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Blackhole8746 reviewed v4.0.0.24 on Dec 27, 2005

Man why the hell do you always think about size as a major drawback? I mean what R U on 28.8 dial up? Man 2MB is nothing!

zridling reviewed v3.1.0.6 on Sep 20, 2005

And httpd, on the other hand, by not giving Note-It and other apps their due, you are too quick to doom them because they're not the other; as if to say, "Because the new Honda S2000 sports car is not a Porsche 911 Carrera, it's crap" is how you seem to be judging Note-It.

Besides, it's an over the top analogy since Notepad is part of an OS package, not developed indepently, and hasn't changed in 16 years.

If you intend to make a valid comparison of using an UltraEdit because it's top of the line and until someone beats it, I'll stay put, then fine.

I won't blow smoke at you: I like your way of thinking; you know what you're talking about; your analysis always goes further than surface comments, and as a FileForum visitor, I appreciate the insights often in your reviews.

But on Note-It, we'll disagree. ;-)

httpd.confused reviewed v3.1.0.5 on Sep 16, 2005

Ah, I knew it would come down to personal insults. I see--my opinions don't count because I am objective, even when reviewing freeware, and because I tend to be critical and forthright. Too bad.

The funny thing about the criticism of my point of view is that the few simple things I mention are being regarded as "feature overload". Give me a break... You seriously think that Stickies is overloaded with "bells and whistles"?

And Zaine, you think that Stickies fails to be simple? (I can see that criticism leveled against StickyNote, but ... Stickies?) I actually find Stickies simpler than Note-It, because it's more intuitive to me.

A tray icon and a way to recover deleted notes... If that is truly to be considered feature bloat, then I woke up in a different dimension this morning.

And what about feature underload? That's what Note-It offers.

It's your application, and you may (obviously) do what you want with it. But these are my reviews, and I can do the same.

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Zaine, I did right click, of course, and if I missed something, I apologize. I know that Note-It "doesn't try to be Stickies", but to me that's an argument to nowhere. By the same reasoning, you could rate Notepad with high marks, saying it "doesn't try to be UltraEdit".

zridling reviewed v3.1.0.5 on Sep 16, 2005

Uh, you didn't right-click then, I take it? No doubt, httpd, I won't deny the time and thought you put into your reviews, even if I sometimes disagree. This is just one of those instances. The latest version contains some additional editing tools like bullets, indents, and text alignment options, along with a few minor bug fixes.

Stickies has long been the de facto standard in this category of software. But my point is that Note-It is not Stickies, nor does it pretend to be. It is merely a simpler note app. Think AbiWord compared to Microsoft Word. Both do many of the same things, but AbiWord removes the complexity, as does Note-It in this comparison.

dhry reviewed v3.1.0.4 on Sep 14, 2005

2.5mb installer for a simple post-it notes application? Think again.

Veign reviewed v3.1.0.4 on Sep 14, 2005

Note-It has been designed to do what it does and it does it very well. You want an application with tons of bells and whistels and feature overload than Note-It is not the application for you...

httpd.confused I have read your other reviews and that pretty much gave me how much weight to give your reviews...

Good luck in your search for the holy grail of software.

zridling reviewed v3.1.0.4 on Sep 14, 2005

Let me weigh in one more time, perhaps more clearly and succinctly. Note-It is for the most part, simple. Simple is good. In fact, simple is great in a note app because I don't need it to be "something else," whatever one takes "else" to be. Without all the junk that is thrown into every other note app, Note-It let's me throw up notes and reminders and jot down any other memoranda as I think of it.

And after all, that's the whole point of Note-It, I'd say.

httpd.confused reviewed v3.1.0.4 on Sep 14, 2005

Well, I guess we differ very much in how we think applications should be designed.

To me, a tray icon does make sense for this type of application, simply because, for example, I may not have any notes open right this minute, but may wish to create one shortly thereafter, without the hassle of re-running the application.

