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Although I do appreciate the functionality already in HTC Notes, I have been spoiled by Microsoft OneNote for many years.
Below are some of the features available in OneNote that I would like to see in HTC Notes version 2.0.
• Ability to expand the space between handwritten notes to add more handwritten notes.
• Ability to create color-coded tabs to notebooks. (sub notebooks)
• Ability to select handwritten notes to cut, copy, and paste.
• OCR for searching directly within HTC Notes. (aside from EverNote)
• The ability to add standard shapes to notes (circle, oval, rectangle, triangle, arrows, and stars)
• Different note page templates (to do list, meeting agenda, calendar and legal pad)
• Ability to snip pictures from other applications and paste them into notes.
• Ability to add active hyperlinks
• Put the pen options in a smaller horizontal toolbar. (The semi-circle takes up a lot of screen real estate.)
Non-OneNote features
Ability to send note to DropBox.
Ability to integrate with OneNote.
What additional features would you like to see in HTC Notes?
Must say... great Idea.
I agree that the Notes app is lacking quite a few features.
Some of ur features seem to be common sense on a notes app.
kind of disapointed they are not included... however I still think that HTC has the best Note taking app implementation on Android as of yet.
I would like it if they made it so the lower button on the pen made the pen act like a finger
KuriKai said:
I would like it if they made it so the lower button on the pen made the pen act like a finger
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I also thought that I must be perfect when you can switch between pen and finger mode for the pen self. Then we can use the pen in all(!) applications like a mouse for marks and so forth...
They should let you choose if you want a note that only accepts pen input. I often find that I trigger the keyboard when I don't want it and you could avoid this if it just never came up - kind of like when you're annotating a page in the Reader.
I'm also using OneNote, and used EverNote before. Actually I prefer OneNote over EverNote.
My wishlist:
Ability to disable keyboard
Rich text editing on the device (I can create on the desktop and view from the device but I can't make text bold, italic, underlined or change font size on the device).
Ability to make images bigger or smaller, or crop them inside Notes app.
Zoom in and zoom out features
Ability to retain formatting when copied text from Android browser.
I also share these wishes:
• Ability to select handwritten notes to cut, copy, and paste.
• OCR for searching directly within HTC Notes. (aside from EverNote)
• The ability to add standard shapes to notes (circle, oval, rectangle, triangle, arrows, and stars)
• Different note page templates (to do list, meeting agenda, calendar and legal pad)
• Ability to add active hyperlinks
• Ability to integrate with OneNote.
• Ability to snip pictures from other applications and paste them into notes.
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You can send images and text from Android browser to HTC Notes by using "Share" feature. For example, long press on an image, tap "Share" and tap "Notes". The problem is, the text loses all the formatting, making tables etc. unreadable.
I am glad so many other folks would like to see HTC Notes developed further.
The "snip" function that I was referring to was the ability to circle an image or text and copy and paste it to notes.
Another awesome app would be a Snag-it for android. I use that tool several times a day.
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anyway we can get HTC to find out about what we think might make it better?
^^ DOnt think so
Does Flyer have "Pen" to text?
Can we use the pen to send SMS?
I would like to combine more scribbles in one note. Currently it always takes a snapshot and I can save it as new note, but a popup menu allowing me to attach the snapshot to an existing note would be perfect.....
I'd like to see the spiral graphic go away, because it's just not helpful. I'd also like to be able to scroll infinity on the horizontal axis for unruly diagrams and tables.
Some kind of markdown-style structured text formatting would also be nice. Not WYSIWYG, just smart wiki-ish text parsing.?
I can probably post something to HTC support with a link to this discussion
They might listen if they find out that there is a group out there interested in using a "HTC Notes Premium". I would pay for more functionality.
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kkinder said:
Some kind of markdown-style structured text formatting would also be nice. Not WYSIWYG, just smart wiki-ish text parsing.?
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I agree.
Another point is, there is no list view of notes. Also, everyday I use evernote, I wish I could zoom in and zoom out on notes.
I also wish there was an easy way to "unhighlight" highlighted text.
