the versions of OneNote
Started by WSP
on 9/5/2016
WSP
9/5/2016 2:53 pm
I use OneNote every day and am reasonably satisfied with it, but this blog post
http://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-working-new-app-experience-onenote-platforms/
left me feeling rather uneasy. If I am reading between the lines correctly, MS if focusing almost entirely on the development of the Windows 10 (i.e. tablet) version, because the desktop version (OneNote 2016) is thought to be too complicated for most users. I worry that ON 2016 will be gradually dumbed down to make it more like the tablet version. Is my anxiety at all justifiedl, I wonder?
http://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-working-new-app-experience-onenote-platforms/
left me feeling rather uneasy. If I am reading between the lines correctly, MS if focusing almost entirely on the development of the Windows 10 (i.e. tablet) version, because the desktop version (OneNote 2016) is thought to be too complicated for most users. I worry that ON 2016 will be gradually dumbed down to make it more like the tablet version. Is my anxiety at all justifiedl, I wonder?
Listerene
9/6/2016 1:08 pm
If this is what worries you my friend, you must lead an enviably uncomplicated life.
Dr Andus
9/6/2016 3:35 pm
WSP wrote:
Wasn't the Evernote trajectory similar? Didn't they start off with a more sophisticated desktop version and then abandoned their power users in favour of growing the user base with a dumbed-down version?
MS if focusing almost entirely on the development of the
Windows 10 (i.e. tablet) version, because the desktop version (OneNote
2016) is thought to be too complicated for most users. I worry that ON
2016 will be gradually dumbed down to make it more like the tablet
version.
Wasn't the Evernote trajectory similar? Didn't they start off with a more sophisticated desktop version and then abandoned their power users in favour of growing the user base with a dumbed-down version?
WSP
9/6/2016 8:43 pm
Listerene wrote:
If this is what worries you my friend, you must lead an enviably
uncomplicated life.
I admit I have a fairly high level of anxiety about software, because at various times in the past I've seen my favorite apps be either abandoned or shifted in the wrong direction.
And surely one of the pleasures of this forum is watching other people obsess over software problems?
Paul Korm
9/8/2016 3:13 pm
Indeed it is. Without direct or vicarious software obsession how could we be CRIMPers!
WSP wrote
WSP wrote
And surely one of the pleasures of this forum is watching other people obsess over software problems?
Stephen Zeoli
9/8/2016 3:26 pm
Indeed, an entirely rational worry from any CRIMPer.
Seriously, though, time after time the software we come to love and rely upon turns to mush or disappears entirely. Grandview, MORE, EccoPro to name some early examples. Clearly, corporate goals do not align with the needs of PIM nerds like us.
Steve Z.
Paul Korm wrote:
Seriously, though, time after time the software we come to love and rely upon turns to mush or disappears entirely. Grandview, MORE, EccoPro to name some early examples. Clearly, corporate goals do not align with the needs of PIM nerds like us.
Steve Z.
Paul Korm wrote:
Indeed it is. Without direct or vicarious software obsession how could
we be CRIMPers!
WSP wrote
>And surely one of the pleasures of this forum is watching other people
obsess over software problems?