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65 reviews for this add-on
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Migration as described. Perfect!
My biggest concerns are about permissions which this add-on needs. Could you please explain us why this add-on needs to:
- "See your mail accounts and their folders"
- "Download files and read and modify the browser’s download history"
- "Read your email messages and mark or tag them"
Those points are seen under add-on Permissions.
Thank you!
"See your mail accounts and their folders"
This is needed to add change folders event listener.
"Download files and read and modify the browser’s download history"
This is needed to export internal storage.
"Read your email messages and mark or tag them"
This is needed to be able to tag messages with note tag and read message-id: header.
Why 3 star?
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Hi,
You wrote: "First: back-up your Xnote folder"
Question: Was this supposed to be done BEFORE adding the Qnote add on? Because I added the add-on and then wrote you my query.
Also, I see no way to continue the same thread of inquiry on this platform and I may / will have several follow-up questions. Should I pose those questions here as new reviews or is there a better way to attend to this matter. Thanks so much....
QNote does not alter legacy .xnote files. But it's better to back it up anyway in case of bugs. You can do it now too.
It's better to write to support email to solve issues and leave review area for reviews :)
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
When you choose to save the QNotes inside of the add-on, whats their path so can I find them by using file exlporer? With XNote++ there was a folder named XNote in the root folder of the profile. But I cannot find the QNotes and when I switch so saving Qnotes in a specific folder, the existing QNotes won't show in TB anymore. So I need to find them to move them manually I guess?
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.6.3). This user has a previous review of this add-on.They are storage in TB database or something like that.
Notes does not get converted to folder all at once when you switch storage from internal to folder.
They are saved into folder when you edit them one by one or create a new note.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Somehow it seems to be in conflict with Thunderbird Conversations Add-on. If TB Conversions was installed first, then PopUps do not show up and Alt+Q is not working. If deactivated and activated again, then PopUps do not show up automatically, but Alt+Q works. With TB Conversations deactivated everything works as expected... Thanks!
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.6.3).Hello!
There is some issue with the Conversations add-on. It does something that breaks TB message API. Besides, it removes extension button from message panel.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I think this is very cool addon. I use every day and take more simplify my work.
ERROR: I use Qnote and Quicktext addon together, and it seem that they have conflict. If I use together, quicktext is hidden in every start of TB... Please fix this if you could! (I don't know what is the reason...) UPDATE: in 0.6.2 version was fixed this error. Thank you!
Please send your system details (OS and TB and both extension versions) and any errors in your console to the support email.
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Thank you very much for your efforts. I'll send you my French translation soon.
Only one negative note: QNote is in conflict with the extension QuickText (https://addons.thunderbird.net/thunderbird/addon/quicktext/) that I'm using too. I need to disable QNote if I want QuickText to be enabled when TB starts. But I don't know which extension is responsible...
This (hopefully) is fixed with 0.6.2
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Super extension qui prend très bien le relai de Xnote. Ma seule remarque négative provient des autorisations importante qui sont demandées (peut-être à juste titre toutefois).
Une idée pour le développeur : proposer en option d'intégrer le champ note juste à côté de la fenêtre de lecture du message au lieu d'une note flottante. Ce serait bien plus pratique pour ceux qui utilisent massivement cette fonction.
Un grand merci pour ce travail !
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Super extension which takes over from Xnote very well. My only negative comment comes from the importants permissions (perhaps rightly) that are requested.
An idea for the developer: offer the option to integrate the note field just next to the message reading pane instead of a floating note. It would be much more convenient for those who use this function heavily.
Many thanks for this work!
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Thank you so much! It works great!
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.6.1).Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Is it possible to translate the extension into italian?
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.6.1).Sure. Please contribute translation. Here you can grab en locale:
https://github.com/mlazdans/qnote/blob/master/_locales/en/messages.json
Save it UTF-8 encoded and send to support email.
Thanks!
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great tool. My only gripe is that I can't figure out how to do certain things with the keyboard (I get bad RSI from overusing the mouse). I can't work out how to save and close a note or how to modify a note (you can access "modify" from the context menu, but the window doesn't get the focus. So it currently requires mouse use. If it could be made keyboard friendly I'd give it a 5.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.6.0).Will take a look on how to add some keyboard shortcuts, thanks for idea.
You can get window to auto focus after checking "Focus Qnote" in settings.
