Post by wsp on Nov 28, 2014 22:34:14 GMT
Another reasonable alternative to Evernote is MyInfo, a note-taking program that I've used on and off for many years and to which I have been turning more often lately. (Like others here, I'm a recovering Evernote addict.)
It is an unassuming program, with little of the glitz of Evernote or OneNote, but (for me, at least) it gets the job done. What I admire about it above all is that it is absolutely stable. In nearly a decade of use, it has never crashed for me, and I have never lost any data.
Since it's a small company (in Bulgaria), MyInfo's developer, Petko Georgiev, is exceptionally responsive and accessible. On the few occasions I've written to him about technical problems, he has answered within an hour (if it was during his working hours). Once, when I suggested a different way of displaying tags, he immediately revised the program, and a week later his latest update included this modification.
His tags, incidentally, are similar to Evernote's and just as powerful. I routinely use boolean searches (including the NEAR operator) in combination with tags. You can search within one notebook (topic, in MyInfo-speak) or all open notebooks or all the notebooks on your hard drive. Searches are very fast.
As far as I can tell , Evernote has only two important advantages over MyInfo: (1) MyInfo is available on Windows only. Since I use Windows, the main limitation for me is that I cannot install it on my iPad or iPhone. On the other hand, it's easy to synchronize files between my desktop machine and my laptop with Dropbox. (2) Unlike Evernote and OneNote, MyInfo cannot recognize text in images. That's a serious limitation for me, since I frequently pop clippings from old newspapers into my notes, but it is possible to get around this by using a utility app like ABBY Screenshot Reader.
The development of MyInfo moves very slowly but steadily. Petko is promising that the next big update will include some kind of syncing to a website, but I'm not sure when that's coming. On the other hand, MyInfo is a rock-solid reliable program, with an attractive interface and excellent support. Oh, and did I mention cloning and hoisting?
It is an unassuming program, with little of the glitz of Evernote or OneNote, but (for me, at least) it gets the job done. What I admire about it above all is that it is absolutely stable. In nearly a decade of use, it has never crashed for me, and I have never lost any data.
Since it's a small company (in Bulgaria), MyInfo's developer, Petko Georgiev, is exceptionally responsive and accessible. On the few occasions I've written to him about technical problems, he has answered within an hour (if it was during his working hours). Once, when I suggested a different way of displaying tags, he immediately revised the program, and a week later his latest update included this modification.
His tags, incidentally, are similar to Evernote's and just as powerful. I routinely use boolean searches (including the NEAR operator) in combination with tags. You can search within one notebook (topic, in MyInfo-speak) or all open notebooks or all the notebooks on your hard drive. Searches are very fast.
As far as I can tell , Evernote has only two important advantages over MyInfo: (1) MyInfo is available on Windows only. Since I use Windows, the main limitation for me is that I cannot install it on my iPad or iPhone. On the other hand, it's easy to synchronize files between my desktop machine and my laptop with Dropbox. (2) Unlike Evernote and OneNote, MyInfo cannot recognize text in images. That's a serious limitation for me, since I frequently pop clippings from old newspapers into my notes, but it is possible to get around this by using a utility app like ABBY Screenshot Reader.
The development of MyInfo moves very slowly but steadily. Petko is promising that the next big update will include some kind of syncing to a website, but I'm not sure when that's coming. On the other hand, MyInfo is a rock-solid reliable program, with an attractive interface and excellent support. Oh, and did I mention cloning and hoisting?