About the Spiral graphic
I think the spiral graphic is helpful
If you hold it, it actually disable all other input, except the pen, making it only pen usable.
wouldn't want that taken away
And I really need to resize the pictures. They are just too small if you have scribbled words on them.
Free the pen
This isnt necessarily a wish list for notes app but for the pen in general. Free it! by that i mean add an option to disable the scribble mode when touching the screen in any app that doesnt support the pen. with this option it would allow the pen to work as any normal capacitive stylus.
I like the notes app, but im looking forward to some of the handwriting to text apps that are coming to android soon and these would make the pen complete.
jazymonkey said:
I think the spiral graphic is helpful
If you hold it, it actually disable all other input, except the pen, making it only pen usable.
wouldn't want that taken away
And I really need to resize the pictures. They are just too small if you have scribbled words on them.
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best tip !
jazymonkey said:
I think the spiral graphic is helpful
If you hold it, it actually disable all other input, except the pen, making it only pen usable.
wouldn't want that taken away
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By the way, keeping your finger on the right side of the screen works for left-handed folks.
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I think there is a bug in HTC notes preventing rich text notes that are created on desktop to be found when searched on the Flyer. This is really annoying!
Anybody experiencing the same?
I wish you could be able to flip the page in between notes like the reader app.
Color code notes is a good idea someone already mentioned.
Ability to scroll page to the right with double finger scroll
Pen to ocr would be amazing
Be able to edit a screenshot after you save it.
Be able to change the resolution of a screenshot. (bigger)
Annotate a whole html page instead of only parts from it.
Be able to make a notebook sync or unsync after setting it.
Hi guys, Im not entirely sure this belongs in this thread but it seemed more appropriate here than in a specific phone thread.
I am in need of an app with some basic functionality, but very specific.
I need an app that specifically is for rough mapping of buildings and structures, preferably with a re-sizable grid overlay that can be added and removed from the picture.
I need the ability to draw rectangles/squares to represent a building and a 'snap to grid' option so that when I am drawing four rectangular buildings that are roughly the same size and shape, they will appear to be the same size in the picture.
The ability to draw predefined small circles (intended to represent interior and/or exterior lights). Predefined size is important because I dont want a bunch of randomly sized circles and having to size each circle so it 'looks' to be the same size is terribly time consuming.
The ability to 'fill' the above mentioned circles in black or yellow to show whether they are working or out and in need of replacement.
The ability to write text using the keyboard so that I can label each object. Specifically, I DONT want handwriting, I want to use the keyboard and type what I need and have the text appear in the picture where I can size it and move it around.
Drawing straight lines, again with a snap to grid option so that my straight line isnt a diagonal straight line.
I looked at a few apps, the closest I came across is SBM but the UI makes it a pain to use, has no snap to grid, and lacks the ability to place predefined shapes (even if I could make a single circle and copy and paste the circle as often as I need, I would be happy). And since everything in the UI is icon driven, its an utter pain in the ass to figure out what each option does. To give you an idea, I used SBM to make 4 buildings, label them and place circles for all the lights on the property and this took nearly 30 minutes to get it to look half way decent. I could have used a pen and a ruler and done a better job and in one quarter the time.
This doesnt seem difficult but I cant seem to find anything that does this sort of thing. Even MS Paint on Android would be fine.
Anyway, anyone have any suggestions?
So I noticed on my note 3 that S-Notes is way better than it was on the Galaxy note 10.1 and Galaxy Note II. There are more useful templates and more useful features (mainly, syncing with more services like dropbox and evernote).
As people get more experience, can anyone tell me which service they prefer? I'm split because I prefer LectureNotes for its power and the Cornell Note-taking template. But the S-note app is better integrated into touchwiz and has more powerful options now with automatic evernote and dropbox syncing.
For me i think it will be down to the S-note's ability to flawlessly import pdf's and annotate it
demz92 said:
For me i think it will be down to the S-note's ability to flawlessly import pdf's and annotate it
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For that purpose I think EzPdf is way better than S-Note, at least if you want to make a workflow of annotated pdf's.
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For me i think it will be down to the S-note's ability to flawlessly import pdf's and annotate it
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what do you mean when you say annotate, because honestly lecturenotes does it flawlessly. you can import and then write on it, type on it, draw on it, insert pictures on it, basically everything you can do on a normal blank paper.
