Enterprise Software

Spotlight: Evernote knowledge management application

By // January 7, 2010, 4:07 AM PST // justin_m_james

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  • Main window

    his is the main Evernote window, where you will spend most of your time. Note the double scrollbars on the right. The top one is a traditional scrollbar. The bottom one is actually a shuttle control, the more you drag it up or down, the faster you will scroll through the document.

    For a full review of Evernote, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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  • Flawed Web page importing

    An example of the highly flawed Web page importing. Compare the Internet Explorer version of the document on the left to what was imported into Evernote.

    For a full review of Evernote, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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  • Email

    Trying to email the same page is even worse (the Outlook window is on the right). Evernote has exposed some of the underlying HTML in the email message for some reason.

    For a full review of Evernote, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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  • Displaying PDF

    An example of the problems displaying PDF files. Without the ability to zoom out, one is forced to keep scrolling up and down to read the document!

    For a full review of Evernote, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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  • Text formatting

    If you want to edit your notes and have access to text formatting icons, you will need to open the note in a separate window. However, the separate editing window lacks all other functionality, like tagging. And, as you can see, the text formatting options are quite few.

    For a full review of Evernote, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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  • Tag notes

    You can tag your notes by typing directly into the note header (which allows typos to easily create new tags by accident), or you can use this separate tag editing window. This tag editor is much more precise, but it is more work to access.

    For a full review of Evernote, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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Main window

his is the main Evernote window, where you will spend most of your time. Note the double scrollbars on the right. The top one is a traditional scrollbar. The bottom one is actually a shuttle control, the more you drag it up or down, the faster you will scroll through the document.

For a full review of Evernote, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

Image created by Justin James for TechRepublic.

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Justin James is an OutSystems MVP, architect, and developer with expertise in SaaS applications and enterprise applications.