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Best Free Sticky Notes Utility
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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 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 Lite, 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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I wonder why PNotes still not reviewed here. It's been a while since people mention it.
As far as I know, PNotes has many things quite similar to Stickies rather than other mentioned on the review.
Anyway, good job.
Wondering same thing here. One of the things I really prefer in PNotes is that it seems to hold its database intact better than Stickies. PNotes is very reliable.
You list vers. 3.0 of 3M's Post-It Notes, hosted at Tucows.com ... fyi there is a version 4.3.6. at cnet.
[Mod: link to the commercial trial version removed]
We no longer recommend downloads from cnet. Details here:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/cnet-downloadcom-wrapped-installer.htm
http://pnotes.sourceforge.net/
I've got to agree with the fans of ATNotes. I was using it with XP but somehow forgot about its sheer usefulness after I installed a note widget with Rainmeter.
I've just reinstalled it on Win7 without any problems, the notes look good as ever. Changing the font, colours and setting alarms etc are a piece of cake.
I'd like to add that in the three or four years of using ATNotes I never lost a note or had any problems on the XP computer. I hope for the same with Win 7.
Thanks Thomas Asher (and the posters who reminded me of this great program). Low RAM usage and simplicity make this a winner.
I've been using Stickies since last fall. I just went through a repeat occurrence where I lost all my notes. Even when I went to change the bak files to ini, the info was missing. As this was the third time. I've decided to go back to Kana Reminder. It's disappointing, particularly as I had created neat little graphics to pop up for med reminders, etc. But it's just too much trouble to reconstitute all sticky notes again. The forums say it may have something to do with an AV prog in use. Just a FYI note.
Nobody seems to talk about the most attractive feature of Stickies (to me at least).
I can set a note anywhere, not just on my desktop - inside a particular folder, inside a subfolder of the inbox in Outlook, on a specific tab in my browser, a specific worksheet in my Excel file, and it will pop into view only when I am in these said places.
All the others allow you only to clutter up your desktop with notes.
Is there any other Sticky utility that has this unique feature which only Stickies has?
maybe gumnotes
http://www.gumnotes.com/
zhorn's Stickies can't group notes together. Otherwise it is so intuitive I can use it immediately.
pnotes being open source makes it actually more attractive. I like that way they allow grouping of notes as well. Then a whole group can be hidden or shown. Organizing on the desktop itself is convenient, when we use a standalone note as title for that area. Usability wise, it is quite intuitive as well, although the added functionalities do take some exploring to understand.
The "Scoop" accessory program for Stickies - at the author's site, allows notes to be tagged and handled as a group (show, hide, ontop, rollup, etc), or to create "smart tags" which selects notes for action by characteristics such as status, color, or content.
http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/tools.html
Andrew Seward:
Thanks for your helpful suggestions.
Do you know if any Sticky Notes Utility (or something else) can be made to leave a note "permanently" on the desktop?
I use Stickies, which works well, except that every time I click the "Show Desktop" button, the note is minimized. I want the note to always be on the desktop, as an icon is.
Thanks very much.
Clair Culliford
Try http://www.tk8.com/stickynotes/
TK8 StickyNotes allows you to do just that. It's not as full featured as the other programs mentioned here (it is a "lite" version of a commercial application, after all), but it does the job. It's pretty sleek too.
I believe I want the same thing as you.
I would like a free portable (No install) that allows me to compose Notes.
Then I hit a button and it composes them into a image (could be a plain background color), and makes it my desktop wallpaper.
Being 'no install' I would create the folder that it runs from, so I can backup that folder anytime, knowing that the folder is self contained.
My second preference would be similar to the above, but no blending into the wallpaper.
Instead the Notes would be pinned to the desktop.
AKA 'bottom most'
Meaning they are only visible if I minimize all running programs.
Hi, good news! There's a new update on the internote firefox plugin, currently just an alpha but works great with FF 3.6, doesn't seem to be buggy at all.
The recent versions of Stickies now handle images.
Stickies is one of my must have apps under Windows 7. It will work under Ubuntu 9.10 using Wine :)
Great article, thanks.
Rik Mayell - Category Editor, Best Free Windows 7 / Vista 64 bit Software
I don't like (generic) 'sticky' programs, because it is easier to back-up a wordpad document then a sticky document. However, I have Stickies (http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/) installed on both my desktop and my laptop! I want Stickies on any computer I use. Go figure.
It is possible to get Stickies to run from a single self contained folder.
Thus allowing you to backup the whole folder.
Yell out if you wish guidance, on how to do that.
I'd say StickySorter is worth including in Related Products and Links. See comment on 07/06/2009 below.
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
How do you get them 'out of your face' ?
They appear to float on top (I want float on bottom).
Also how do you hide them ?
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 have it running.
The Font is tiny, and my screen magnifier does not show the Form (that happens with a few programs).
Can we make it bigger, particularly larger font ?
I found a program called ATnotes. It is discontinued, but might be of interest:
http://atnotes.free.fr
I had a quick look at the web site.
It appears to need installation.
Can you get it to store it's Data Base (or whatever) in the same folder as the program ?
Or even better, can you specify a folder where the Data Base will be located ?
(Not down the horrible mineshaft called Documents and Settings)
Yes I love ATnotes too!
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