Lisa, I definitely remember the Evernote fun - it was rather frustrating, since one of the big reasons I used Evernote was because I needed to work on multiple platforms, including editing.
Trish On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Lisa Stroyan <[email protected]> wrote: > Trish, I really like this solution. Anyone else remember when Evernote did > the whole "you can append but not edit notes created on other platforms" > thing? It was a PITA, honestly, though as with most of Evernote it was > better than its competitors. I certainly wouldn't want my notes to suddenly > be not-editable on Android, though I could put up with RTF formatting stuff > in order to get that feature. > > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Trish Putnam <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Mark, I completely understand the challenges involved with implementing >> formatted text on multiple platforms, but I think that standing here frozen >> because it isn't feasible to do it all at once isn't the a good option. If >> it must be done in pieces, so be it. Dwight, your point is very good. I, >> too, would probably be willing to cope with a short term mismatch of >> editing capabilities with the understanding that it would be corrected >> fairly soon. >> >> If it were me planning this and I intended to implement RTF (or some >> other formatting option) in phases, I'd make RTF optional and make it >> opt-in. If you are working across multiple platforms and not all of them >> support RTF, you can choose to leave the notes editor in the default ASCII >> mode and never have to worry about it. If you know that you are only >> working with platforms which have RTF support, or you don't care if you get >> extraneous gibberish as long as you can have formatted text where it's >> supported, click the check-box and enable RTF in the notes editor. The >> first time you set it, I would probably give you a warning about all >> platforms not supporting rich text formatting, etc, and make you confirm >> that you read the warning, but after that it's basically as Dwight says, >> and no further warnings would get in your way or bug you. >> >> Trish >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 1:58 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, Mark. I understand that a forced synchronous cross-platform >>> flash-cut is a bear. As an alternative I would be pleased to have RTF >>> support on one platform with the understanding that if I viewed an RTF note >>> on a platform that doesn’t support it there will be miscellaneous Ascii >>> gibberish sprinkled across my content, and that if I edit an RTF note on a >>> platform that doesn’t support RTF I will lose the formatting and make the >>> gibberish permanent. I would accept all of this if there was a commitment >>> to deliver RTF support to the remaining platforms in some finite period. >>> **** >>> >>> -Dwight**** >>> >>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mark Levison >>> *Sent:* Friday, February 22, 2013 4:14 PM >>> >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: [MLO] Formatted Notes**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 3:35 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:**** >>> >>> Just want to mention that Evernote on my Android phone creates, >>> displays, and edits notes with bold, italics, underline and bullets, and >>> syncs it all well with Evernote on Windows.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Dwight and Joel - I was the one who made the point. My point was the >>> implementation cost is higher than you think because it needs to >>> implemented on all platforms at once. You can't have rich text on windows >>> and not have it on Android/IPad/IPhone etc otherwise the odd platform >>> out destroys your formatting or even the note. Oddly enough I suspect the >>> legacy platforms think BB 7/8 etc would be the biggest issue.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Cheers**** >>> >>> Mark **** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Holmes245 >>> *Sent:* Friday, February 22, 2013 3:09 PM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: [MLO] Formatted Notes**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> The bullet feature would help me as I've used that in other programs >>> before I found MLO as a way to check mark off stuff. If I were a college >>> student, I would have used MLO for assignments and would have used that >>> feature to mark off tasks that were a part of that assignment that didn't >>> necessarily need a separate task. I still use MLO for this with other >>> things but I'm limited to the act of inserting my own "bullets" with the >>> minus sybol but can't mark anything out. MLO, for the most part, has forged >>> ahead except for this aspect of it.**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> If I remember correctly, I think Andrey mentioned somewhere (or maybe >>> someone else did) that he's not sure how to incorporate this into the >>> software and have it sync accross platforms because the mobile devices >>> wouldn't have rich text editing. Hey, I personally don't mind not having it >>> on the mobile app. It's the PC software that needs to have it. Maybe have >>> the edits displayed in the mobile apps but not have it be editable? **** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> Joel**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, February 21, 2013 11:15:14 AM UTC-5, Majorbillion wrote:*** >>> * >>> >>> I 2nd that. I mentioned it before too. **** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> I use the notes quite a bit and many times I wish I could boldface, >>> underling, highlight indent, and bullet. **** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> The organizational usefulness of outlines works well for planning. But >>> if you have a lot of information that you collect, free form notes is some >>> times the only practical way to record this info. **** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> Eddie**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 2:40 AM, Heinz Gäggeler < >>> [email protected]> wrote:**** >>> >>> When it will be possible to insert and edit formatted notes in future of >>> MLO?**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> I think this is a feature that is requested since years!**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> Here in Google Groups it's possible! Its state of the art, I think.**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> Best Regards**** >>> >>> Heinz**** >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> **** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> **** >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> **** >>> >>> >>> >>> **** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> -- >>> Cheers >>> Mark Levison >>> Agile Pain Relief Consulting<http://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser> >>> | Writing <http://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/> >>> Proud Sponsor of Agile Tour Gatineau Ottawa <http://goagiletour.ca/> Nov >>> 28, Toronto <http://www.torontoagilecommunity.org/display/PUBLIC/Home> >>> 26 and Montreal <http://agilemontreal.ca/agile-tour-2012/> 24 **** >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> **** >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MyLifeOrganized" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > Lisa > > ------------------------------ > Lisa Stroyan, mailto: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. 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