Windows 10 OneNote app sucks.

HA! First off, thanks for the laugh -- I enjoyed that!! :o) Secondly, sorry about that -- though I'm sure you get the idea behind the reference. ;o) Thirdly, thanks for your thoughts on "toddler-level toy" -- but I can only take credit for the "toy" part. In one of these OneNote posts (this exchange or another) -- I saw someone use "toddler-level" and thought it was BRILLIANT, so I thanked him and I've been borrowing it ever since. ;o)

Speaking of borrowing, I doubt that there's anyone who's been hammering Microsoft on this to the degree that I have -- and I'm nowhere near done. If I had the time, I'd go out to Redmond and protest outside their headquarters. ;o) But since I can't do that, I've got another plan in mind. I hate Twitter but I have used it here and there -- including sending Tweets to Microsoft people (with screenshots from these posts). To make that process more efficient, I'm going to take screenshots of every single post on this issue (and there are several threads -- so I've got plenty of work from). And I'm going to develop and application that loops through the screenshots files and randomly sends Tweets to as many Microsoft employees that I can find. It's not going to be every day or anything -- just here and there to keep reminding them of this madness. And besides, even if it doesn't make any difference (and it's highly unlikely that it will), it's good development practice for stuff I'm studying. So I can't lose. ;o)

Thanks again for sharing your thoughts and outrage at this. :o)

P.S. This is what started it all for me -- when I did a search last year for the exact words of "I hate Windows 10 OneNote" -- and was DELIGHTED to find that some lady started a post with exactly those words. :o)

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice\_onenote-mso\_win10-mso\_365hp/i-hate-windows-10-onenote/6f0d508d-7ff0-43e4-b1ed-f730fa78f41d?messageId=ff27c674-8c10-44e2-b69c-647b48a6acb4&page=1

Hey! I'm an accountant, don't lump me in w/the idiots that designed the new app! I'm much smarter than that! =)

Love the "Windows 10 toddler-level", it really is a toddler version of One Note, so ridiculous. 

I too enjoyed the "toddler level toy" characterization of OneNote.

OneNote UWP is completely in line with the carpy design of most UWP <cr>applets. Look at what they have been doing with the "settings" dialogs that "replaced" the control panel apps. Every one is dumbed down. But not to the amazing bad extent that OneNote has been degraded in this putative "upgrade".

Personally I suspect that someone at MS won a bet on how bad an app they can get away with shipping. I too hope that a bunch of people lost their jobs for doing this. But I doubt it.

It's all about the money and making things easier for Microsoft. Nobody behaves this stupidly without ulterior motives.

Good stuff on your outrage below -- we need all we can get!! :o) And I'm glad you enjoyed "toddler-level toy." :o) What also infuriates me is that they could have just left OneNote exactly as it is on the 2016 version and never touch it again -- and that wouldn't bother me one bit. Why on Earth would you screw over your OneNote loyalists to push this piece of junk -- when they could do whatever they want with the app and just leave OneNote alone?? It's maddening in the extreme -- that they built one of the best tools ever created, and they throw it all away for this pi$$-poor OneNote knockoff.

Have you ever read this piece below? It's from the previous project manager over OneNote (to my knowledge, anyway).

It's a masterpiece of self-delusion -- as it has absolutely no bearing on reality: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Office-365-Blog/The-best-version-of-OneNote-on-Windows/ba-p/183974

I too enjoyed the "toddler level toy" characterization of OneNote.

OneNote UWP is completely in line with the carpy design of most UWP <cr>applets. Look at what they have been doing with the "settings" dialogs that "replaced" the control panel apps. Every one is dumbed down. But not to the amazing bad extent that OneNote has been degraded in this putative "upgrade".

Personally I suspect that someone at MS won a bet on how bad an app they can get away with shipping. I too hope that a bunch of people lost their jobs for doing this. But I doubt it.

Have you ever read this piece below? It's from the previous project manager over OneNote (to my knowledge, anyway).

It's a masterpiece of self-delusion -- as it has absolutely no bearing on reality: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Office-365-Blog/The-best-version-of-OneNote-on-Windows/ba-p/183974

No I hadn't seen that particular piece of delusional marketing propaganda. It would be funny if it wasn't being sold as the "truth" by one of the largest companies in the world. If it really was written by a software project manager, I'm aghast.

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I have seen some of the phrases reused in other propaganda. Clearly it was written by some marketing weannie who has no contact with reality, at all. He is obviously someone who has to carry bags full of pennies to keep his feet on the ground. The pig characters in George Orwell's "1984" would have been proud to write that double speak.

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Yep, I confirmed it:

"William Devereux is a program manager on the Edge team. Prior to that, he was a PM on OneNote, where he led all of OneNote's apps on Windows, as well as integration with key first-party initiatives and the core user experience across Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and web. Before joining Microsoft, he was one of the youngest recipients of the company's Most Valuable Professional award for his contributions and commitment to technical communities worldwide. In his spare time, he hosts a weekly podcast where he reviews multimedia for one of the largest entertainment franchises."

I just posted a reply to his piece -- you should do the same. We all should:

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Office-365-Blog/The-best-version-of-OneNote-on-Windows/bc-p/805075#M1703

Have you ever read this piece below? It's from the previous project manager over OneNote (to my knowledge, anyway).

It's a masterpiece of self-delusion -- as it has absolutely no bearing on reality: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Office-365-Blog/The-best-version-of-OneNote-on-Windows/ba-p/183974

No I hadn't seen that particular piece of delusional marketing propaganda. It would be funny if it wasn't being sold as the "truth" by one of the largest companies in the world. If it really was written by a software project manager, I'm aghast.

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I have seen some of the phrases reused in other propaganda. Clearly it was written by some marketing weannie who has no contact with reality, at all. He is obviously someone who has to carry bags full of pennies to keep his feet on the ground. The pig characters in George Orwell's "1984" would have been proud to write that double speak.

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