there are a *lot* of notes programs, and i usually try to avoid writing programs when there are already good freeware tools available.. but in this case, since i use a notes program so much myself, i could not resist making a custom one.
i hope that we can figure out some unique directions to go in to make it different from other tools like keynote. there are some unique features that it has that i have wanted in a notes function and this will be an opportunity for us to try those.
i say we keep the clipboard focus - and make this the best clipboard tool out there, perhaps short only of clipmate in terms of functionality.
so i say we make the spelling functions high priority.
the one price to pay for this, as you suggested, is resource use / exe size.
i'm afraid this is going to be a big program. cpu use will not be high, but the exe size will be fairly high (4-8mb). for people who hate programs above a couple hundred k, this program is not going to be for you. i've long stopped worrying so much about memory use now that machines have so much memory - i feel like i paid for my memory i want it used

so those looking for a tiny lightweight clipboard tool are going to want to look elsewhere. for others, i invite you to try to help me figure out some unique stuff we can do with this tool in terms of clipboard functionality and notes management.