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what do you mean when you say annotate, because honestly lecturenotes does it flawlessly. you can import and then write on it, type on it, draw on it, insert pictures on it, basically everything you can do on a normal blank paper.
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yea, i've heard but im not sure what the widget looks like, the looks of the s note's widget looks pretty nice, like something i'd dedicated a whole home screen to
demz92 said:
yea, i've heard but im not sure what the widget looks like, the looks of the s note's widget looks pretty nice, like something i'd dedicated a whole home screen to
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i've never used the widget before, but i'm going to fix that right now and fill you in.
ok:
i'm just assuming here but still; i'm gonna assume that S-note has a widget where if placed on a homescreen you can simply type in without opening the app itself. lecturenotes from the few tests i just made can't do that. you can either have a "widget" (really an app icon) that can open to a particular page that you specify or you can have one that just opens lecturenotes, i see nothing that would allow you to edit without opening the app itself. definitely not something worth dedicating a homescreen to....
dteg said:
what do you mean when you say annotate, because honestly lecturenotes does it flawlessly. you can import and then write on it, type on it, draw on it, insert pictures on it, basically everything you can do on a normal blank paper.
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Can you highlight and add sticky notes?
Han Solo 1 said:
Can you highlight and add sticky notes?
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You can use the pen to highlight or underline, but no sticky notes. You can however create a text box and write in any notes, but that's as close as you can get.
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dteg said:
You can use the pen to highlight or underline, but no sticky notes. You can however create a text box and write in any notes, but that's as close as you can get.
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How do you highlight?
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I got frustrated with S Note and ditched it. I'm using Lecture notes now and really like it. The main thing that killed S Note for me was the way the notes were organized. Felt very cumbersome and non-intuitive. I wish they had left the UI for browsing folders and notebooks the same. Or maybe I just had too much trouble transferring my old notes into it.
Anyways I was wondering if anyone knew how to quickly expend a single page in lecture notes. I know I can go into the settings and change it that way, but I'd like to be able to do it on the fly and on a page by page basis instead of a global modification of the page length.
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How do you highlight?
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I'd imagine you just select the marker tip with whatever color, then change the opacity between 10% and 40%. Whatever you're comfortable with. At least that's how I had done it in the old 10.1 model.
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How do you highlight?
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gina nailed it, on how to highlight.
gina$zanboti said:
I got frustrated with S Note and ditched it. I'm using Lecture notes now and really like it. The main thing that killed S Note for me was the way the notes were organized. Felt very cumbersome and non-intuitive. I wish they had left the UI for browsing folders and notebooks the same. Or maybe I just had too much trouble transferring my old notes into it.
Anyways I was wondering if anyone knew how to quickly expend a single page in lecture notes. I know I can go into the settings and change it that way, but I'd like to be able to do it on the fly and on a page by page basis instead of a global modification of the page length.
I'd imagine you just select the marker tip with whatever color, then change the opacity between 10% and 40%. Whatever you're comfortable with. At least that's how I had done it in the old 10.1 model.
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to expend a page? you wanna know how to quickly use up a page? don't understand what you're asking but i'll cover a few bases.
to quickly add a page click the "+" on the top right or if you're using a keyboard just press the down arrow.
to delete a page you click onto the page and open menu and delete it from there. deleting isn't as simple as adding unfortunately..
@ChrisNee1988: There is no built-in highlighter, as tastes concerning highlighters differ widely. As described by gina$zanboti, you can make one of the custom pencils to act as a highlighter, choose your favorite color and width, an intermediate alpha, and enable `draws behind other colors´. To quickly change to the highlighter, you can show the pencil toolbox (select `Show pencil toolbox´ in the `pencil´ menu, can be moved around by click-and-hold and setup in the app's tools settings; a single click on a pencil sets the pencil and a double-click on a custom pencil brings up the custom pencil settings) or assign it to your stylus button (in case your stylus has a button).
@gina$zanboti: I am not entirely sure whether I understand correctly. LectureNotes' pages have a fixed size.
