What’s Coming to OneNote

This is fantastic news ❤!

I've been using OneNote (mainly desktop version) for more than 8 years now, both for professional and private use. I've also been promoting OneNote to friends, colleagues and family. I've tried the UWP app, but it felt way too limited compared to OneNote 2016, and moreover, as a desktop user I missed the normal ribbon and some essential keyboard shortcuts (e.g. for tags). So integrating the best features of the UWP app (sync engine, drawing features, immersive reader ...) into the desktop version and focusing development effort on that version sounds like a great plan.

OneNotePM Things I'd like to see in the new desktop version, from my experience of working many years (almost daily) in OneNote:

• Different density modes (compact, normal, touch) for the navigational UI and dynamic page content (I'm looking at you, Microsoft Loop). Let the user decide how many sections/pages are visible in the left or right panel without scrolling. Don't go for "one size fits all".
• Choice to have the page list on the left or right, and sections visible at the top or not.
• Choice between a static or dynamic Tag Summary page (the current one needs to be regenerated manually to update checkboxes and tags). I promote OneNote and using tags to colleagues, but the static nature of the Tag Summary page makes the dynamic Confluence task list a more attractive option.
• While we're at it: choice between having a static or dynamic link to embedded Excel worksheets and Visio diagrams? Currently, you can't edit the master document from within OneNote (an editable copy is made).
• Something similar to Confluence macros would be nice (collapsible code blocks! editable status label! table of contents! ...). Also: @mentions (with the option to switch off notifications for mentions).
• Normal AutoCorrect (not only the math version) should be able to replace '-->' by an arrow of choice, or text by symbols.
• Inline comments (comparable to other Office programs) to stimulate collaboration.
• Icon gallery (comparable to other Office programs) + option to use these as tag symbols.
• More color options for highlighting text (see button 'customize tags').
• Nice to have: support for markdown / source code highlighting.
• If the plan is to move the search box to the top: fine by me (even better location for a search box, actually), but keep the search as speedy and functional as the current one (large number of search results, pin search results to the side, search by author, search by edit time, search within images ...)!  The instant search is wat separates OneNote from Confluence and the likes.
• The addition of a 'recently viewed pages' list (see UWP app) or even an option to bookmark favorite pages would be nice.
• Don't remove existing features (unless you have absolute certainty that they aren't broadly used) and things that make OneNote unique, and keep supporting plugins like Onetastic.

Thanks a lot for reading and considering!