App Name | NoteZilla |
App URL | http://www.conceptworld.com/NoteZilla/ |
App Version Reviewed | NoteZilla 7.0 Build 85 Nov 12, 2008 |
Test System Specs | Windows XP SP3 |
Supported OSes | Windows 2000, XP, Vista |
Support Methods | Email, very open to discussion |
Upgrade Policy | NoteZilla 8 should be available in Aug-Sep next year (2010). And the upgrade price planned to be 30%-40% less of original price. |
Trial Version Available? | 30-day |
Pricing Scheme | NoteZilla $29.95 (1 person, 2 puters used only by the 1 person) Portable USB $39.95 Sliding discounts on multi-licenses and packs. Also watch DonationCoder and BitsDuJour. |
Relationship btwn. Reviewer and Product | None. Inhabitants of the same teeming megalopolis. |
Hello Everyone,
Thank you so much for the suggestions and feedback.
I have read all of them. In needs further analysis and brain-storming, which we will do when we start developing the new version.
Let us know how else we can serve you.
Regards,
Gautam Jain-conceptworld (June 09, 2009, 12:32 AM)
Notes can be written in any language
With the new Unicode support, you can write into sticky notes in any language.-New features
Features Removed
Some of the settings such as hotkeys, note properties have been reset. You can set them back using Notezilla Preferences.
MS Outlook sync has been replaced with Notezilla.Net sync.
Sending notes based on computer name/IP address has been replaced with sending notes via Notezilla.Net. The new version will not migrate your existing contacts in Notezilla. You will need to create the contacts once again in the new version.
Memoboards can no longer be locked. Only individual notes can be locked.
Priority feature of the note has been removed.
Cascade, Playing Cards & Tiles layouts have been removed.
Ehancement request:My version of this is to have a particular sticky note pop up on ALL pages of a given site, not just a specific one. I couldn't see that in NZ7. Please, is it available in 8?
It would be nice to see a feature where the linking is to ANY webpage with the text "DonationCoder" in the window text. And not just a specific web-page.-Steven Avery (June 03, 2009, 11:20 AM)
I suggest everyone to look at the What's new page (http://www.conceptworld.com/Notezilla/WhatsNew).-conceptworld (April 07, 2013, 10:50 AM)
Ctrl+L shortcut key for deleting note has been replaced by Ctrl+D.
Ctrl+D for inserting date has been changed to Ctrl+Alt+D.
If some of the features removed were very important to you then please let us know. We might bring them back. Like we have added back titles feature last week.
Ctrl+DA hotkey that used to insert the date now deletes your note.-app103 (April 07, 2013, 01:24 PM)
If I upgrade to version 8, this new feature will be one important reason:Notes can be written in any language. With the new Unicode support, you can write into sticky notes in any language.Suddenly I can foresee NoteZilla becoming part of my biblical languaged studies.-New features-Curt (April 07, 2013, 02:05 AM)
-yes, that could of course be a problem. However, I think we will have to agree that the insert date -hotkey was wrong in the first place; many programs are using Ctrl+D to delete, so now the hotkey function has become what it should have been from the beginning.-Curt (April 07, 2013, 05:16 PM)
>> Is the taskbar button flashing issue on the reminder popup fixed (optional)?
Sorry. Can you elaborate on this issue?-conceptworld (April 08, 2013, 12:30 AM)
taskbar button flashing on alarms- I would love to see an option to turn that off. It makes my large hidden taskbar fly out halfway across my screen, covering whatever I am doing.-app103 (June 03, 2009, 12:35 PM)
...Do you have any suggestions so that we can disable taskbar flashing button and at the same time not miss the reminder popup window...No, not really. I am not a prospective or actual user of NoteZilla. As you said to @app103:-conceptworld (April 10, 2013, 09:38 AM)
...Ok. We have only your request for this option. We will wait for some more demand for this option...I would suggest you continue to "wait for some more demand for this option". That way, you might never need to fix it or offer that option.-conceptworld (April 10, 2013, 03:52 AM)
I too lurved that flashing alarm,-IainB (April 10, 2013, 07:49 AM)
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Adding this feature is not a problem. It is a minor change. But by disabling the taskbar flashing button, you might miss the reminder popup window completely. Because Windows XP onwards, another program is not allowed to interrupt the active program. This is the reason the flashing button was added by Microsoft. Do you have any suggestions so that we can disable taskbar flashing button and at the same time not miss the reminder popup window.-conceptworld (April 10, 2013, 09:38 AM)
I too was annoyed by the flashing alarm. However, I was annoyed with Microsoft and XP; I don't understand why Conceptworld should be hold responsible. If a feature request was sounding like "please help me to live with XP", and not like "it is your fault that XP is annoying me!", one could maybe hope to win the case...
