Google Notebook

Posted by Mike Smith
Jul 15, 2006 at 02:47 PM

I use Google Notebook to store snippets to access at work (IE) and home (Firefox). I find the IE plugin slow and removed it. The Firefox plugin is faster. On IE and Firefox I find the plugin interface a clumsy and prefer full screen mode in a browser window (IE) or tab (Firefox).

Interface:

The outline has two levels: Section Headings, and Notes. You might consider it three levels if you include Notebook as a level. Drag and drop to move or reorder headings or notes works fine. Moving between Notebooks is supported but it’s a blind drop (destination seems to be the last Note in the last Section Heading). Sorting entries is unsupported. Sometimes I inadvertently enter Edit mode when trying to expand (view) an entry. Switching between Edit and View modes is more annoying in IE because it’s slower than Firefox.

Because of the two level outline level limitation, Google Notebook is for small projects only.

..Mike Smith . Silver Spring, Maryland, USA