I have to begin by saying that I LOVE OneNote. It is a feature rich application that has some phenomenal features. It is a bit difficult to use across multiple systems if they aren’t on the same network (although you can use removable media, it’s a pain). In addition, OneNote mobile is a tragedy and Microsoft doesn’t seem to be doing anything about it. Evernote on the other hand is under extensive development and it seems that every time you turn around, they have added a new feature. I have tried to use it a couple of times in the past, but today I have decided to give it a one month challenge. From now until the end of September, I will only use Evernote for my note taking needs.
The driver behind this decision is in part due to my recent data loss when my laptop died. OneNote has a pretty nifty automatic backup function that saved most of my notes, but I was then out of sync between my different computers. It took me quite some time to get notes moved and reorganized. I love the concept of having the same Evernote data available on all my computers, my phone, and on the web. I feel like this gives me accessibility to my data that OneNote cannot deliver. We’ll see how this goes and I’ll certainly keep everyone updated.
the main reason i gave up on evernote (for the time being) is that you can’t mix ink and text in the same note. i posted this question on their forum (http://tinyurl.com/5n4ywt) and after receiving a response, i made my decision to stop using evernote.
i keep my copies of onenote in syc by using live mesh.
I ran into a show-stopper for my little experiment this morning: table support in Evernote is VERY limited and I use them a bunch. I have a burning project on my plate that I cannot spend time trying to figure out how to hack the answer in Evernote, so I’ve switched back to OneNote. I like the thought of using Live Mesh to stay in sync…
i’m curious, did you ever go back and switch to evernote? or, like me, you’re waiting until the implement a feature before making the plunge?
I haven’t blogged about it yet, but I had a critical business need to keep track of tables in my notes and Evernote didn’t provide that capability. I found that I could use a table that had been imported from OneNote, but I couldn’t add columns. In the end, I couldn’t let an experiment stand in the way of being able to get my day job done. I’ve been back on OneNote for about a week now.