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Posted by jediknight
May 29, 2008 at 02:48 AM
I am worried that Evernote wants to become a “facebook” of people’s notes. This may cause them to lose focus on what makes Evernote so great.
The first feature I don’t like in EN 3.0 is the change of “folders” to “tags.” What are they thinking? The main reason I use evernote is to organize myself using folders. Each customer of mine has a folder, which is further broken down into logical groupings that I make. That is why I don’t use OneNote, since I can’t arrange data in explorer-like folders. Does anyone else use Evernote like this?
The other feature I don’t like is the security issue. I can’t have customer data in Evernote 3.0 because of the risk of security breach. However, I can lock down my laptop pretty tight to keep people from getting my evernote 2.2 data.
I sent my concerns to them via email, but have not received a response. What is the purpose for beta if user input falls on deaf ears?
Posted by dan7000
May 29, 2008 at 05:35 PM
jedi,
re: security,
you can use EN3.0 just like you use 2.2, as a desktop-only application. There is no requirement of syncing with an online account. Does that resolve your security concern?
re: tags vs folders,
I understand your preference for folders, but lately I have been gravitating towards the tag metaphor, because of using del.ici.ous and other tag-based online services. I like tags because unlike folders, an item can have 2 or more tags - with folders you’re limited to one.
Ideally, I’d like a program that supported both tags and folders.
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
May 29, 2008 at 06:58 PM
dan7000 wrote:
>I’d like a program that supported both tags and folders.
Have you tried Surfulater? Its latest version (currently pre-release but stable) supports a tag tree in addition to the normal topic tree; the best of both worlds:
http://blog.surfulater.com/2008/05/05/surfulater-pre-release-version-29100-is-here-tags-come-to-town/
Cheers
Alexander
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
May 30, 2008 at 06:36 PM
Since my post of yesterday, Surfulater’s developer has announced a new pre-release version with improved tagging: http://blog.surfulater.com/2008/05/30/surfulater-pre-release-version-29200-tagging-moves-ahead/