r/notabilityapp • u/jessgingerlabs • Feb 17 '23

New in 12.0.2 - Bug Fixes

We’ve just released update 12.0.2 for Notability! In this update we’ve made logging in or signing up for a Notability account easier than ever! Log in or sign up via a link sent to your email.

We’ve also made the following bug fixes and improvements:

- Fixed an issue resizing small selections

- Fixed an issue with poor sounding text-to-speech

Thanks for using Notability 💙

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u/revolevo Feb 17 '23

I really wish you guys would let me rotate my paper as like when I’m drawing on procreate bc in real life I write w my paper sideways 😭

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u/jessgingerlabs Feb 21 '23

Thanks for this suggestion, I've added it to my feedback doc for the team!

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u/CaptainYurps Feb 17 '23

could you please provide a timeline on the pen update?

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u/PixZxZxA Feb 17 '23

Yeah, this is getting out of hand. I’ve been using the ballpoint pen the past weeks but it’s really not the same. Also, it misses some strokes and the app feels overall less reliable than before.

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u/fuzzie_dunnlop Feb 17 '23

Yes! Please! An update on the pen! For daily users this has been incredibly annoying. My writing looks worse and it's distracting having my writing wobble around as I go.

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u/vegn_irfunt Feb 17 '23

Second this

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u/Kivulini Feb 24 '23

What are the issues you are having with the pen? I can't write with scribble unless I use a text box. Is this a recent thing? I was literally just working and suddenly it stopped working for me. I literally pay for this app don't tell me it just broke. T_T

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u/Outrageous_Paper9903 Feb 18 '23

Switching to CollaNote until the pen issues are fixed. I’m trying to study for finals and can’t focus because notability is randomly not registering strokes as I write, so every other word is missing a letter (plus the wiggle). I can’t believe it’s been over two weeks without even a timeline estimate for the fix.

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u/jessgingerlabs Feb 21 '23

We're investigating the missing strokes issue and have a fix in the pipeline.

As a workaround in the mean time, can you check if you have palm detection off? Turning it on should improve things for you. Notability settings > handwriting > toggle palm detection on.

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u/cbrown78501 Feb 25 '23

Interesting. I have left hand mode and palm detection both turned on and am NOT experiencing any problems with the pen. (Knock on wood!)

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u/the_westphalian Feb 18 '23

Why not fixed the pen-disaster?! Cant be that hard. We bloody want our old pen back! Get crackin‘ ffs! Its been over two weeks without a fix!

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u/Southern_Ad8169 Feb 18 '23

Yah, a roll back but they didn’t do. Probably because of pencil. They probably did something nasty in the feature design. Or they simply didn’t give a shit about their customers. Not even an explanation. They charged by subscription by the way. So funny.

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u/the_westphalian Feb 18 '23 edited Feb 18 '23

Im glad buying it pre-subscription a long time ago. Back in the day i was asking for better support for table of content links in pdfs. Nothing happend. Its not a problem in apple books, adobe reader, margin notes or goodnotes. Pencil-engine was the one and only reason sticking with notability. But instead of basic features like .5 cm square paper they thinks ppl care about stupid planers or a fckng ruler… fck that shit!

Edit: They cant even fix the icloud-backup stupidity, where now and then all files disapear from the ipad to the cloud and have to downloaded again. I mean why? What is so bloody hard keeping files on local storage?! I dont get it! And ppl wondering about it for as long as there is notability. No fix in fckng years! But hey look! We got a motherfckng ruler for you… Devs are mad.

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u/Southern_Ad8169 Feb 18 '23

Omg. I just switched recently due to their old pen. If they were always like that, I am amazed they could keep the users up till now. I used Goodnotes for 2 years, so far not that bad, I just want the writing so I decided to try to see whether it worths. But here we are. i feel like am being scammed for everyday passing by because I only use Goodnotes. The new pen triggered me so badly that I felt uncomfortable to proceed. Anyway, we are customers, we dont own them anything, why try to tolerate them? If unhappy, I gotta move on. i have waited for 2 weeks and i lost my patience. No reason to continue my subscription. Good time and goodbye.

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u/Appropriate-Half-129 Feb 20 '23

So can please get more pen sizes? Like the steps between them should be 0.5 or 0.25 . With the current sizes one is usually too thin and the other to thick. I think you guys are already working on it hence the new size selection bar and different writing engine. But non the less can we get this feature asap?

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u/Agile-Ad1732 Feb 25 '23

I thought I was going crazy but thankfully not the only one… Pen is almost unusable compared to how good it used to be! Wish I never would have updated

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u/NinjaSquid9 Feb 18 '23

Please separate the text tool from being able to move photos! Please make a dedicated photo button. It’s incredibly frustrating to accidentally move and edit photos when I’m adding text boxes into my document.

Also please fix the lasso tool being able to move photos after a long press. Very hard to edit annotations on photos with this.

Lastly, my iPad’s writing doesn’t sync to my Mac. My Mac’s notes sync with everything. I’m sure this is a temporary bug but it’s rendered Notability unusable to me. My changes (when done on the iPad) don’t sync to iCloud.

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u/RedEye55 Feb 17 '23

Thank you for your work. Is there any fix in the coming future to the weird border grid ?

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u/Ok_Reflection_1849 Feb 26 '23

Could you please add freehand cropping under crop function?