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| Some people hate these programs while others swear they can't work effectively without them. I used to be in the first category but with so many things on my plate these days, I'm slowly being converted. The function that I find really useful is the reminder that pops up at a designated time and date. I use it for simple things like "Update review on the web site." |
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  Stickies from Zhorn Software is easily my top pick in this catagory. It has resizable windows that can be made transparent, pinned on top, rolled up, or hidden along with all the other basic text, formatting and window control features common to this application class. Stickies also provides a plethora of advanced features that really make it shine. Some of these features include recurring reminders, multiple monitor support, skins, user definable styles, network sharing, conduits to synchronize with your Palm or Pocket PC handhelds, and a particularly nice feature allowing the notes to be attached to any window so when you reopen that window the note will popup. This means you can add notes to things like webpages. Next time you visit that page the note reappears automatically. If you're like me and generate a large number of notes, Stickies even provides a note manager allowing you to search and organize your notes.
For all you 3M loyalists there is always Post-It Software Notes Light, it is no longer officially provided at the 3M web site but I have provided an alternative download link to this classic. If you want an application with a portable version that can easily be installed I recommend StickyPad. Some folks actually prefer one of these to "Stickies" and I must admit the interfaces are very slick but I find the alarm function to be rather inflexible and I miss many of the other advanced features. They cannot, for example, handle recurring events such as birthdays or let you search your notes. If you want to access your notes from multiple computers, extension called Internote, but alas it has not been updated to support Firefox 3.x. There are a number of other supported alternatives like Diigo but each of these have significant flaws that prevent me from recommending them. Diigo for example saves all highlights locally in PREFS.JS. This might not sound like a big deal, however, after adding enough to prefs.js, I found Firefox experiences a significant performance slowdown. |
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lol i'm using stickies for years... and you can use it portable too (that0s what i do).
One item no longer mentioned anywhere which is fairly simple, unique, and takes the place of a tiny sticky note utility, rpn calculator, and mini tree notes, and a reminder/alarm feature is XDesk95. It is a 32 bit program and works great, has the perfect combination of frequently used features for most people, and uses zilch for resources when running. I've used it since 1996 or so.
http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/page8.html
You should use Free Sticky Note (alarm tool included)
www.freestickynote.com
ShockSticker:
http://www.docs.kr/entry/Download-Shock-Sticker-en
http://www.utilhaven.com/nm/index.htm
Can you review Shirisu Pad?
http://hem.bredband.net/danielc/
Stickies is good and has many features but at the same time it uses memory of ~12-13 MB. This one is old and unmaintained but does it's job and uses memory in the measure of ~600-800KB.
I found a centralized product review for desktop post it notes application (for Windows). It provides a good comparison on Windows desktop note features.
The page has been moved: desktop post it notes features
If you ever use sticky notes for affinity diagramming or just want a way to arrange stickies into groups, try Microsoft StickySorter. I've used it for the past month and it works fantastic. Best of all, it's free.
http://www.officelabs.com/projects/stickysorter/Pages/default.aspx
I found a program called ATnotes. It is discontinued, but might be of interest:
http://atnotes.free.fr
I've been using Stickies from Zhorn Software for years. It's the best there is.
Zhorne's Stickies: Best of breed.
Another suggestion is PNotes
http://pnotes.sourceforge.net
PNotes is also available as a portable application
http://portableapps.com/apps/office/pnotes_portable
Andrew Seward
Bets46 Category Editor
Thank you for suggesting PNotes, I've evaluated this application and don't feel it is in the same league as Zhorn's stickies. This was before the Sept 2008 update when they added search functions. In general while pretty it lacked the core functions and flexibility. I'll evaluate again and update my review as appropriate in the next few weeks. Thanks for your input.
Andy
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