Ideas, Notes etc. What do you use?
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I also hate Outlook for this, but it's unfortunately the only thing I have that will sync to my iPaq. I also use this: http://atnotes.kpayne.net/, which is kinda OK (the version I have is older and actually better than the latest one). I also used The Brain for a few months but it was too complicated and took up too much memory. I've been looking around for ages for something that fulfills these requirements: - Flexible logical storage. Hierarchical or flat or whatever suits my needs. Put anything anywhere. - Open physical storage (XML or compound files or text or whatever) - Ability to work almost entirely off the keyboard. Having to do sixteen mouse clicks to create a note defeats the purpose. - No foofy stuff like icons in menus and skins and crap like that. Very simple UI. - Shell integration. Maybe even a shell folder extension to display storage (cool!) - Transparency support in W2K and XP - Plugin system that supports different types of "notes". For example, different types of "note handlers" would support HTML, RTF, plain text, bitmaps, etc. - Ability to link notes to each other easily for cross-reference - Support for URLs, shell links, etc. Definitely web enabled. Ability to, for example, "map" a folder and view its contents and so on. - Programmer-oriented. Ability to define notes that support syntax-highlighted code (again, though plugins). - Maybe script enabled (through the WSH). This is easy to do and it brings a lot of power to an app but is not a complex (or expensive) as using, say VBA (gasp) All this in ~1MB clean working set size (no data), sub-second loading times and hides in my systray :) Maybe CP should sponsor an open-source type project where everybody chimes in and provides code. We can use WTL and host it on SourceForge! :rolleyes: ~ Dreamer ~ ___________ Klaus [www.vbbox.com]
Sounds good. i feel CP can suuport doing this Ganesh Ramaswamy
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I am getting a bit frustrated with using either Outlook to jot down ideas and notes I have (saving them as messages to no-one in my Drafts folder) or using Notepad and having five billion text files all over my desktop. Does anyone else have this problem? If so can the people who have found a solution (an application of some sorts?) please tell me what it is! :) I am looking for something which lets me jot down quick notes and ideas and categorise them in some way. Also of course a date/time stamp is useful and some formatting control is neccessary (big bold red letters for bad ideas ;) ). My drafts folder is a bit of a mess and the Journal in Outlook is not what I am looking for (damn that Journal is confusing!). thanks in advance. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge
Sounds like you need SideKick. Anyone remember that one? :) Seriously though, what about Outlook Tasks? I count 4 clicks to bring it up. Not perfect, but better than drafts or those annoying post-it note things in Outlook. Andy Cowenhoven
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I use a notebook - the kind with paper :eek: I tried personal organizers (PDAs), notepad, and spreadsheets - I even wrote an MS Access-based application to keep track of my notes :cool:. I find paper to be the most reliable and flexible means of writing ideas, design diagrams, etc. I use the same notebook all the time and date each note, since I tend to write many notes and diagrams on a single page. I keep track of important files by writing down a hint that jogs my memory or simply record the exact location of the file. I use a whiteboard to develop my ideas and copy them to my paper-based notebook when complete. Sometimes I go so far as to take a digital photo of the whiteboard when I'm too lazy to copy everything down. Essam ___________________________________________ Author - JScript .NET Programming ...and a bunch of articles around the Web
Essam Ahmed wrote: I find paper to be the most reliable and flexible means of writing ideas, design diagrams, etc Two problems with paper for me. I loose paper (or I loose my desk under a pile of paper, whichever comes first) and my handwriting is not just bad, it is doctor bad. Essam Ahmed wrote: I use a whiteboard to develop my ideas Whiteboards are awesome! I used an electronic one once and I fell in luv hehe. Nothing better than having the freedom of freehand and then having it digitised. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge
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I also hate Outlook for this, but it's unfortunately the only thing I have that will sync to my iPaq. I also use this: http://atnotes.kpayne.net/, which is kinda OK (the version I have is older and actually better than the latest one). I also used The Brain for a few months but it was too complicated and took up too much memory. I've been looking around for ages for something that fulfills these requirements: - Flexible logical storage. Hierarchical or flat or whatever suits my needs. Put anything anywhere. - Open physical storage (XML or compound files or text or whatever) - Ability to work almost entirely off the keyboard. Having to do sixteen mouse clicks to create a note defeats the purpose. - No foofy stuff like icons in menus and skins and crap like that. Very simple UI. - Shell integration. Maybe even a shell folder extension to display storage (cool!) - Transparency support in W2K and XP - Plugin system that supports different types of "notes". For example, different types of "note handlers" would support HTML, RTF, plain text, bitmaps, etc. - Ability to link notes to each other easily for cross-reference - Support for URLs, shell links, etc. Definitely web enabled. Ability to, for example, "map" a folder and view its contents and so on. - Programmer-oriented. Ability to define notes that support syntax-highlighted code (again, though plugins). - Maybe script enabled (through the WSH). This is easy to do and it brings a lot of power to an app but is not a complex (or expensive) as using, say VBA (gasp) All this in ~1MB clean working set size (no data), sub-second loading times and hides in my systray :) Maybe CP should sponsor an open-source type project where everybody chimes in and provides code. We can use WTL and host it on SourceForge! :rolleyes: ~ Dreamer ~ ___________ Klaus [www.vbbox.com]