Does LectureNotes have handwriting to text conversion? I have been using MyScript Notes Mobile which does do this but it begins to get laggy after 2-3 pages in terms of the screen delay from writing to on screen. When I used LN, it's near instant which is awesome and I really like it overall but converting to text is really big as I export QC scripts a lot.
My problem with snote is that importing removes searchable test which is a big no-no for me. Otherwise I'd probably use it. I am using it for free hand notes and like it for that.
@TheBigSaxon: There is no handwriting recognition in LectureNotes, but there are several soft keyboards that provide this functionality (meaning that you write with stylus and the keyboard app does as if you typed it).
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So, if your main storage for notes is Evernote, what is recommended as the front end for capture of notes, including handwriting recognition. Don't want to get locked into s note or lecture notes for the actual storage - just looking for advice on the best way to recognise handwriting, capture info etc, and sync seemlessly into Evernote.
any thoughts?
Is there any way in S Note to do a vertical page to imitate a sheet of paper like lecture notes can?
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Is there any way in S Note to do a vertical page to imitate a sheet of paper like lecture notes can?
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Yes, there is a portrait template of ruled paper. Or you can use the default landscape ruled paper template, and then just rotate the tablet into portrait mode and it should rotate the page as well.
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Here is my 2 cents in using snotes and others working with pdfs
Things I like about snote:
Keeps the use of pressure sensitivity. This is something very special about our spens and I like the feel. I want to keep it when I'm writing.
This might sound stupid but this makes the writing feel the most realistic and not so machine like.
Once I'm in the editing mode I stay in the editing mode. Unlike ezpdf and lecturenotes where I have to hit the pen to start writing again and hand/back to scroll. I found this really annoying. For people annotating it may not be an issue but if you're actually taking notes and such it's a pain.
All the other special tricks with spen work in snotes well because it was made for it.
Negatives:
It has to import pdfs...This was the worst. It can't just open it as a pdf and start editing. Probably creating image type files. Not sure how lecturenotes imports pdfs because it's not available for the trial version. I imported a 200+ page pdf and it took longer than expected but now that
I have an expected time frame I may be able to deal with it.
Since it's not keeping the integrity of the pdf it can screw up some things while importing.
I'm a math guy and it screwed up a few notations here and there.
Scrolling...call me lazy but continuous scrolling is beautiful. Although I didn't like the fact that you can't be in between pages in ezpdf. While scrolling and you let go the page will automatically place itself so you see either the previous page or next page on the screen (depending on how far you let the split go past the screen).
Snote's scrolling is swipe or hit arrow right at bottom of screen. Swipe right is too slow. Animations are nice but unnecessary when turning the page. I usually like keeping the writing area in the middle of the screen. Also a reason why I want to be able to put the bottom of the page in the middle. But my hand being in the middle i think its annoying to go down to hit the right arrow. Just me being an annoying *****.
Hope this helps someone out there. =)
Edit: realized I was missing the add on to import pdfs for lecturenotes.
With short use it has a lot that I wanted. Now I dont know what I should use...
Edit 2 played with settings and im purchasing it now
@aznxkpx88: There is no need to alternate between `pencil´ and `hand´ mode in LectureNotes: You can scroll/zoom outside the `hand´ mode if you enable `allow two fingers scrolling/zooming´ in the app's input settings. Since you seem to use an S-pen (in which case you should enable `use stylus (hardware detection)´), you can also enable `allow one finger scrolling´ and scroll with one finger.
The constrain on the maximal number of pages per notebook in the trial version applies also to PDF imports.
I've installed over 50 editors and reviewed 100s in the Play Store... none of them do everything I was looking for. Maybe I missed it.
Editor requirements:
Toolbars at the bottom.
Dark theme (option)
Dark paper / background
Autosave
Insert image (prefer in-line but thumbnail might be OK)
Formatting (bold/font/colors)
File Types = rtf or doc
Opens to last edited and in edit mode.
Trial/free version available for testing before purchase.
No pushy popups asking me to download other things.
Clipboard - easy to use.
Bonus:
Cross platform version in Windows (web version.ok)
Wont freak out if I use AI Keyboard to paste text.
