I am new here, so a short intro first: the past few years I have been doing a multitude of things. Running a webshop, writing, sewing, raising a kid, programming and so on.
I often have plenty of ideas, but obviously when I am cooking and my kid is crying. I have tested about 30 note taking programs the past few weeks, and am left now with 2 options:
1. OneNote
2. Righnote

What I really, really, really want is an easy way to make notes on my android phone and get them to the program on my laptop (W7).
OneNote: their android app is a bit limited (can't even use the share command to create a note quickly :S). Plus I don't like the fact that I would have to sync my notebook on their skydrive. I just want to import my phone's notes. I like the tabs and sections of the OneNote program on my computer, but so far don't really need the drawing /handwriting stuff.

Rightnote: I love it, I love it, I love it! So many nice things in it, but: I can get the Evernote syncing to work (see here: http://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/4159/10 . The evernote app on my phone is fine, but can't get them into Righnote so far.


Are there any other options to accomplish this? I don't want my entire notebook on a server somewhere, I want it on my pc. And I would like to be able to easily import notes (text, images, links) from my android phone. Cloud based solutions for the phone are fine, but the pc must be the mother of my notes. thank you!

Erm, you sound very slightly confused, if I may say so. On the one hand you seem quite happy to use Evernote as a synchronisation service (through Evernote's servers), on the other hand you don't want to use a third-party's servers for communicating with your 'phone... Hm.

If you're prepared to use somebody else's servers (like Evernote, for example), there are loads of options (Remember The Milk, SimpleNote, Memonic etc. etc.); the most obvious option is DropBox, for which dozens of notetaking applications exist in Android; there are also a few good ones in Windows (my favourite is one of the simplest: install NotePad2 as a complete replacement for the standard Windows NotePad, then use its Favourites feature to set your preferred file folders).

Otherwise you could set up a wifi link between your phone and your PC using something like ES File Explorer (which I can personally vouch for). Useful instructions can be found here: http://www.guidingtech.com/10885/access-shared-windows-folders-android-wifi/

Cheers and good luck!
Bill

Actually, I've forgotten one really nice option for Windows-Android synchronisation: EMA Personal Wiki, available on both platforms. It's very easy to use and syncs very efficiently. I thoroughly recommend it (I didn't think of it before because I tend to sync three ways: Android-Windows-iPad!).

Cheers,
Bill

Although it's worth mentioning that EMA Personal Wiki actually uses Dropbox to synchronise (but it's scarcely noticeable)!

mamayani wrote:

Rightnote: I love it, I love it, I love it! So many nice
things in it, but: I can get the Evernote syncing to work (see here:
http://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/4159/10 . The evernote app on my
phone is fine, but can't get them into Righnote so far.

If you have followed the main points in the said thread (most importantly: leave the password inside Rightnote blank) then the one thing I can point out is that synced notes can only be initiated from Rightnote.

I don't know if this limitation will be lifted in the future and it will be possible to create notes from scratch in Android and sync them with Rightnote afterwards.

In the meantime, if you expect to want to write new notes in your Android, I suggest that you create a few blank Evernote type notes in Rightnote and sync them, to use as 'blank paper' in Android.

Alexander Deliyannis wrote:

mamayani wrote:
>Rightnote: I love it, I love it, I love it! So many nice
>things in
it, but: I can get the Evernote syncing to work (see here:

>http://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/4159/10 . The evernote app on
my
>phone is fine, but can't get them into Righnote so far.

If you have followed the
main points in the said thread (most importantly: leave the password inside
Rightnote blank) then the one thing I can point out is that synced notes can only be
initiated from Rightnote.

I don't know if this limitation will be lifted in the
future and it will be possible to create notes from scratch in Android and sync them
with Rightnote afterwards.

In the meantime, if you expect to want to write new notes
in your Android, I suggest that you create a few blank Evernote type notes in Rightnote
and sync them, to use as 'blank paper' in Android.

I have installed Evernote on my phone and making notes every now and then. So far no luck getting them into Rightnote. It seems like the perfect solution, and I want it to work sooooo badly.
Unfortunately Rightnote crashes when I try to save a file with an Evernote in it. A bug report has been sent, with additional information, about this to Rael. I have read all the available information on the evernote syncing but to no luck so far :(

Have you actually succeeded syncing with Evernote? I am able to get the Evernote's notebook names in file -> properties. And I have only given my password in the web screen to give permission to evernote, not the Rightnote security password in the program itself. I can create an evernote type note. If I do that and choose to sync evernote, I get "no evernote type notes found". If Rightnote tries to save the file (which it does automatically), it hangs and I get a bug report. (I think it can only sync, once the file has been saved. before that it doesn't see the evernote notes). It is my preferred solution, if it works.

mamayani wrote:

Have you actually succeeded syncing with Evernote? I am able
to get the Evernote's notebook names in file -> properties. And I have only given my
password in the web screen to give permission to evernote, not the Rightnote security
password in the program itself. I can create an evernote type note. If I do that and
choose to sync evernote, I get "no evernote type notes found". If Rightnote tries to
save the file (which it does automatically), it hangs and I get a bug report. (I think it
can only sync, once the file has been saved. before that it doesn't see the evernote
notes). It is my preferred solution, if it works.

I expect that Rael will reply quickly unless he's on holidays.

Yes, sync works for me now. I also received an error when saving Evernote type notes; something about the number of fields. It turns out that this was related to the PC operating system locale. Are you on a locale that uses "," (comma) as the decimal point?

In that case, this is the same issue I faced. To resolve it, just download and install the latest version of Rightnote (2.5.2) from http://www.bauerapps.com/downloads.html

I get "18 values for 17 columns" as an error. Reading yourmessage it conclude this can be caused by the decimal separator. In Dutch a comma is the decimal separator.

And haha, the new version has just been released! Going to install it now and see if I can go syncing with evernote :)

O dear, installed the new version (2.5.2.0) and still get the same error and behaviour. Will send a new bug report and we'll see what happens.

Ah got it working now :) Just get an error after syncing (bug report sent :)), but I can sync. Very nice! Going to buy the pro version, and I think the program will meet my needs.
I understand Evernote syncing is kind of a beta function and I hope getting new notes from evernote to rightnote will be possible to in the future. But I am very glad already that I can sync notes that I created in Righnote. I am indeed doing what you suggested: edit the existing note on my phone so I can sync it in rightnote.

Yeah, “18 values for 17 columns” was the exact error I was getting, but couldn't remember the phrase. It indeed has to do with the decimal point according to Rael. At the time he had sent me the German local installation as a temporary fix (he was not allowed to provide a new version of the software while the Devcup competition was still going on). Since then he has updated the software and I saw that the new version no longer had the issue.

Glad you got things going :-)