Wow you are on the same wave length as me on what I want out of a Notes application. From the reaction I have had to my post we can see that there is indeed a demand for a good Notes app. Especially a developer orientated one. Peterchen also had some good ideas (reproduced below to get a consistent list, hope you don't mind Peterchen :) ): 1) one click on the Icon in the QuickLaunch bar, and I can type my new note. You may be sitting in the system tray, you may have a fancy interface, but when I want to jolt down a note, it's a one-click (or one-hotkey) business. Fast, sleek, small. 2) The prog has some default way to determine a "title" for the Note. The thing MS Word does (taking the first words) is fine for me 4) "New Notes" get into some inbox folder. I can organize them using Drag&Drop or Ctrl-X/Ctrl-V. I want multiple selection! 5) A way to switch repositories. Like "one tree for the design of my new prog, one tree for the website, one tree for lyrics. 6) links to other notes in the same repository, and hyperlinks to local/intranet/internet files 8) Attachments, e.g. adding a .doc I can double-click to launch Another idea that I have is that it has automatic categorisation based on keywords in the note. For instance if you type a note which says "to extend a base class in C# with VS.NET do the following" it would categorise it on save into the C#, VS.NET and Class categories. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge
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There's a spiffy little program called TreePad. It's a wordprocessor with a tree control down the left hand side - let's you apply a heirarchy to your thoughts. Pretty cool, actually. And they've beefed it up a LOT since I last looked at it. J
I also use TreePad for my own notes. I like it: it is free, does not require installation, everything is in one file. I beleive that you can synchronize it with Palm. TreePad plus is commercial version and allows use of RTF and some other features. Igor Proskuriakov
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I am getting a bit frustrated with using either Outlook to jot down ideas and notes I have (saving them as messages to no-one in my Drafts folder) or using Notepad and having five billion text files all over my desktop. Does anyone else have this problem? If so can the people who have found a solution (an application of some sorts?) please tell me what it is! :) I am looking for something which lets me jot down quick notes and ideas and categorise them in some way. Also of course a date/time stamp is useful and some formatting control is neccessary (big bold red letters for bad ideas ;) ). My drafts folder is a bit of a mess and the Journal in Outlook is not what I am looking for (damn that Journal is confusing!). thanks in advance. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge
We have the exact same problem... my approach is simple and practical: I have 1 Notepad .txt file on my desktop where I won't lose it, and an icon shortcutting to it in my quicklaunch bar (because I never see my poor desktop, always buried by windows.) :suss: -Jason nirgle.bitdevil.com
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I am getting a bit frustrated with using either Outlook to jot down ideas and notes I have (saving them as messages to no-one in my Drafts folder) or using Notepad and having five billion text files all over my desktop. Does anyone else have this problem? If so can the people who have found a solution (an application of some sorts?) please tell me what it is! :) I am looking for something which lets me jot down quick notes and ideas and categorise them in some way. Also of course a date/time stamp is useful and some formatting control is neccessary (big bold red letters for bad ideas ;) ). My drafts folder is a bit of a mess and the Journal in Outlook is not what I am looking for (damn that Journal is confusing!). thanks in advance. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge
From 3M http://www1.3m.com/market/office/postit/com\_prod/psnotes/ Basically a software version of yellow sticky notes. Their lite version is free. Works pretty well for many note tasks. Resulting icons are very small and can be placed anywhere on the desktop. Ed
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I am getting a bit frustrated with using either Outlook to jot down ideas and notes I have (saving them as messages to no-one in my Drafts folder) or using Notepad and having five billion text files all over my desktop. Does anyone else have this problem? If so can the people who have found a solution (an application of some sorts?) please tell me what it is! :) I am looking for something which lets me jot down quick notes and ideas and categorise them in some way. Also of course a date/time stamp is useful and some formatting control is neccessary (big bold red letters for bad ideas ;) ). My drafts folder is a bit of a mess and the Journal in Outlook is not what I am looking for (damn that Journal is confusing!). thanks in advance. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge
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