Version 2.0 is now available, and it includes some impressive improvements (in their words):

Simplenote synchronization - Finally you'll be able to access your notes from your mobile device! (Commercial)

Tabbed notebook sections - Divide your notebook into colorful sections! (Up to 3 sections in the free version, unlimited number of sections in the licensed version.

Linking notes with each other - Now you can link notes together! More than that, now you can place a link to a CN note into any rich-text enabled app! (Commercial)


It is still on sale for half off. Info here:

http://cintanotes.com/index.html

Steve Z.

Steve, I'm intrigued by CintaNotes. But I'm wondered if it's a case of CRIMP.

I already use Evernote, which frustrates me because its information management features are few, and it doesn't allow me to highlight text.

Why would I/should I consider the professional edition of CintaNotes, beside the fact it's on sale, and because future development may include images and highlighting?

Thanks.

Daly

Daly,

Please don't mistake my announcement postings about CintaNotes as endorsements. I own a copy, but do not use it much. Which also should not be seen as a reflection on the program. It is a very appealing application, mostly, I think, because of its simplicity. It some ways, it reminds me of the old Evernote, the one that relied on the scrolling roll (AKA Toilet Paper) model.

Another reason to use it would be if you have an app you like on another platform (say Tinderbox on the Mac) which syncs to SimpleNote. Then CintaNote could be your PC/Windows client, now that it syncs with SN.

Anyway, I'm sure Gary has other reasons he likes it... how about it, Gary?

Steve Z.

Reasons To Like Cintanotes

1. fast minimalistic easy to use
2. clean design
3. ultra ergonomic never have to take your hands off the keyboard
4. continual development
5. bug-free as far as I can tell never had any problems
6. can be set to run invisibly in the background
7. never have to open the application to save a note
8. keyboard shortcuts can be used to open a new note or display the list of notes
9. can be used as a more powerful and permanent clipboard

Ways I Use Cintanotes

1. capture excerpts from online news stories for blogging
2. simple process just highlight the excerpt hit CTL-F12 Cintanotes saves excerpt, URL and article title
3. save excerpts from files cintanotes captures link to file location and so on
4. cn could actually be used as a lightweight document management system

Conclusion

1. CN one of the best designed applications I've ever tried really impressed with it
2. use it every day

Gary sums it up perfectly. But I found I wasn't using it a huge amount until the latest version came out. The support for tabs (of which you can select one to be the default 'clippings' tab) is brilliant, and turns it into a much more flexible app. The support for SimpleNote is also welcome, although the sync doesn't always work flawlessly. It's gone back into my 'indispensable' list of utilities (i.e. stuff that loads on startup).

I've never heard of SimpleNotes. Could I use this to synch my CintaNotes notes across two computers?

I have two laptops in two different locations and I'm tired of having to export my CintaNotes stuff on one machine, copy the file to a USB drive (or email it to myself) and then import it into Cintanotes on the other machine.

I'm testing CintaNotes v.2 right now. It's absolutely fantastic. At first I was worried that the developers were going feature crazy, but the new tabbed folders are great. Very useful.

The designers really seem to know what they're doing when it comes to ergonomics. I just opened the main Cintanotes window, created two new tabbed folders, named each one, moved a bunch of notes from the main clipping folder to a second folder, tagged all of them and closed the window again, and never had to take my hands off the keyboard. The whole process only took a few minutes.

Hi Gary - yes, absolutely, that's why I'm so pleased with this latest version of CintaNotes. Simplenote (sorry, misspelled it before) is a popular text-synchronisation service based on tagged notes. Like Catch and other services (ToodleDo, Todoist), they've deliberately opened up their API so other apps can use it. You can get a free Simplenote account, but I've opted for the Pro (or Premium, I forget which) because it's more flexible (and I'm happy to pay for something that is genuinely useful). Now I can enter stuff in CintaNotes and read it on my iPad! Simplenote is also compatible with e.g. ResophNotes and a few other desktop apps (actually a quick search of this forum will unearth quite a few mentions).

More details at:

http://simplenoteapp.com/

Cheers,
Bill

Mind you, if it's two laptops you've got (presumably running Windows) you could also simply use Dropbox (which is what I was doing before the Simplenote compatibility came up). You have to be a bit careful you don't use the same file on both laptops at the same time, but it's perfectly workable.

Cintanotes deal is still good for today 12/21.

I've installed the trial and have been experimenting, might lay out the $12.50.

jim

MadaboutDana wrote:

Mind you, if it's two laptops you've got (presumably running Windows)
you could also simply use Dropbox (which is what I was doing before the
Simplenote compatibility came up). You have to be a bit careful you
don't use the same file on both laptops at the same time, but it's
perfectly workable.

