OneNote. One great productivity tool that integrates tightly into Office and your devices.
Overall Satisfaction with OneNote
One of the biggest advantages to OneNote when used stand-alone (not in the context of Office 365 or Enterprise use with Lync/etc) is the rich data that can be imported, captured, or recorded with & in OneNote. If you can see it, hear it, or think it, you can put it in OneNote with ease.
Pros
- Cross-device syncing (I can get my notes nearly anywhere). Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, and the web. Linux is a notable omission, but the OneNote webclient is acceptable for now.
- Rich data capabilities. Photos, videos, drawings, voice recordings, files, tables, etc.
- Ease of use is quite high. The mobile app is very smartly designed with a UI that morphs based upon orientation and screen resolution, exposing finer controls when needed.
- Quick start-up time, especially with more recent builds of the mobile app
Cons
- Linux support with a native program. Office for Linux wouldn't hurt, either.
- Ability to log more rich data from various attached sensors on devices: Geolocation, temp, humidity, RSSI, etc. Anything that Windows can access.
- Improve first-use sync/download time and experience. Toggling an option to enable background downloads of all content is not intuitive, and waiting to retrieve content when you view a note is not pleasant.
- Better Share To OneNote functionality from Windows 10.
- OneNote enables me to share notes and content with others easily, and allows me to take my work with my with ease.
- For my thesis work, having OneNote enabled me to record sessions with my advisor while taking text notes. Once I returned home, all of my data was waiting for me on my desktop where I could pick up where I left off.
- OneNote's integration into the products, devices, and services I use means that it presents an easy workflow and doesn't feel like Yet Another Thing I Have To Deal With (TM).
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