explorer or Firefox, then this is for you. In Evernote, you can now specify certain clipping preferences to give you the optimal experience when capturing webpages. Choose which notebook clips are sent to, how the clip should be formatted and whether the clipping popup should appear.

These settings only apply to IE and Firefox because these clippers send clips directly into the desktop version of Evernote. Don’t forget, we also have a great extension available for Google Chrome.

Improved note editing and viewing

In this release, we’ve significantly updated our note editor to make the experience much more robust and reliable. Here are a few of the improvements:

  • Improved font handling
  • Improved reliability when creating and pasting numbered, bulleted and multi-leveled lists
  • Better control over displaying encrypted text
  • Improved support for cut, copy and paste shortcuts
  • Date stamp shortcut (CTRL+;) works more reliably

Auto URLs

We’ve received a lot of requests for this one… Whenever you type or paste a URL, it’ll automatically become a link. Clean and simple.

Many more improvements

  • Improved proxy support. This is particularly useful for Evernote users in corporate environments
  • Enabled background sync from the task tray
  • Improved ink note support
  • Improved printing options
  • Improved file drag and drop, including adding text files
  • Improved localization
  • Added support for Polish, Dutch and Danish

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  • alimbada —

    I think it’s utterly irresponsible to release an application that requires a reboot of the machine. Even Windows services can be restarted without a reboot; updating an interactive application *definitely* doesn’t need a reboot. There is absolutely *nothing* in Evernote that cannot be updated without the machine having to be rebooted. I have updated the application on both my desktop and laptop at home, but I refuse to do this on my work machine until the next time I actually have the time and/or feel the need for a reboot. Stop wasting our time with this useless “feature”.

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  • Mike Allen —

    Any news on an Evernote for Firefox 4?
    I’ve lost my favourite clipping application now my browser’s upgraded :-(

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    • Howie —

      There were only 13 or so betas for them to prepare…

      I was stunned to sign in to my Evernote account using the RELEASED version of FF 4 only to receive a pop-up that this browser is not supported and that I should consider downgrading to FF 3.6.

      Come on Evernote, get with the program.

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  • davidclausen —

    IT looks like the web site clipping was broken in this update. Since the upgrade when I write click on the site in IE and select “Add to Evernote 4″ it creates a new note a post a link to the site. Not what I wanted. It used to copy the web page to the new note. Please fix:)

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  • amuramoto —

    Evernote Web Clipper was upgraded in this version to match the experience in other browsers. Go to the Internet Explorer Options menu, then select Manage Add-ons, and enable the Evernote Extension. This will cause the Evernote Web Clipper icon to appear in your Command Bar. Clicking the icon will give you access to all the different Evernote Web Clipper features, including clipping the entire web page.

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