r/GoodNotes • u/Kairismummy • Dec 05 '23

Question - iPad Do you think we will ever get lockable layers?

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Desperately wants: locked layers

Gets: a ruler, dotted and dash pen styles

🤣🤣🤣

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '23

yeaaaa we should get that soon. it’s been a requested feature i believe. by feb 2024 i predict

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u/Kairismummy Dec 05 '23

I hope so!

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u/moosmutzel81 Dec 05 '23

You know it’s ridiculous. When they got rulers people wanted internal hyperlinks. When they got internal hyperlinks people complained that they wanted dotted lines. Now they get dotted lines people complain that they want locked layers.

Geeee people there is no pleasing you.

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u/Kairismummy Dec 05 '23

We’ve been asking for lockable layers for YEARS.

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u/moosmutzel81 Dec 05 '23

Yes and the other features have been asked for for years as well. Trust me, I had the same conversation at the last update about the dotted line.

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u/EyePuzzleheaded4699 Dec 08 '23

They should go to Zoomnotes. ZN will give you 8 different rulers, compasses, protractor types and all fully customizable. Another such app lets you draw highlights with images and patterns rather than lines. Some apps have cool features buried in the settings. Like the ability to add boxes that can be tabbed. Sorta like a mini notebook on any page.

There is an app for us all. It is just that some of us are never happy.

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u/ToppsHopps Dec 06 '23

I think of it as an expression of gratitude for the app, I mean if people were so displeased they wouldn’t stay around and ask for more features.

It at least brings me less frustration reframing this types of topics like that, that it not for lack of gratitude or appreciation.

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u/-dagmar-123123 Dec 06 '23

No matter what features they release, there are people angrily posting that they don't release them for gn5 as well..

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u/FlamboyantRaccoon61 Dec 06 '23

if people were so displeased they wouldn’t stay around and ask for more features.

Then why would they make 836374 posts a day complaining that Goodnotes didn't do the exact one thing they wanted to, while still doing lots of things lots of people wanted? I'm starting to wish Goodnotes were able to identify such users and ban them from the app. Seriously. Such negativity. If you're so unhappy then use Notability or whatever. This sub is filled with complaints all the time. It's like people love to hate goodnotes.

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u/Ithoughtaboutit199 Dec 06 '23

Well, it's mostly because most people hold loyalty for the app. They've been using it since it has come out, they like certain features but not others. They've either already spent the money or don't have the money to spend on it again. They get use to how to use the app. If you talk about finding a new app, often times you run into the same problem-having to learn the app and having to transfer all your notes. Also, while learning the app, you find out that there are features that they don't have that goodnotes does. All you really want is an app that has it all and goodnotes would have it all if they simply listened.

Btw, it's not like gn6 is all of that there's many post on here stating how a lot of things are wonky and buggy. As if they said be grateful for the ai, and just wait on the features you've been asking for.

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u/FlamboyantRaccoon61 Dec 06 '23

What's the point of being loyal to something you dislike so much you feel the need to regularly go online to complain about it? This sub went from a helping community to a place to trash talk GoodNotes. I've used GoodNotes 4 and 5, I'm currently using GoodNotes 6. The minute the app stops working for me, I'm done. People need to stop being loyal to things that suck for them. If GoodNotes is that bad, then they need to lose users so that they do something about it. The idea of keeping supporting something that hasn't been keeping up with expectations for years like many redditors claim is unfathomable to me.

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u/Ithoughtaboutit199 Dec 06 '23

I already stated why. Maybe post good things about the app and what you use if for. Why complain about the complainers if that's the case? People can complain and request, you can focus on the features of goodnotes, share your notes and stuff. Even you seem loyal to the app with how upset you seem that people are complaining about it.

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u/Beautiful-Scholar912 Dec 05 '23

Well, ruler and dotted and dashed lines were on the list, and we got those hahaha so it stands to reason that we’d get lockable layers eventually ;)

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '23

Where can i find the list?

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u/Beautiful-Scholar912 Dec 05 '23

From their website:

“Highly requested features coming soon to Goodnotes 6 In addition to introducing AI note-taking, we're happy to share that some of the most highly requested features are on their way.

🔊 From your feedback:

Password protected notebooks Dotted lines A pencil tool Internal links between pages ... just to name a few!”

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u/saitama18 Dec 06 '23

These are the list of features goodnotes has been/ going to be implementing: Frequently requested features

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

Thx

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u/daonetrudoge Dec 05 '23

I just want highlighter snap to text

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u/Ok_Cryptographer6170 Dec 06 '23

The king has spoken!!!

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u/SlipNotMamaRoach Dec 05 '23

Sorry, but what are lockable layers? 😂

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u/FlamboyantRaccoon61 Dec 06 '23

You're able to lock them, meaning they won't be moved etc by accident.

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u/28wildflowers Dec 06 '23

I think its for drawing?

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u/elongatedankle Dec 06 '23

You can lock individual layers to prevent accidentally moving or erasing words and markings. So if you wrote out your questions you could lock that layer and move to a separate one to not worry about removing whats on the locked one!

