I want to like Evernote, but it&#x27;s a pain to use. I open it up every year or so to see whether it&#x27;s improved and it never has.<p>Maybe it&#x27;s not designed to do what I want, which is to be a simple digital shoebox into which I can constantly shove stuff and have it searchable and available. For all its visual design polish the core functionality is frustrating and I object to being bugged to buy overpriced desk furniture by a notes app.<p>I call it Skypeification. A simple utility - making calls, taking notes - gets bloated in features and UI until it takes far more space and resources than it should. At it&#x27;s smallest window size, Skype takes up almost half my laptop screen to display nine interface elements. There&#x27;s no excuse for that.