Comments on: Can someone recommend an Evernote alternative? http://alex.leonard.ie/2010/05/12/can-someone-recommend-an-evernote-alternative/ Journal, tech tips, and photo blog of Alex Leonard Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:37:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alex Leonardhttp://alex.leonard.ie/2010/05/12/can-someone-recommend-an-evernote-alternative/comment-page-1/#comment-1615 Alex Leonard Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:27:26 +0000 http://alex.leonard.ie/?p=928#comment-1615 I've played around with Simplenote a bit and it's certainly wonderfully straightforward and most importantly lightweight. Through ResophNotes or a couple of other note taking apps that sync with SimpleNote you can have local storage too. Details here: <a href="http://www.simplenoteapp.com/downloads/" rel="nofollow">http://www.simplenoteapp.com/downloads/</a>. Last time I tested it out it worked well, but I think the tags may not have been syncing to the local app I had, meaning I couldn't group items by tag locally or search for them. Must test it out again, if that's working now I could likely keep all my notes sorted with about 20 tags and just reuse them to find items easily. I've played around with Simplenote a bit and it's certainly wonderfully straightforward and most importantly lightweight.

Through ResophNotes or a couple of other note taking apps that sync with SimpleNote you can have local storage too. Details here: http://www.simplenoteapp.com/downloads/. Last time I tested it out it worked well, but I think the tags may not have been syncing to the local app I had, meaning I couldn't group items by tag locally or search for them. Must test it out again, if that's working now I could likely keep all my notes sorted with about 20 tags and just reuse them to find items easily.

]]> By: Billyhttp://alex.leonard.ie/2010/05/12/can-someone-recommend-an-evernote-alternative/comment-page-1/#comment-1614 Billy Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:41:48 +0000 http://alex.leonard.ie/?p=928#comment-1614 You can try <a href="http://www.simplenoteapp.com/" rel="nofollow">Simplenote</a> if you works on text mainly. There are two desktop apps which can sync with it online. I am searching the alternative too. Simplenote has many features I like such as internal linking which evernote doesn't have. The only pity is it doesn't support multi notebooks, or local databases. You can try Simplenote if you works on text mainly. There are two desktop apps which can sync with it online.

I am searching the alternative too. Simplenote has many features I like such as internal linking which evernote doesn't have. The only pity is it doesn't support multi notebooks, or local databases.

]]> By: Alex Leonardhttp://alex.leonard.ie/2010/05/12/can-someone-recommend-an-evernote-alternative/comment-page-1/#comment-1157 Alex Leonard Sat, 29 May 2010 13:25:51 +0000 http://alex.leonard.ie/?p=928#comment-1157 @MK Hmm, weird that our comment timings were completely off there. Must edit that so the comment is in the right place. Evernote has just released a much needed update to their Android app which has solved the issues I was having with search and appears to have much improved note upload (although I haven't tested on EDGE network yet). They also have mentioned that they're working on offline storage for Android. If they can streamline their desktop app a bit so I don't get so many CPU max-outs, I may not need to look for an alternative (but will be keeping an eye on shelfster and springpadit to see what their desktop applications are like if and when they come out). @MK Hmm, weird that our comment timings were completely off there. Must edit that so the comment is in the right place.

Evernote has just released a much needed update to their Android app which has solved the issues I was having with search and appears to have much improved note upload (although I haven't tested on EDGE network yet).

They also have mentioned that they're working on offline storage for Android. If they can streamline their desktop app a bit so I don't get so many CPU max-outs, I may not need to look for an alternative (but will be keeping an eye on shelfster and springpadit to see what their desktop applications are like if and when they come out).

]]> By: MKhttp://alex.leonard.ie/2010/05/12/can-someone-recommend-an-evernote-alternative/comment-page-1/#comment-1138 MK Sun, 23 May 2010 20:22:02 +0000 http://alex.leonard.ie/?p=928#comment-1138 How about writing them in text files, and do text search using "search in folder" function in most text editor like Notepad++. And sync them all in Dropbox :D But eh, web-accessibility is going to be a bit hard for that. Unless you want to download the text files from Dropbox >_> How about writing them in text files, and do text search using "search in folder" function in most text editor like Notepad++. And sync them all in Dropbox :D

But eh, web-accessibility is going to be a bit hard for that. Unless you want to download the text files from Dropbox >_>

]]> By: Alex Leonardhttp://alex.leonard.ie/2010/05/12/can-someone-recommend-an-evernote-alternative/comment-page-1/#comment-1139 Alex Leonard Sun, 23 May 2010 12:27:03 +0000 http://alex.leonard.ie/?p=928#comment-1139 Could also be difficult to use with Android. I'm sure something will crop up soon enough. I'd love to have something self-installable, and potentially I could utilise TomBoy if I was to write a specific app for it. I think you can sync TomBoy to your own server using LDAP. Not sure whether it has any web interface option though... Could also be difficult to use with Android. I'm sure something will crop up soon enough. I'd love to have something self-installable, and potentially I could utilise TomBoy if I was to write a specific app for it. I think you can sync TomBoy to your own server using LDAP. Not sure whether it has any web interface option though…

