SAMPLER  I've used Notetaker for over five years, and every year I try out the latest edition of Circus Ponies NB. The functionality is nearly identical, as they share a common origin. I've never found a reason to switch to NB.

I use NT to manage large scientific projects, and link folders, programs, output logs, contact information, web sites, and Fetch droplets which link to remote Unix workstations. So, linking is important to me, and NT's linking capabilities are far superior to those of NB.

For example, in NT one can link files by copying (ctrl-c) in the Finder and pasting (ctrl-v) onto a page. This is measurably faster than dragging and dropping, which is NB's only way. In NT one can insert multiple links on the same line and mix them with text; one can drag an attachment to any spot on a page. NB did not have these capabilities the last time I looked at it.

NB now has the ability to tear off one page so that one can write in two portions of the notebook at one time; NT cannot do this--I wish it did (one can keep a copy open). Thus I give it four stars.

Over the years I've had a number of questions and suggestions for NT support; they've always answered promptly and helpfully. I would guess that one reason that AquaMinds chose not to have a forum is that their audience is very wide --ranging from school children who used shared notebooks (via the NoteShare product) to single-users like me. Also, I've seen small companies overwhelmed by

trying to maintain their forums. I'd rather they spent time on improving their products.  
(Version 2.2.4)

VIVIAN  I have used this program for a little over a year. It is a feature rich program--the clipping and annotation feature is excellent and I really like the toolbar. Like others there are features that I would really like to see included in future updates--ical integration is high on the list as is a better table features. I use this along with circus ponies notebook. I use notetaker for teaching, it is offers far superior website and slideshow possibilities than notebook. But for my research, I use notebook, it is far easier to use when you are in an archive and taking 6-8 hours worth of notes at a time. I too agree that outliner features would be improved if it were more like omnioutliner. One major drawback is the absence of a user forum. I find it an annoyance to have rely on contacting the company every time there is a problem or I have a question. That approach seems wrong for a mac product.   
(Version 2.2.3)

MABELLE  I've been using NoteTaker for quite a while now, and although it could use some improvement, I haven't found anything that does all that this app does. I teach, so I especially love the slideshow feature and the ability to post my notebooks to my website. It's clumsy on features (styles, fonts, multi-line), it needs tagging instead of (or in addition to) categories, but it's still very useful. I store documents so they're together with notes, thoughts, to-dos, mail (which i paste in). I've looked at Circus Ponies' Notebook. It's so much a clone of NoteTaker (which came first?) that I wonder why they don't marry their efforts. CP is marketing more aggressively and their website is better looking. Their product has a few features I like (more options in text features, different wallpapers) but not enough to make me switch away from Notetaker. Here's what's missing in both these programs: (1) better outlining - they should match some of the features of Omni Outliner (columns, notes) but leave off the complicated styling features, (2) calendar integration, (3) email integration. %80 of what comes across my desk is in email form. Why do I have to copy and paste emails between programs to keep mail, docs, notes, and calendar item in the same place. Yes, yes, I know: Entourage project. Hate it.   
(Version 2.2.3)

TOMEM  I've been looking at NoteTaker, NoteBook, VoodooPad, Journler, viJournal. NoteTaker could use some tweaks, but if you want all these things in one tool, it can't be beat:

* Daily Journaling (not in Notebook, VoodooPad)

* Daily To Do list management (not in VoodooPad, viJournal, Journler)

* Light database note storage, categorizatoin, hyperlinking, report generaton. (not in Journler, viJournal)

* A clipping service for gathering notes from other apps. (not in VoodooPad, Journler, viJournal)

The tweaks I would like to see are a switch to Apple's toolbar configuration tool, a way to generate non-ToDos in a ToDo section (journal entries), and a link interface that defaults to generating a new page titled according to the link text.   
(Version 1.9.11)

ANONYMOUS  Had a glitch with using an old license and tech support responded effectively within 12 hours! ANd on a weekend. Excellent!

One limitation: 1.9 still does not seem to have the ability to add more than two levels (e.g Section and Page) on the Contents Page. NoteBook by Circus Ponies does. This matters greatly if you hope to output your notebook to a website or for longer documents.  
(Version 1.9.1)

JOI  I agree the price point is a bit high...  
(Version 2.1)

JUMP420  Great to keep track of all my speeches and notes. Good app.

Chris Wolfe  
(Version 1.9.11)

POKONYAN  I now try this lovely NoteTaker. This includes almost all what I expected. However, one problem I face now. I have some outliner documents. All of them include some copies of images from PDF files. When I try to copy and paste the documents, the pages become messy, because the whole page (not only an image, but the whole page!) of the PDF pages showed up, If it works well, I'll get the license key. Does somebody tell me the resolution?   
(Version 1.9.11)

POOP1  Macjournal can do anything Note Taker can for the most part. Macjournal rocks and is far more useful and faster then Note Taker. Macjournal makes Note Taker obsolete, there's no comparison really MJ is way better and it cost alot less. (12/21/2005, Version: 1.9.9)   
(Version 1.9.9)

ANONYMOUS  I've used NT, not terribly extensively, and it I've been happy with it. It seems to fit the way I think. It's not infinitely flexible and I'm not using to design websites. It is nice that your work can become a website. That's not the same thing really. I like it.  
(Version 1.9.6)