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Posted by Derek Cornish
Nov 10, 2006 at 05:07 AM
Chris -
Yes, Zoot’s Quick Note is an excellent feature, but I like to reserve Zoot for more permanent storage. It’s also a lot quicker to use HandyNotes from the system tray. But it is very much a matter of personal preference and habit. I tend to use Zoot mainly when I am making a series of notes on a particular topic that I know I am going to keep for some time as a resource for other work.
I think that if it was easier to put Zoot in the system tray, and if opening a note didn’t involve something like 5 keystrokes from start to finish plus a note title, I’d probably use it more often for ephemeral notes.
Derek
Posted by Derek Cornish
Nov 10, 2006 at 05:09 AM
Steve -
Thanks for reminding me of Notebox Disorganizer. I hadn’t thought of using it for random notes. I’ll take another look at it.
Derek
Posted by Derek Cornish
Nov 10, 2006 at 05:18 AM
Wes -
I used to use another free stickies program, which I rather liked. But I always ended up with a mass of notes on my display. The “advantage” of HandyNotes is that you can only open one “window” at a time. Come to think of it, EverNote might be a better substitute for HanyNotes - less clunky and more options, but equally quick to use.
OneNote 2007 is on my CRIMP list, but I haven’t had time to d/l and play with it yet.
Derek
Posted by Jack Crawford
Nov 10, 2006 at 07:07 AM
I like the OneNote sidenote scheme too (a version is in the current OneNote 2003).
The only problem is that you have to be running OneNote to get the functionality. (I think that is right).
GyroQ does its thing without MindManager running. It parks the information and only sends it to MM in a mindmap format when you are ready. I guess it’s the main feature that they are promoting. You don’t need to run the “host” application, with its significant overhead, to get the benefit.
I’m not sure whether you get any special value from to-dos when they are in a mind map format rather than notes or lists.
Jack
Posted by Hugh Pile
Nov 10, 2006 at 11:54 AM
I like OneNote’s sidenote feature.
However, for me on a daily basis it’s Outlook 2003 Cntrl-Shift N. Later you can send your notes to most of the places you might want to - Zoot, Ultra Recall, Palm PDA etc.
For all its weaknesses, Outlook is still the most interconnectable PIM by far. If one uses it for mail and appointments, it’s also very likely to be open on the desktop.
For tasks/to do’s, MyLife Organized also has a good “sidenote” feature, which parses entries. And its new free little brother, OneAlert, is worth looking at.