February 15 | Say Goodbye to Evernote

In 2011, the note-taking tools on the computer were the "Notepad" that came with the system and Microsoft's word. Because of work needs, my colleagues installed sticky notes on the computer and started to create yellow, green, and purple notes on the desktop, writing down "to be completed today" and "unfinished yesterday" one by one. In 2012, I finally learned about "Evernote", you can use the same account to edit the same content on different computers, which is very convenient for work and text records, and even synchronization can be achieved on the mobile phone. Although for a working computer with a backward configuration at that time, opening Evernote and a browser would take up a lot of memory, causing the computer to respond slowly, making it difficult to perform tasks with more threads, and it was very reluctant to move positions. Just be careful to close the parts you no longer use when you open various programs. As the computer got older and older, I eventually had to uninstall the client and move to the web version of Evernote.

In this way, the web version or client is used on the computer, and the APP is also downloaded on the mobile phone. It can be said to be a double helper for work and personal. Although I have rarely used it at work since I left the workplace in 2015, the continuous recording has not stopped. Even when I am tired of electronic devices and want to get rid of it for a long time and use paper and pen, I will record it irregularly. Books, movies, excerpts of sentences from books, and inner thoughts of just a few words. Until 2020, the client side jumped to the international version by itself, with no content, and then the web version could only open the login page and could not enter the program. During this period, I was struggling to study how to download the domestic version, and even tried to transfer to other notes. Tool, after a lot of tossing, I found that all the exported notes were a mess, and after several attempts, I successfully downloaded it to the domestic version of "Evernote", so I gave up the collective move. It was also at that time that Notion was registered. After all, it received a lot of praise.

In fact, there have been many problems in use before this. For example, the international version and the domestic version are not interoperable, evernote is the international version for the domain name, and yinxiang is the domain name for the domestic version. At first, I didn’t realize that the international version and the domestic version are different. The reason why they are divided into two is not clear. , but because you always use the same computer, as long as you log in successfully, there is no jump. Later, when he moved to Hong Kong, Mr. Xu said that after logging in, there was nothing left, and only then did he realize that the same application existed in two worlds. The two worlds looked very close, but they were not connected. new side. For example, in order to promote the limit on the number of devices for professional accounts, Evernote no longer supports the synchronization of all devices. When changing devices, there is always a choice and some deletions. Of course, this situation does not happen very often, only when the mobile phone is replaced. , When the computer is too much, a reminder will appear. Another example is the problem that the web version of Evernote creates one or more duplicate notes after the storage fails. I don’t know if it is a real network failure, or the content needs to be reviewed when uploading. Sometimes a note will always repeatedly prompt synchronization failure, editing For a while, I found that the same content has been created a dozen or even dozens of times in the notebook. It takes a lot of time to delete the duplicate content, and the newly added content will also be lost. This situation of repeated saving and failure does not happen every time, and some answers on Zhihu are also displayed in articles that involve sensitive content and are shared with the public, and are likely to be officially deleted or closed.

After using Chrome in 2021, "Evernote" can only be used on the web version, and the downloaded Evernote is only an Android phone version, which is really out of place on a "big tablet" like a computer. And I finally gave up and spent a day exporting, importing, classifying, sorting, and deleting. Finally, from 2012 to 2021, whether it is Evernote, Evernote, or the domestic or international version, you can say goodbye like this. Now is Notion time.