]]> By: Neil Hinrichsenhttp://alex.leonard.ie/2010/05/12/can-someone-recommend-an-evernote-alternative/comment-page-1/#comment-1093 Neil Hinrichsen Wed, 19 May 2010 22:03:29 +0000 http://alex.leonard.ie/?p=928#comment-1093 I'm dismayed to hear that Evernote 3.5 maxes out one's CPU as well. I'm still on EN 3.1 because 3.5 still doesn't have a "Find" feature in the Tabs pane which I need (this is slated to come out first week of June). Evernote 3.1 maxes out my one CPU core every time I do ANYTHING in Evernote - add a note, add a tag, make a tiny change to a note. It's so bad I have the Task Manager icon permanently in my system tray so I can see when I can carry on, because every action in Evernote brings it to a standstill for anywhere up to thirty seconds. This is an utter nightmare since I've been using it for years before it got so bad, and my whole life and work is in Evernote (some 14,000 notes), so I'm using it all day long, and switching to something else is not really a possibility. The CEO of Evernote personally promised me that upgrading to Evernote 3.5 would solve this, so it's worrying to hear that you're still getting this (and you're not alone: <a href="http://twitter.com/dimepr/status/12234804509)" rel="nofollow">http://twitter.com/dimepr/status/12234804509)</a>. I'm dismayed to hear that Evernote 3.5 maxes out one's CPU as well. I'm still on EN 3.1 because 3.5 still doesn't have a "Find" feature in the Tabs pane which I need (this is slated to come out first week of June).

Evernote 3.1 maxes out my one CPU core every time I do ANYTHING in Evernote – add a note, add a tag, make a tiny change to a note. It's so bad I have the Task Manager icon permanently in my system tray so I can see when I can carry on, because every action in Evernote brings it to a standstill for anywhere up to thirty seconds. This is an utter nightmare since I've been using it for years before it got so bad, and my whole life and work is in Evernote (some 14,000 notes), so I'm using it all day long, and switching to something else is not really a possibility.

The CEO of Evernote personally promised me that upgrading to Evernote 3.5 would solve this, so it's worrying to hear that you're still getting this (and you're not alone: http://twitter.com/dimepr/status/12234804509).

]]> By: Noemi Szokehttp://alex.leonard.ie/2010/05/12/can-someone-recommend-an-evernote-alternative/comment-page-1/#comment-1087 Noemi Szoke Thu, 13 May 2010 14:20:42 +0000 http://alex.leonard.ie/?p=928#comment-1087 Hi, We are in development with the mobile version, which you will be able to use on your Android. Our concept is to have the desktop tool as a collector, but we welcome any feedback you can provide. We are still in beta so we are open to all suggestions. Cheers, Noemi Hi,

We are in development with the mobile version, which you will be able to use on your Android. Our concept is to have the desktop tool as a collector, but we welcome any feedback you can provide. We are still in beta so we are open to all suggestions.

Cheers,

Noemi

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]]> By: Jeff Janerhttp://alex.leonard.ie/2010/05/12/can-someone-recommend-an-evernote-alternative/comment-page-1/#comment-1083 Jeff Janer Thu, 13 May 2010 05:30:35 +0000 http://alex.leonard.ie/?p=928#comment-1083 Hi - I'm a co-founder of Springpad <a href="http://(http://springpadit.com)" rel="nofollow"> <a href="http://(http://springpadit.com)</a>" target="_blank">(http://springpadit.com)</a></a> and wanted to let you know that while we don't currently have a desktop app (it's on our roadmap), we are launching an Android app within the next couple of weeks. It will have offline access to all your "stuff" as does our iPhone app. We also sync in the cloud between web and all mobile app versions. If you do check it out, we welcome input and feedback. Hi – I'm a co-founder of Springpad <a href="http://(http://springpadit.com)” target=”_blank”>(http://springpadit.com) and wanted to let you know that while we don't currently have a desktop app (it's on our roadmap), we are launching an Android app within the next couple of weeks. It will have offline access to all your "stuff" as does our iPhone app. We also sync in the cloud between web and all mobile app versions.

If you do check it out, we welcome input and feedback.

]]> By: Alex Leonardhttp://alex.leonard.ie/2010/05/12/can-someone-recommend-an-evernote-alternative/comment-page-1/#comment-1084 Alex Leonard Wed, 12 May 2010 22:59:49 +0000 http://alex.leonard.ie/?p=928#comment-1084 @Jeff Thanks for the comment. I've signed up to have a look and will keep an eye on the blog to hear news of an Android App. Desktop app is definitely high in my requirements list though. Do you have a publicly viewable roadmap? Cheers for dropping by! @Jeff Thanks for the comment. I've signed up to have a look and will keep an eye on the blog to hear news of an Android App. Desktop app is definitely high in my requirements list though. Do you have a publicly viewable roadmap? Cheers for dropping by!

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