i've bought too many note taking apps already, and so far they all kind of suck. is there any chance we can try out a lite version? i'd love to buy it if it works well enough.
agreed. needs a more aggressive price out of the gate. it's not that 1.99 is going to bankrupt anyone, but you have to realize the marketplace you're dealing with. people will pay more but only after a landslide of solid reviews. the best way to get the most people trying the app is to make it .99
i've bought too many note taking apps already, and so far they all kind of suck. is there any chance we can try out a lite version? i'd love to buy it if it works well enough.
I had some more time to play with the app this evening. My overall feeing is that you are off to a strong start. I love the simplified interface which I think is one of the key differentiators between this app and other note taking apps. I like the direction your headed with the next update. Adding ancillary features such as audio, nice as it might be on occasion, is not going to separate eNote from the rest of the crowd. Sticking to the ideal of a clean interface may be what makes eNote a better solution for many of us.It won't have audio recording any time soon, mainly because the current priorities are
- Auto advance and return
- Image annotation
- Overall experience (A new version with speed improvement will be uploaded soon after the app is released)
Will we able to copy text?. Also, it would be nice if we could e-mail notes. So far This seems like a smoothe program.
First impressions after 10 minutes use.
The palm rest is giving me a slight problem. Because it can be moved up and down on any part of the grey area, not just at the top edge, for instance, my hand is moving it when I write. This is very distracting and annoying. Also, to turn palm rest on and off, you have to go through three presses. Personally, I would rather have the on/off button on the main menu bar. The other issue is with moving through pages. There's a delay while the content redraws at high resolution.
Very impressed with the clean, stripped down appearance and very easy to use.
Steve
But that also means that you'd have to use a proprietary file format which isn't ideal also, since you can't use Adobe's API for PDF with embedded audio. Wouldn't that be the only choice if one was to implement the functionality?
I disagree. 99 cents is the "bargain basement" of the app store. especially when most of the competition in this department is around $5. it's not a crappy app so it shouldn't be at a crappy price. If people see 99cents they automatically think "garbage". If it were me, I would advertise "Only $1.99 for a limited time!! Special introductory price 50% off!!" Then when it starts making a name for itself bump it up to $3.99. That is still lower than most of the note taker apps. That would be good to continue to draw in people, plus it is lacking many features. Then when 1.1 is released with new awesome features (1-2 months from now??) BAM have a one day 99 cent deal promoting the update. That's all I got so farbut of course I dont' have any background in advertising/marketing so that's just my opinion...
I do love me some lite versions. Maybe only allow 1-3 notebooks in the lite version?
I had some more time to play with the app this evening. My overall feeing is that you are off to a strong start. I love the simplified interface which I think is one of the key differentiators between this app and other note taking apps. I like the direction your headed with the next update. Adding ancillary features such as audio, nice as it might be on occasion, is not going to separate eNote from the rest of the crowd. Sticking to the ideal of a clean interface may be what makes eNote a better solution for many of us.
I do agree with StevesCat that the palm rest needs work. I also found that it moved around quite a bit, not enough to stop me from taking notes but enough to be a distraction. I'm not sure I agree with him on relocating the palm rest on/off to the main menu bar. It would make for easier switching but the relative lack of controls in the menu bar is one of the things I like most about the app.
I'll try to get a review up on the App Store in the next day or two.
I disagree. 99 cents is the "bargain basement" of the app store. especially when most of the competition in this department is around $5. it's not a crappy app so it shouldn't be at a crappy price. If people see 99cents they automatically think "garbage".
FFS. I would like to assure all devs out there that this kind of cheapskate is very much in the minority!Personal opinion only...
I buy most anything remotely interesting for trial when it is on sale for $0.99, but would not buy even at $1.99 introductory price - and have done so with a lot of apps.
Personal opinion only...
I buy most anything remotely interesting for trial when it is on sale for $0.99, but would not buy even at $1.99 introductory price - and have done so with a lot of apps.
Will we able to copy text?. Also, it would be nice if we could e-mail notes. So far This seems like a smoothe program.
I would like to e-mail a single page, is that possi ble
Yes, it could be. That's why I am unsure about supporting audio recording...
Noterize does that. Very useful feature.
I would like to e-mail a single page, is that possi ble
I will include the option to copy the page to a new notebook. That should solve the problem!To email a single page from a multi-page notebook.
The only way at present to do this, as far as I can see, is to export the notebook to iTunes, then import the notebook to have a duplicate. Open this and delete the pages not needed, leaving the single page to email. A bit clumsy, but a solution nevertheless.
Text input will not be supported any time soon, need to do dropbox integration and auto-advance first. I need to think about how it should be done in eNote Taker.Nice clean app! What about text boxes for those whose finger writing isn't quite so nice and clean?
The palm rest will stop moving as soon as you start writing in the next version, should solve the problem. Yes, I should restrict the height of the palm rest, will be done.Also, when I'm wringing with the palm rest up, often I found that the palm rest would come all the way up and actually block the writing area as I'm writing. I like that it's always adjusting to new positions as you move your palm around, but I think there should be a restriction as to how high it should go. For example, you could have it so that the palm rest wouldn't go any higher than the line that you're writing on.
I found that annoying too, that's why I added the option to turn off pinch-to-zoom gesture. Then I use tap-and-hold zooming gesture instead and use two fingers to drag the page. Having three finger gestures could confuse some users...Moving the page around with two fingers would often trigger the zoom in/out function and it was cumbersome to zoom the page back to the prior size. If you could implement three finger gestures for moving around the page only, I think that would be good.
I have planned to support zoom to fit the page width, is that what you want? I agree that we should be able to delete the only page, I will fix that. Tapping-and-holding the pen/marker buttons to bring up the color/thickness window is great too, will add that. Thanks for the great suggestions!!
- When I make a large zoom-out gesture I don't mean to zoom to 25%. I mean for the entire document to be visible (i.e. 100% in portrait mode).
- Currently, when trying to delete a sheet if it's the only sheet in the notebook, an error message pops up. IMO, better behavior would be to delete the sheet and then straight away (re)create an empty sheet.
- Tapping-and-holding the pen/marker buttons should make the floating option windows pop up.
It is not visible, the eraser size (about the size of the fingertip) will stay the same regardless of the page zoom scale.Can anyone see the eraser outline when using. Someone in this thread said that it was visible. If so how?
Thanks
Can it save to Mobile Me?
It cannot save to Mobile Me, dropbox will be supported soon though.
Hi Steven,
I vet for the zooom writing box and auto advance as you first adds.
BTW, it's really nice to be able to interact with a developer like this!
Mark
It cannot save to Mobile Me, dropbox will be supported soon though.