The most important thing an ELN needs to provide for scientists is an interface that works the way they do. If a scientist is used to composing experiments in a certain way, for example, the ELN should enable them to do so—only easier and more simply than ever before. If a scientist is used to recording notes in a specific form, an ELN should enable them to do that too—only in a way that is also highly searchable after the fact. If a scientist sees a myriad of workarounds needed to simply execute their current work in the ELN, it will not be used for very long. But the ELN should also be so much more than a pretty (inter)face. It should provide scientists a variety of Science-aware tools that enable them to not only digitize, but enhance, experiments. Take our 3D plater, for example, which enables scientists to assemble plates with automation-enhanced ease. Or our experiment builder, which allows scientists to define and reuse experiments using drag-and-drop. Or our scientific collaboration tools, which allow scientists to rally around their work in a way that a paper notebook never could. When an ELN provides all these things, scientists will not only use it—they will embrace it wholeheartedly and never look back.