I only had to refresh them once before they showed up offline, but you are correct in that I shouldn't have had to do that in order for them to be available offline.
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Evernote Question
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Has anyone tried using Evernote on both a PC and an iPad? I'm finding that it has severe usability issues at the most basic level and I can't get any response at all on the Evernote forums about this.
I don't need offline access because form my iPad because it is always in range of my home WiFi, all that I'm trying to do is create a simple text note that can be read easily on both my PC and my iPad. That would be the simplest most basic of functionality you would think. Well, maybe I'm missing something but I just can't do it.
The problem is font sizes. If I format the note to look sensible on my PC monitor (10 point Ariel font for the main text and slightly bigger font sizes for any section headings in the note) then when I try to view it on my iPad it is really difficult to read because 10-point is tiny on the screen. If I format the note to a readable font size for the iPad (18 point creates text on the iPad screen that is about the same physical size as 10 point on my PC monitor) then, when viewed on my PC, the text is so enormous that it almost comic.
The only solution seems to be to format in 10-point and then zoom in on the iPad but that breaks reflow formatting and means that, when zoomed in, I have to pan around to read even the simplest of notes. What is really needed is to be able to set some sort of font scaling factor in the iPad client that adjusts the size of the fonts as they are rendered on the screen.
Am I missing something? Does anyone else have these issues? It seems to me that Evernote have concentrated so hard on trying to do all the clever stuff and they've ended up not being able to do the simplest of things like have a 10 item shopping list that can be read comfortably on both the iPad and a desktop PC.
- Julian
I don't need offline access because form my iPad because it is always in range of my home WiFi, all that I'm trying to do is create a simple text note that can be read easily on both my PC and my iPad. That would be the simplest most basic of functionality you would think. Well, maybe I'm missing something but I just can't do it.
The problem is font sizes. If I format the note to look sensible on my PC monitor (10 point Ariel font for the main text and slightly bigger font sizes for any section headings in the note) then when I try to view it on my iPad it is really difficult to read because 10-point is tiny on the screen. If I format the note to a readable font size for the iPad (18 point creates text on the iPad screen that is about the same physical size as 10 point on my PC monitor) then, when viewed on my PC, the text is so enormous that it almost comic.
The only solution seems to be to format in 10-point and then zoom in on the iPad but that breaks reflow formatting and means that, when zoomed in, I have to pan around to read even the simplest of notes. What is really needed is to be able to set some sort of font scaling factor in the iPad client that adjusts the size of the fonts as they are rendered on the screen.
Am I missing something? Does anyone else have these issues? It seems to me that Evernote have concentrated so hard on trying to do all the clever stuff and they've ended up not being able to do the simplest of things like have a 10 item shopping list that can be read comfortably on both the iPad and a desktop PC.
- Julian
This is the argument that I have been trying to make. I've had issues with rendering Evernote notes on my iPhone, which is why I stopped using it. I never really tweaked font sizes. That being said, I haven't tweaked font sizes in any other note apps either. For Simplenote, the font size in Notational Velocity is just fine in OS X, and the font size on the iPad & iPhone is just fine as well.
Did you ever post about it on the Evernote forums? I have a thread active there at the moment that I've already bumped once and noone is responding at all. I'm going to have one more go at getting some sort of answer out of them, even if it's just their often-used "Thanks for the suggestion" reply (I haven't even managed to get one of those yet), before seriously looking elsewhere for a solution. Simplenote does seem to be the obvious next thing to look at.
I just got an iPhone 4 and the Retina screen does make a difference so I find the 10 point text much more readable on the iPhone. I'd say Evernote is just about usable on the iPhone 4 without having to zoom in to view a note but it's not really usable on the iPad.
This is such a basic issue; it amazes me that Evernote have let it go unaddressed for so long. It's a shame because I like the whole concept, and I'm beginning to get on quite well with the desktop client, but this font issue is killing it for me.
- Julian