It’s a chance for users to express their opinion but there’s no guarantee that Microsoft will listen, let alone do anything. Microsoft is offering customers the illusion of democracy when it comes to choosing which remaining OneNote desktop features are moved to the OneNote app.Ĭustomers are invited to visit UserVoice to say what OneNote desktop features they want kept in the app. We copied both lists below from Microsoft.
Scroll down the page to see their list of features only available in one product or the other.
Microsoft has a web page about the differences between OneNote 2016 and OneNote for Windows 10, though most of the page is a promotion of the latter. Instead, users will be expected to use the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app, OneNote for Windows 10, despite shortcomings in the app version. OneNote 2016 for Windows will be supported with security patches until October 2025 but will get no new features. It’ll be a slow death but it’ll still be dead. OneNote 2016 for Windows, the traditional Windows program is being killed. In an entirely predictable move, Microsoft is dropping the full OneNote desktop program from their lineup. Thanks for joining us! You'll get a welcome message in a few moments.
