

Maybe if I were to find a program that just blew my socks off and would automatically export all my notes to a hierarchical collection of Rich Text Format files or whatever I might change my mind. They lock your notes up in a proprietary file format with no way to do a mass export to something more standardized. However, at the end of the day, Evernote and OneNote are alike in a way that I've decided is probably a showstopper for me. After all, how many times do you know about when you took a note about something, but not where you put it. This is a very nice feature that should be a standard. More importantly, it also lets you view your notes on a time axis (rather than the usual hierarchical organization).

For one thing, if its user interface is still a bit rough, it also avoids OneNote levels of garishness. It also lacks a lot of OneNote's more sophisticated Tablet PC and file sharing support, but that was fine with me.Įvernote does have some nice points. Also, a number of features are still missing-notably, any export function besides basic cutting and pasting. The particulars are a bit hard to describe but I'd call it "rough around the edges." Things just don't necessarily work like you expect them to.

But is the program itself good enough to replace OneNote?įor my needs, the answer is a qualified yes. It's not Open Source, but it's a free beta the authors apparently intend to keep a basic level of the program as freeware while possibly charging for some more advanced feature. Evernote's a free notetaking program (for Windows) somewhat in the same vein as Microsoft's OneNote.
