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Stick-A-Note + Universal Viewer - Mini-Review
IainB:
Originally posted:2012-06-18Last updated2018-07-11
Basic Info
App Name Stick A Note by Anand K. Gupta,
- and used in conjunction with Universal Viewer Free from http://www.uvviewsoft.com/Thumbs-Up Rating :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup:App URLStick-A-Note from http://sites.google.com/site/stickanote/ and
Universal Viewer Free from http://www.uvviewsoft.com/App Version ReviewedStick-A-Note Freeware v3.0.1 (2017-12-27)
Universal Viewer Free v5.7.2.0 (2012-06) (there is a more recent version)Test System SpecsInstalled/run on Win7-64 HP, Win8/8.1-64 Pro, Win10-64 Pro
Supported OSesPrevious versions of Windows up to an including Win10-64 ProSupport MethodsStick-A-Note: Refer to website Feedback page: http://https//sites.google.com/site/stickanote/home/feedback
Universal Viewer: Refer to Support page: http://www.uvviewsoft.com/support.htm
Upgrade PolicyUpgrades also freeware, posted to the websites (which have other tools also available from their respective developers)Trial Version Available?Stick-A-Note is FREEWARE, and so is Universal Viewer Free, though, confusingly, some of the latter's plugins may be Shareware/Honestyware (and the UV Navigator panel might be such a plugin, I think).
Pricing Scheme(Not applicable.)
1. About:
2. Introduction:
In a separate DCF discussion thread:
Re: Gmail Notes (Sidebar add-on for Firefox only) - Mini Review
- I commented:
@TaoPhoenix:
Well, I think you're quite right about Stick A Note, and I was wrong (too hasty).
I had previously just given Stick A Note a very hasty and cursory once-over. It didn't seem to work properly and the notes didn't seem to persist, so I uninstalled it, thinking to come back and recheck it at a later stage. But I hadn't done so yet.
After reading your comment, I installed the latest version of Stick A Note, and it seems to work fine and the notes persist (are sticky), even (and especially) in Gmail. I've not seen that before - a sort of "local" form of Gmail Notes, without the frills or the cloud.
And I like that the notes are stored in one location as .TXT files. Makes them small and easily indexed/searchable.
I think maybe you or I should do a thorough trial and mini-review of Stick A Note now!
-IainB (March 29, 2012, 02:30 AM)
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So, here is a review of Stick-A-Note being used with something that helps to make Stick-A-Note even more useful from an information management perspective - i.e. Universal Viewer.
3. Overview:
Stick-A-Note arose from a project by @anandcoral - NANY 2012 - Pledge & Final Release: Stick A Note
Anand's website describes Stick-A-Note as useful for sticking a text note to any window of a program or document. The note shows only on that window and "moves" with it - i.e., can be brought back when that window is opened again (as long as Stick-A-Note is running also).
4. Who could make use of Stick-A-Note + Universal Viewer: (Used in conjunction with each other.)
Anybody who:
* (a) wants to be able to make persistent sticky notes on any window.
* (b) wants to be able to view all their SAN notes in a tree view.
5. The Good:
Stick-A-Note is an excellent tool for making ad hoc persistent notes on any window - as long as it has a unique Window Title.
If the user is OK with only being able to see/review all their notes as .txt files, then that is OK, but if they want a "tree viewer", then they could use, for example, Universal Viewer, Windows Explorer or xplorer².
As an example, here are some Stick-A-Note .txt files (name is prefixed "SAN") in a directory:
***Add image or change?
6. Constraints and "needs improvement" section:
Stick-A-Note on its own does exactly what it was designed to do.
There can only be one note allowed per window.
I am not aware of any constraint on the amount of text that is allowed in a note.
From my perspective, it was lacking a "tree viewer" for its .txt Note files, and the Universal Viewer therefore seemed a useful addition, as well as being a powerful multi-purpose viewer in its own right. However, I have tended to prefer use the rather good built-in xplorer² viewer, rather than Universal Viewer.
7. Why I think you should use this software:
* Stick-A-Note is a very handy ad hoc sticky note tool!
* A viewing tool such as Universal Viewer or the xplorer² file viewer helps to extend its usefulness in terms of making the notes more readily viewable.
8. How it compares to similar apps:
Stick-A-Note: is listed on alternativeTo as an alternative to several sticky note apps.: Stick A Note:
Anand's website gives an example of two possible alternatives:
* GumNotes - freeware and shareware.- http://www.gumnotes.com/ (I have briefly trialled this, and it is quite good).
* Quick Notes Plus - shareware - http://conceptworld.com/QNP (I have not properly trialled this).I found GumNotes not as intuitive as Stick-A-Note, but it does have a good - though proprietary - notes viewer.
9. Conclusions:
* Stick-A-Note is a simple and minimalistic app. which does what it was designed to do, and very well. Very sticky/persistent notes.
* Universal Viewer: If you don't already have a good file viewer, then UV could be well worth considering as an adjunct to Stick-A-Note, especially as it can also view image files and many other formats of document files (not just .txt) that you may have in the same directory as the Stick-A-Note .txt files.
10. More notes/examples:
* 1. Here is Stick-A-Note in action on this page in Firefox:
***Add image or change?
* 2. This is using Windows Explorer with Preview Pane enabled, rather than using Universal Viewer:
***Add image or change?
* 3. This is using xplorer² with Quick Review pane enabled, rather than using Universal Viewer:
I have settled on using this for max flexibility and ease of use. It gives a better display, and I can search/filter and then immediately manually edit (just press the F3 key) the SaN*.txt files, if I want - which suits my needs well:
***Add image or change?
Ath:
Thanks, IainB, for this useful combo-review! :up:
anandcoral:
Thank you IainB, for this very sweet review of SAN and the five stars :D
I am sorry that I missed this post earlier, I found it from the Newsletter today (Thank you Mouser).
Yes I have plan for an option to search for text in all notes and display, UV does help in achieving it without the inbuilt one yet.
Thanks once again.
Regards,
Anand
IainB:
2012-08-02 (NZT): Added some notes and screenshots for information/clarification to the bottom of the Opening Post:
* 1. (2012-08-02) Here is Stick-A-Note in action on this page in Firefox:
* 2. (2012-08-02) This is using Windows Explorer with Preview Pane enabled, rather than using Universal Viewer:
* 3. (2012-08-02) This is using xplorer² with Quick Review pane enabled, rather than using Universal Viewer:
I have settled on using this for max flexibility and ease of use. It gives a better display, and I can search/filter and then immediately manually edit (just press the F3 key) the SaN*.txt files, if I want - which suits my needs well.
Curt:
INFO:
because these SaN_ files are text files, they are fully readable by simply pointing at them in Explorer, if you have QTTabbar installed:
But as you maybe can see, SAN did not use Unicode, to create the file ("råd" became "r_d").
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