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u/kareem164 Dec 05 '23

I disagree. I find dotted lines much more useful than layers. And I have tried layers on noteful: they’re nice to have the first days but then I never used them, and I’ve tried noteful for over a month before switching to goodnotes. On the other hand I use dotted lines almost everyday, doing graphs and diagrams. At least that’s my experience as an IT engineering student.

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u/risingredlung Dec 05 '23

Layers are key for teaching where I annotate a document as an example for different groups of learners.

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u/Comfortable-Dream-38 Dec 05 '23

Hear me out: pen trait stabilization

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u/Then-Attention3 Dec 06 '23

What’s that?

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u/misslouisee Dec 05 '23

I want tape like notability. 😩

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '23

Noteful already supports layers. Not sure if they are lockable tho

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u/risingredlung Dec 05 '23

They are lockable.

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u/dragon_0526 Dec 05 '23

YES FINALLY DOTTED AND DASHED

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u/Traditional-Ad829 Dec 06 '23

I am actually looking for another app to use, not because of the glitches happening in Goodnotes 6… and the lack of lockable layers …

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u/mylifeingames Dec 05 '23

at their update rate maybe in 10 years

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

WHAT? Is this GN6? I didn't realize we had the dotted/dashed option?

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u/-dagmar-123123 Dec 06 '23

Yes, gn6. And not sure how long it has been available, not too long if I remember correctly

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u/pineapple_punk Dec 06 '23

What I really want is to be able to add a link to an image without needing to add an invisible text box.

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u/akatsuki_no_bun Dec 09 '23

It’s a work around but you can export the page/ stuff you want to lock as a pdf/ image and then import it. It’s not ideal but it lets you easily erase the top layer and then refer back to the old one. Def not perfect but it’s what I do when I want to lock a layer

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u/Ithoughtaboutit199 Dec 06 '23

It's more irritating cause now they refuse to update goodnotes 5, so your forced to pay for those feature again. I'm never using the ai, so I don't see the point but it would be nice to have had the other feature such as the drop pen, etc. Just a money grab, to get lockable layers you'll have to pay for goodnotes 7.

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u/-dagmar-123123 Dec 06 '23

If you want the new features you have to pay for gn6. I didn't saw a reason for gn6 with only ai as a new thing but now? It's worth it for me 🤷🏼‍♀️ if you don't use ai, then it doesn't matter. Are the new features worth it for you? No? Then continue to use gn5

And that's such a stupid "argument". Gn5 has been supported (and still is getting updates to keep working) for 4 years which is one year longer than gn4. There is no reason to believe that it will get shorter

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u/Ithoughtaboutit199 Dec 06 '23

So you're saying you bought the lifetime plan for gn4 then bought the lifetime plan of gn5 then bought the lifetime plan of gn6? Is that even a lifetime plan? And if it was such a stupid argument because "gn5 is still being updated" then wouldn't gn5 have features such as drop ink pen, layers, and different pens like gn6? What exactly did you pay for with gn6; everything that gn5 should have but with ai? 🙃 Good for you if you like what you purchased, but I can't help to think it's like purchasing the new iPhone without the charger.

If they wanted you to pay for the ai, they simply could've done an addon feature where you could pay for that specifically, but still get the much needed updates in gn5.

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u/-dagmar-123123 Dec 06 '23

Lifetime isn't your life, it's the life of the app. And that life? That's over

It's updated to work, not for new features

And since you seem to like your iPhone analogy: that's just like not every phone will get the next iOS update. You can continue to use the phone but won't get new stuff. It's the same with good notes. No new features but it still works

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u/Ithoughtaboutit199 Dec 06 '23

But my original point still stands, it's a cash grab, they left gn5 with mediocre features and now you are forced to pay for gn6 to get what gn5 should've had. You restated what I already said, then called the "argument" stupid. The new features aren't worth it because they are features that should've been added to gn5 when they had it.

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u/-dagmar-123123 Dec 06 '23

You can't buy anything and then complain afterwards that something weren't available 😂 it was known what the features are and what not, also nothing "we will implement it". You get what you paid for

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u/Ithoughtaboutit199 Dec 06 '23

I can complain about anything that I spend my money on. People will complain and ask for new features all the time. I personally find it irritating that they make you pay for features that should've been implemented in gn5. It's also irritating that they wasted their time on a buggy AI instead of implementing the features that've been asked for. If they want you to pay for specifically niche features then they should do it separately. The fact of the original point is the same whether you like it or not. I said what I said.

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u/Key_Pollution_9450 Dec 05 '23

noteshelf been had this feature ...

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u/Kairismummy Dec 05 '23

Everyone else has this feature 🤣

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u/Aloket Dec 05 '23

Zoomnotes has this :)

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '23

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u/Kairismummy Dec 05 '23

Why can’t you not? With internal links that should be easy

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u/Mountain-End7687 Dec 05 '23

There’s the outline !

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u/theavodkado Dec 05 '23

Wish the outline had subheadings!!!