Links - between docs / pages / to web.
Save as text only.
Save selection.
Send selection.
Clipboard history.
Undo history between edits.
No monthly/annual fees
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Toolbars: App buttons should be configurable, always. Buttons for menu/bold/saveas/new could be at the top, bottom, left, right, or floating, per the user preference. I'm really disappointed android has not done more to assist users with reaching across their over sized screens. Almost no apps have this, and only a few place the controls in the obvious place = next to the keyboard = where the user is most likely to want to tap. S5 ships with quick screen sizing ability built in, seems Samsung is ahead on this one. And I don't think it's asking a lot, it's just a matter of moving the bar to a different place, it's too easy!
Theme: A dark theme uses less battery and is easier on my eyes, especially when it's dark out. The theme is the part around the edit area, strictly speaking. This would include all menu's and toolbars. There are great editors out there with dark themes and dark paper but the menu's open super bright, and whats worse is they'll put light gray text on them in wee little fonts with lots of space to make it bigger... and then ask for $$? No.
Paper: A dark paper is super easy to read in any lighting conditions, and uses less battery to display (the display takes 50%+ of most phones battery power) When printing, white paper is best because it is cheap and readily available, and printers are not generally equipped to print light colors on dark paper. Since most people are addicted to printing things they look at 0-1 times, we may be stuck with this for a while. In any case, I want dark paper. This has been a feature in editors for a long long time but is mostly missing from Android.
Autosave: This is a must. If it uses the "save every 10 seconds", it should also save on exit without prompting if I close in only 5s.
Insert image: My preference would be to have text above and below, not around, and not as a layer that is under typed text. If it's attached as a thumbnail, it should be easy to see and tap to zoom.
File Types: My favorite is RTF. It's been around a long time, compatible with most things. Any fairly common windows format is fine like doc or even pdf. I want to avoid special formats that wont work anywhere else. I don't mind if the program has this ability but if it cannot open/save in other formats by default, I'm not interested.
Opening: It should open to the last document opened, and ready to continue typing. If it opens to the home page, then I want to see a recent list with the last edited on top, and one tap to edit. I found some really nice apps that took 5-6 taps to edit a doc. For example, Evernote opens to the home page, you tap to view, scroll to where you want to type, tap and ... nothing.... you have to tap MENU and then some symbol for edit, and then you start typing and it's not typing in the right place, it moved to the top or the bottom or whatever... terrible app IMO.
Fees: I have dropbox and other storage already, I'd rather not sign up for yet another one. Many apps work with existing sharing services just fine, while others require payments for this, generally 4-8 per month. I'm only willing to pay if it is the only one that meets all my other requirements, and it has to be the super ultimate editor and really amazing too.
TagSpaces might do it. There's no trial for Android tho....
Downloads include linux, mac, windows, android and firefox/chrome extensions.
Looks really cool but there's no trial/free version.
TagSpaces does not support themes nor paper color choices.
I'm using SlimRom, it has a great holo theme, and inverted google app package.
Build 7-187 did not invert google play for me.
Build 6-112 works great
The Slim Gaap downloads are here Slim 4-4 Gaaps, stable addon page.
Still looking for a full editor with all the features I mentioned. It's very strange how many apps do not have proper color options for the canvas, any dev who ever opens an app at night or in a dark room knows why. Special lighting apps like Velis Auto Brightness with super dark mode enabled helps a lot, but in a dark room, if the large white areas are bright enough to see the lettering on them, then it's bright enough to light the whole room.
Anyone who wants a longer battery life should be asking every dev to add night modes to their apps
hello, i am looking for an application using the spen for my work. to be able for example to have the choice to make a square or another shape with straight lines, from point A to point B and then continue to draw inside or outside with the spen. A style of technical drawing applications that mixes linear and freehand pencil aspects.
Did you try Samsung notes?
raul6 said:
Did you try Samsung notes?
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Yes Samsung note only has the ability to create freehand lines, not straight lines and right angles.
krz_ayman said:
Yes Samsung note only has the ability to create freehand lines, not straight lines and right angles.
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when you make your shape/line, hold the pen on the screen for a second, it will convert it to a shape/line