The best version of OneNote on Windows

I just do not like the Store, I think tiles are a nightmare, I disagree with the Appx model and I've built rollout scripts to remove most of the stuff, that comes with even the enterprise versions of Windows. But with my opinion out of the way, let me explain why: I strongly believe there are things, that do not belong into a store-like environment, where you are forced to have an account, save everything in the cloud and get a measly, watered-down version of an application, that had a large chunk of all the things removed, that made it useful in the first place. And not ONLY because syncing valuable or private information to storage, that may even be in a different country raises serious data security concerns or because whether or not an application, that holds such information should be able to be used within an enclosed network and without the need for an external account should not even be a question. It is because of productivity. Form follows function and not the other way round. Don't get me wrong. Yes. There is a certain beauty in slim and clean apps, that focus on their main task, do away with all the clutter and can be compiled to run on mobiles as well as stationary devices. But there is a reason why companies, that have to do down-to-earth work with quality as their main goal and secure, on-premise solutions as requirements prefer desktop operating systems, full-blown clients and a metric ****ton of options right at their fingertips. That reason is plain and simple necessity. In this day and age, when it comes to IT, mediocre just won't cut it. And that won't go away anytime soon.

Below is a list of things, that are mildly infuriating about the UWP app:

• Preferences are a weird side panel. If you set anything, that opens a window, it closes and you have to click back in.
• The standard font selection box cannot be typed in and enforces soft scroll (please die, soft scroll!). With about 2800 fonts installed, it takes up to three weeks to find the one you're looking for.
• Some pages with audio recordings automatically scroll the title into the upper left corner upon opening. Clicking somewhere or moving around objects just makes the page twitch.
• Quick Notes and Send to OneNote do not allow a specific section as target.
• Quick Access Bar is GONE.
• Customizing the ribbon ... GONE.
• Local Notebooks ... GONE
• Categories, Spreadsheets, Default paste format, record video, export pages, desktop docking, custom zoom, middle mouse click auto scroll, decent proofing tools, selecting page language, Removing formatting, controlling the systray icon, setting page register and navigation bar, setting a location for local backup, setting for voice recording quality, setting pressure sensitivity, controlling the automatic locking of password protected pages, setting measurement units, controlling hardware acceleration, add-ins, Autocorrect options (like disabling that horrible "…" abomination. It's dot dot dot, not an art installation, ya dumdum) ... Well... All gone.

Instead, there are stickers with cats in suits now.

You can try to port as many necessary features over to the UWP app as you like, but do you know, what you are going to end up with? - A less useful OneNote 2016 that STILL has a terrible UI ... and a lot of really grumpy customers.

Why you don't ship Windows 10 with OneNote 2016 and keep developing a product instead of a toy is absolutely beyond me.