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by mcmullen 4075 days ago
I read "Dropbox Notes" and instantly thought "awesome! I can finally ditch Evernote". Then I open the link and they talk about "a new way for teams to write together". Firstly, can we please focus on the consumer? Secondly, can we please focus on the UI? Thirdly, I'd just like a github-style UI for personal note taking that is consistent across my browser, phone, tablet and computers. That would be great; introduce language highlighting and it'd be awesome. I'd pay more than my Dropbox fee for that.
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nodata 4075 days ago
Why not use Google Keep?
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czottmann 4075 days ago
I can only answer for myself here, but the reason I choose Evernote over GKeep is:

Evernote is a company making money with their core product — which happens to be Evernote, the note taking service. I pay for Premium because it's a great service that works well for me, and the money I spend on them helps keeping the company afloat.

Google Keep is a product that's not making any money. It's an experiment for Google, the same way Google Wave was. I can't pay for it. While I honestly admire their willingness to ditch experiments that aren't fruitful, it also doesn't make me want to start relying on it because it might be taken out behind the shed in 6 months time.

Well, that and the fact that the Evernote ecosystem is _huge_ — a big plus.

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aries1980 4075 days ago
It is a shame Evernote does not support free OS-es.
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mcmullen 4075 days ago
In summary: (1) I dislike the UI, (2) I dislike Google apps on iOS devices, (3) it's Google, so it could be shut down at any moment and (4) my general dislike for moving all of my tech habits to Google services.

Also, I agree with czottmann that it isn't Google's core business or competency and thus I would rather go elsewhere.

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Malcx 4075 days ago
A crude version of what you might be looking for is available on cloud-notes.info

This was an MVP I threw together which I've been using ever since- to be honest the interface needs a bit of work but solves the problem for me.

Syntax highlighting shouldn't be a big issue to add.

Note the iOS app isn't currently on the app store, but contact me if you want to test that as well. (email in profile)

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fwn 4075 days ago
Folders, attachments and the Webclipper..
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