UpNote continues to improve

Posted by Zweikeks
Nov 7, 2022 at 07:37 AM

Hi all,

UpNote is pleasantly streamlined. Very easy to use (only sometimes it’s not intuitively clear for me). With auto save, versions, backup it’s a no-brainer, you just type.
But when it comes to cross-device editing you have to switch your brains on ;-) It’s not made for concurrent editing. That’s fine since it’s meant for a single user. But text may just disappear if you don’t take care!

Especially with a laptop you are often offline (e.g. on an airplane).
You have to sync (go online) before you can continue working on the same notes with another device.
Not syncing can easily happen by accident (e.g. in the queue at the airport, pulling out your phone, trying to add something you just missed on the laptop on the plane - all still offline).
Even if yout try, making sure to be online (reliably) is not as easy as it seems (airport, hotel, abroad).

To be able to better manage these situations, I would like to
a) have an indicator that shows the sync status (e.g. dirty flag).
b) be warned when I trigger manual sync and the device is offline.
On Windows a) works. On Android it does not. When I swipe down over the notes list, I see the sync icon/animation, but there is no warning. Did I miss something?

For me it’s like working with two text editors on the same file. That’s ok. Brains switched on ;-)
But a standard text editor at least shows that the file a) was not saved and b) warns when saving fails.

Is this an issue for you? How do you work with UpNote in this regard?
For me, it’s quite a nightmare when I can’t rely on the tool to keep what I just deleted from my memory, when I have a hard time recovering it and don’t know for sure what I lost…

Thanks for your comments,
Zweikeks