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Posted by WSP
Apr 11, 2018 at 07:49 PM
Thanks for raising this question. I’ve done some more investigation now, and I find that, as usual, Microsoft is giving out mixed signals in its various announcements. They have made it clear for the last year or two that the desktop OneNote is no longer being being modified or improved, whereas there are frequent new releases of the UWP OneNote (i.e., what was originally the mobile app). There is a widespread consensus that the older OneNote will be dropped from Office 2019, as the discussion I linked to above shows, but Microsoft’s own public comments on the subject seem to be exceptionally vague.
It’s now clear that the traditional OneNote will be allowed to die (there will certainly be no further development of it), but at this point we don’t know whether it will be a rapid or a lingering death.
As I said earlier, if you’re unenthusiastic about operating in a cloud-only environment, that’s probably a strong argument for reconsidering more traditional note-takers like RightNote and MyInfo.
Posted by bartb
Apr 12, 2018 at 01:04 AM
I bit the bullet and purchased DEVON Think Pro last month. I’m slowly converting OneNote data over. I have used OneNote since version one. I’m really going to miss it.
WSP wrote:
Thanks for raising this question. I’ve done some more investigation now,
>and I find that, as usual, Microsoft is giving out mixed signals in its
>various announcements. They have made it clear for the last year or two
>that the desktop OneNote is no longer being being modified or improved,
>whereas there are frequent new releases of the UWP OneNote (i.e., what
>was originally the mobile app). There is a widespread consensus that the
>older OneNote will be dropped from Office 2019, as the discussion I
>linked to above shows, but Microsoft’s own public comments on the
>subject seem to be exceptionally vague.
>
>It’s now clear that the traditional OneNote will be allowed to die
>(there will certainly be no further development of it), but at this
>point we don’t know whether it will be a rapid or a lingering death.
>
>As I said earlier, if you’re unenthusiastic about operating in a
>cloud-only environment, that’s probably a strong argument for
>reconsidering more traditional note-takers like RightNote and MyInfo.