:tellme:-Curt (April 10, 2013, 12:16 PM)
Use taskbar button flashing sparingly to demand the user's immediate attention to keep an ongoing task running. It's hard for users to concentrate while a taskbar button is flashing, so assume that they will interrupt what they are doing to make it stop. While flashing a taskbar button is better than stealing input focus, flashing taskbar buttons are still very intrusive. Make sure the interruption is justified, such as to indicate that the user needs to save data before closing a window. Inactive programs should rarely require immediate action. Don't flash the taskbar button if the only thing the user has to do is activate the program, read a message, or see a change in status.
But it is his fault and not the fault of Microsoft or XP. He is the one making the FlashWindowEx API call that is overriding my OS defaults. He chose to use that API call. Neither Microsoft nor XP forced him to type that into his IDE. I do not normally use software where the developer acts like he knows what is good for me better than I do and overrides my OS defaults, with no option to disable that kind of behavior. If he gave the option to allow the popup window to behave according to my OS settings, it wouldn't lock the taskbar in its fully extended position like it does.-app103 (April 10, 2013, 01:52 PM)
If he gave the option to allow the popup window to behave according to my OS settings, it wouldn't lock the taskbar in its fully extended position like it does.-app103 (April 10, 2013, 01:52 PM)
An annoyance under the best conditions. With *your* task bar?(https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen3/4Medium/098.gif)
/me shudders-wraith808 (April 10, 2013, 05:56 PM)
>> My version of this is to have a particular sticky note popAh... I missed the possibility to edit. Thanks for pointing that out.
>> up on ALL pages of a given site, not just a specific one.
You could do this even with Notezilla 7 using wildcards inside titles. When sticking note to a particular window you are shown the 'Stick To Window' dialog with list of open windows. You can just double click on any window title and edit it like *eBay*. So the note will appear on all pages of eBay website.-conceptworld (April 08, 2013, 12:30 AM)
But it is his fault and not the fault of Microsoft or XP. He is the one making the FlashWindowEx API call that is overriding my OS defaults.
I always thought a better solution would be for the sticky note (containing the reminder/assigned the alarm) itself to pop up. Never used NoteZilla kind of surprised it doesn't have this option (or does it?).
But it is his fault and not the fault of Microsoft or XP. He is the one making the FlashWindowEx API call that is overriding my OS defaults.
Sorry, I didn't know there was a way to override the defaults. Please do explain how to overrid the defaults so that we can follow the standards. This is better than providing an app specific option. Please do email directly to support [at] conceptworld [dot] com, so that we don't fill this thread with conversations not beneficial to others.
Regards,
Gautam Jain-conceptworld (April 15, 2013, 01:04 AM)
She is saying that your FlashWindowEx API call is already overriding the OS default by causing the taskbar to lock open. She wants you to stop overriding the default!
because you have taken away my ability to send notes over my network. Now you want me to use a paid subscription service just to be able to send a note to a computer in my own home network.
because you have taken away my ability to send notes over my network. Now you want me to use a paid subscription service just to be able to send a note to a computer in my own home network.
Well, the subscription comes with lot of other things. If it is your own computer, you don't have to send sticky notes back and forth. Subscription comes with syncing of sticky notes between your computers so that you have the same copy of sticky notes everywhere. Plus, when you have the subscription, you create/access sticky notes from any smart-phone such as iOS (iPhone/iPad), Android etc.-conceptworld (April 21, 2013, 06:22 AM)
In order to take several bigger steps in future, we have had to take couple of steps backwards. If you look at the whole picture, you will learn several benefits of the new model.
Subscription is free for the first year. So one has nothing to lose. It is win-win.
And the subscription cost thereafter?You can get the details from here (http://www.conceptworld.com/Notezilla/BuyNow).
I lost Piky Suite when you decided to kill that off a year or so ago
RecentX just became stale - I don’t think there has been an update of much significance for a few years now. Just making it work in OS and browser updates. RecentX had become a bit of a CPU hog when indexing so I had to abandon that.
After Notezilla 7 becomes extinct I will not be using any of your programs.