Update: please try out 0.6.1 version and Alt+Q shortcut
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Thank you so much! QNote (XNote++) is absolutely necessary for us!
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.5.4).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent, excellent, excellent. Great job and as everyone else has said, you've helped us all continue to be very productive using our favorite email client.
Many thanks!
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I installed and tested 0.5.3 - it's marvellous, about everything is working now! Even the note's position is restored (like in XNote++ before) - after you've set its position once using QNote.
One thing strange though: when I change tabs in Thunderbird (e.g. from [Inbox] to [Add-ons]) while a QNote is open, this note is kept open in the new tab. XNote++ closed the note as soon as the tab changed.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
This is awesome. Thanks for porting XNote++.
I installed 0.4 and tried importing my old notes and they don't show up.
I tried with the "Inside extension" setting and by using the "Local folder".
When set to "Inside extensions" and clicking on the "Import legacy XNotes" button, I get the following report:
Import finished:
imported notes - 0
errored notes - 0
existing notes - 12
Why is the imported notes set to 0?
Once the import works, this will be a 5 star.
Thanks for your efforts!
Update: The import works properly. I was looking in the wrong folder for the notes! 5 stars!!
"existing notes - 12" means 12 notes has been already imported before. You can do export storage and open it in any .json reader to see contents.
Do you have checkbox checked to open notes automatically? If not then QNote button should light up in message pane.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Thank you for Version 0.0.4 and the option to store notes in a custom folder like xnote++ did. This is REALY usefull if you want to share note between several users by having a common folder with the note in a dropbox.
If you know can bring back the column with the notes, this add on is perfect.
Big thank you and thumbs up!
Work on bringing back column is almost finished :)
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I am very grateful that you have got QNote working to replace XNote++. It found my XNotes and behaves similarly to XNote, with three drawbacks as far as I can see:
(1) There is no toolbar button any longer where you can create a new note - you must use the context menu of an email. Different, but acceptable.
(2) There is no header column any longer, where you can display a qnote icon column in the emails list, with which you were able to see at a glance which email has a XNote / QNote and even could sort on it. This is inconvenient.
(3) QNote does not memorize the note position, but opens always right in the middle of my primary display. Annoying, because you cannot get the notes out of the center, where everything else also is popping up.
What I really like is the ability to import old XNotes and to export QNotes.
Thanks a lot for your work! I would be glad if you could add a QNote column and make the QNote positionable.
Update 21.09.2020:
(1) Thanks @Martins, I just ignored the button where it resides, because I expected it in the TB toolbar.
(2) brilliant!
(3) sad, but anyway: It works, that's the most important thing!
@ths: I already discovered what you propose, but tnak you anyway for your comment!
1 - there should be button next to where message controls are (reply, forward, etc)
2 - adding column is work in progress
3 - note positions are saved but ar not effective because new TB APIs currently does not allow setting windows position
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Thank You!! I am so grateful - it works. It is the best AddOn for Thunderbird and i use it very often.
Great Work!!!
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
So, discovered the legacy notes did in fact import with .2 version, but then updated to .4 version and now they've all disappeared. I did an export after updating, just in case, but I had seen the imported legacy notes (at least after clicking the QNote button each time I view the email, which is not logistically feasible as people simply aren't going to click the button each time and usage will fall off completely) then the update happened and now they are all gone.
Additionally, when I go to reimport them, the browse window states there are no files to do so.
I want to attempt a reload or import the backup I did, but I'm afraid I will lose the legacy notes (in their QNote form) entirely if I do.
Any workaround? Thanks for your quick work to update things and for trying at all. I know it must be frustrating that it doesn't have the exact functionality of XNote, but keep trying! =:xB
Thanks for bringing this up to my attention. Looks like extension storage resets each time extension gets an upgrade. Will take a look on more permanent option.
You can re-import older notes and no existing notes will be deleted. It can only overwrite note if same message-id already exists in current environment.
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Thanks for qnote. But I use a public emailaccount with my colleagues and they cant see my note!! And I cant see theres. Can you please fix this? We all where using Xnote so this is a little bit of a bummer. And please give Qnote an automatic colour if you put a note to it. Now even I cant see if I put a note to it :(.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.2).Saving note into folder is with version 0.4.
You can configure use tag with a color of your choice.
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
I can't delete a note. I hit the button [X] and it desapears, but when I return to the message the note reappears.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.2).Please use mouse right click context menu.
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