The tray icon also enhances usability, in ways that should be obvious. The better notes applications let you hide notes for a period of time, set them as alarms, and so on. The tray icon ties all of this functionality together, even if no notes are set to be visible.

And if leaving the application open causes undue CPU/memory/IO usage, something is wrong, period.

A "trash folder" was simply my way of referring to some means of retrieving notes that have been deleted in the normal fashion. Why this might be desirable should be painfully obvious.

Yes, the leftover registry garbage was from the registration of an ActiveX control added by the Note-It installer. No, the file wasn't in use--and I do know how to tell this--so I have no idea why it was left behind. Nor do I care, since now it's gone forever.

Veign reviewed v3.1.0.0 on Sep 14, 2005

[from the developer]

* There is no tray icon. Quite a hindrance to usability, no?

- Nope: this was not the design of this note application. Notes act like Post-Its stuck to your computer.

* Bizarre behavior: Close the last note, and the entire application closes. This means that in order to use this application, I need to have at least one note open at all times on my Desktop. Strange. And inconvenient, because...

- This is by design. My philosophy is have a clean running system. Why have an application using resources that is not in use. Clicking a note promptly open a new note.

* Notes can't be hidden, or minimized to just a title bar.

- Notes can be minimzed to icon view which takes up very little real estate on the users desktop and with transparency turned on high the note disappears. Minimize to the taskbar would just create clutter.

* No facility for managing notes--no way to save deleted notes to a "trash" folder, back them up--nothing.

- Save to a trash folder? Why? You can save a note anywhere you like. Three save methods are provided: Save, Save As, and Append To.

* The only "documentation" is a "Help" note, which isn't linked to in the Start Menu group, but is rather hidden in the installation directory.

- This is a known issue and will be addressed in a future release.

* The notes themselves are ugly, and the caption buttons don't seem to appear correctly on my system because of their cutesy custom design.

- That sounds like a personal preference issue. Notes have been designed to be clean and simple looking. Design is no more cutesy than other very popular note applications.

* There are no network features whatsoever. (And no, I'm not going to count the feature that simply invokes the mailto: protocol to email note content).

Correct no network support. Not uncommon for applications to not implement features found in competitors products. Users of Note-It have not expressed a need for this option. I listen to the users and if there was a desired need, them I would implement it.

Nothing wrong with the Email Content. Simple function that some users like.

* As a final insult, this digital atrocity left one ActiveX file on my system, and a veritable TON of crap in my registry after being "uninstalled". This is probably because it uses the Windows Installer, a travesty to humanity if ever there was one.

- Which one? any ActiveX control left on the system would have been determined to still be in use by another application. Also, there is only about 10 entries written into the registry for note-it and they are global note settings, other entries would be from registering the ActiveX controls, installing the MSI file, and standard MS stuff.

zridling reviewed v3.1.0.0 on Sep 5, 2005

No doubt one of THE best note apps around. Its author, Chris Hanscom, has an interesting new developer blog, too.

[Addendum]: As for httpd above, I'd say there's something wrong with your system, dude. Note-It minimizes to a small icon you can place anywhere, and you can even make completely transparent. And you're griping because it doesn't have network features? You're kidding, right? Let me guess, you also don't like it because it doesn't have a built-in spreadsheet and image editor? I don't have time to refute the rest of your crap, except to say you might want to clean your system out, and start writing seriously instead of trolling so much. When one reads your reviews, it seems every single app you test screws up on your system, but no one else's. What a surprise. The rest of us know that when you trash a program, there must be something good about it. But that's just my 2 cents, and I'll gladly write another review in the next update.

gentlegiant reviewed v2.5.0.4 on Jun 3, 2005

A Great little utility to remember things with. Now if I could just find one to help me keep track of the keys, the phones, the remotes and my money :-)
This neat little utility is simple, usable, and helpful.
This could even be a great supplement to your project manager, personal organizer or whatever you use to keep your mental edge. Use it and feel your zen increasing by remembering even the little things.