Gary, I would definitely suggest that you use the above method to keep the Cintanotes database in sync between the two PCs. As long as you watch to close it on each side before you open it on the other, all should be OK. You can use a local backup of the file on each PC as an extra safeguard (I have Dropbox premium plus versioning activated which is a similar approach).

I've lost many notes on Simplenote sync with Resophnotes. I cannot know whether the service of the program were to blame, but after the third time it happened I have little wish to know. Cintanotes may work better, but I would give it some time before I trust it with my information. I expect that if there are issues, they will pop up and be fixed on the Cintanotes side in the next months--unless there's a serious issue on Simplenote's side, in which case I expect the Cintanotes developer to inform users accordingly.

goodsync.com. Works well.

Gary Carson wrote:

I've never heard of SimpleNotes. Could I use this to synch my CintaNotes
notes across two computers?

I have two laptops in two different locations and I'm tired of having to
export my CintaNotes stuff on one machine, copy the file to a USB drive
(or email it to myself) and then import it into Cintanotes on the other
machine.

I'll say this much for Cinta Notes: the developers would have to be the most dedicated and responsive I've ever encountered. When CN was for sale on BitsDeJour recently, I posted a question regarding a problem I'd had with it. Alex Jenter from CN requested some info, which I provided. Just now, on Christmas eve, I received a beta version which resolved the problem.

Excellent support aside, Cinta Notes is a tremendously handy and useful little app. I highly recommend it

Mick S wrote:

I'll say this much for Cinta Notes: the developers would have to be the
most dedicated and responsive I've ever encountered. When CN was for
sale on BitsDeJour recently, I posted a question regarding a problem I'd
had with it. Alex Jenter from CN requested some info, which I provided.
Just now, on Christmas eve, I received a beta version which resolved the
problem.

Excellent support aside, Cinta Notes is a tremendously handy and useful
little app. I highly recommend it

I purchased CN Pro a year ago and have found it an excellent addition in my 'toolchain' (Thanks Dr Andus). I concur with Mick S above concerning the responsiveness of Alex Jenter. It's the consistently active development and focus on customer satisfaction that impresses me most about this software.

I received an email a few days ago inviting me to update my licence for another year or purchase a lifetime licence. I utilised a 30% discount coupon from donationcoder and purchased the lifetime Licence for £44.

The email included a list of the following upcoming features! (including Forward/Back Buttons which were added very recently)

Here are some of the planned PRO features that you'll receive:

- CintaNotes 3.0 with new UI;
- File and image attachments;
- Autotagging: automatic rule-based tag assignment;
- Saved (predefined) searches;
- Forward and backward navigation (filter history);
- Different view modes: minimal, compact, and normal;
- Encryption and password protection of notes;
- Alarms and reminders in notes.

Simon Bolivar wrote:

I purchased CN Pro a year ago and have found it an excellent addition in
my 'toolchain'

Thanks for the reminder. I haven't looked at it for some time, and was impressed to see that it now supports both internal links and external links to its notes, so it can indeed be integrated into a 'toolchain':

"CintaNotes also supports global note links: the links to CintaNotes notes which can be inserted into and activated from other programs. This feature can be used to integrate CintaNotes with other information management software."

http://cintanotes.com/help/#notelinks

Quick question for CintaNotes Pro users. Can you search across multiple notebooks if they are all open? The trial version only allows you to open one notebook at a time. I sent a question to the developer on Friday and have not received any response, automated or otherwise, and am in the middle of evaluating the program. I like the hierarchical tagging feature, but would need to search across notebooks when looking for outstanding items. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

--Ken

Ken wrote:

Can you search across multiple notebooks if they are all open?

Cintanotes lets you switch between notebooks, but I don't think you can have multiple notebooks open at the same time. At least I couldn't figure out how to do it and I couldn't find anything in the help file.

The search does work across multiple tabbed sections in the same notebook, though.

Gary Carson wrote:

Cintanotes lets you switch between notebooks, but I don't think you can
have multiple notebooks open at the same time. At least I couldn't
figure out how to do it and I couldn't find anything in the help file.

The search does work across multiple tabbed sections in the same
notebook, though.

Hi Gary,

Thank you for the reply. It is a shame that this is not a feature, as I frequently like to collect similarly tagged items from various projects for reporting/discussion, so this, along with no rich text or tables pretty much rules out CintaNotes. It is a shame because I like to support small software companies, but it seems many of their products contain one great feature, like hierarchical tagging, but they are missing other features that I would consider key for this type of product.

I should also mention that I did receive a kind from the author to my reply late last week. He mentioned that the other features that I was looking for were not in the program, but that I could request them at one of those "wish list" web sites that companies often use. I understand using a process for collecting ideas, but I do have to wonder how many users these small companies have that a process is needed for consideration of new features.

I wanted to like CintaNotes, because it has a nice clean interface, and it seemed quite fast. But, it was not the program for me. It occupies a niche, and for those that it fulfills their needs, it seems like a nice solution.

--Ken