ROBOTANK  I just got this app with the MUPromo bundle, and my first impressions are very positive. However, I can't say I'm a fan of the way the app handles licenses. It requires you to have Bonjour enabled so that it call home and confirm that no other copies of the application are running _anywhere_ with the same serial number. I'm fine with initial online verification of a serial number, but this level of monitoring is excessive. Despite the app's quality, this monitoring scheme probably would have been enough to stop me from purchasing the app if it wasn't in the bundle. Software developers need to have a little faith in their users. Restrictive licensing schemes and Microsoft-style verification don't reduce piracy, they just alienate paying customers.  
(Version 3.0v351)

RWEBBER  Sampler, your "major criticism of [NoteBook and NoteTaker's] inability to display two different pages at one time" is unfounded. NoteBook 3.0 can "tear out" a page for display and editing in a separate window while allowing moving through the remainder of the notebook in the other window. Just option click on the page you wish to tear out on the contents card. It's really a very useful feature. Too bad it's not in NoteTaker. I think you need to take a closer look at this product.  
(Version 3.0v338)

DR. GIRLFRIEND  For the love of all that is good and holy, please add the option for the user to change the blinding white background page! I paid for this thing; I'd really like to use it without searing my retinas.

There are a few choices under the page inspector, but I don't care for any of them. How hard would it be to let the user choose their own background color and set that as default for all subsequent pages?  
(Version 3.0 (v362))

MYSTERY TRAMP  I'm not going to give this a rating because I just don't "get" Notebook. I don't like the notebook metaphor and I don't like that I MUST have either a spiral binding or a three-ring binder. No option for us trolls who just want a blank window. I don't like how it's decided there are fourteen things I can do with the software.

I don't like how the To-Do list is pre-divided among five tasks it thinks I should be doing. I don't like how it can drag-n-drop virtually any file but it only "imports" one or two file types.

I don't like how the sticky notes and sticky flags are cocked at an angle.

And if I come across like a grouch, totally lacking whimsy, tell me when the last time you saw Macintosh software that needed an eight page installation guide? Now THAT is for the birds.

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(Version 3.0v348)

DENNY DOUBLEPLUS MARKETING  NoteBook 3 is a class act. This definitely wins the BEST-OF in it's category!!! The Multidex is completely amazing for finding all of the many items you have easily and safely logged into NoteBook 3. The ability to record and store voice snippets is very convenient for fast unhindered note-taking. The familiar look and feel of real life notepads and graphing paper, sticky notes, sticky flags, and reminder flags creates a very fine electronic version of the real world. The PDF manual is chock full of easy-to-follow screen shots, which helps greatly in learning the various powerful functions of NoteBook 3. And finally, the online video tutorials goes a long way in teaching those that need to be shown how things work.   
(Version 3.0v343)

KADAMS9181  In my opinion, I think Notebook is a extremely useful program, even more useful than Microsoft Word. I have two copies Microsoft Word on my machine, and I probably understand 10% of Word's functionality.

Notebook, on the other hand, is easy to learn, easy to use, looks good, and has features that I've never seen in a word processor.

One feature it has is called Clipping. I do a lot of writing for my website, and the old way of doing things was copy your text in Safari, switch to Microsoft Word and paste, go back to Safari, copy some more text, subsequently pasting it in Microsoft Word, etc.

Notebook saves you the step of having to switch to your word processor to do a paste. The way it works is: you select your text in Safari that you want to place in your Notebook document, press your secondary mouse button, and select Notebook from the contextual menu that appears. There are several options here, but the easiest one is to select Clip to "Clippings" In 'Your Document'. You will hear a sound that resembles the sound of scissors cutting paper. But, when you return to your Notebook document, the text that you just previously selected and clipped is there!

Plus, when reviewing my research materials, I frequently see a section on a page that has some good stuff, and wish that I had more from that particular site. It's no problem with Notebook. On the left-hand side of each clipping, there's an icon of a small pair of scissors that, when clicked on, has a SnapBack feature, that will open up that page in Safari for you, allowing you to copy more text. A really useful feature!

Additionally, it lets you assign keywords to certain sections, and, in an area called the Multidex, you can review the sections to which you've assigned the various keywords. But the Multidex reveals so much more than just keywords. Notebook's Multidex has pages that reveal every occurrance of every word in your document, shows sections that you've highlighted a certain color, all numbers, capitalized words and more! By clicking on an entry in the Multidex, you're taken to the original page.

Two other features that set it apart from other word processors are Sticky Flags and Stickers.

A Sticky Flag is a small flag that you can attach to the outside of a cell, allowing you to annotate it, so you can quickly go to a section of a page by clicking on the flag. Even if the page where the flag is positioned is not on top of your notebook, if you can see it, just clicking on it brings that page to the front. You can even set these flags so that when you scroll up and down on the page, the flag stays in its original location.

A Sticker is a small icon that you can place on a particular cell of text. There are probably 30 of these icons you can choose from. The beauty of Stickers is, there is a Multidex page for Stickers. I use them to categorize different sections of text. For example, I frequently write articles on various herbs, and I can categorize my text using different categories such as dosage, benefits, contraindications and side effects, with each Sticker representing a different category.

It has three types of pages, one for outlining, one for standard writing, and a third one, one I've never seen before called a Cornell Note Taking Page. This third type divides your page up into three sections: the right section, where you write most of your text; the left section, where you can add notes; and the bottom section, where you can write a summary. This could be an extremely useful page for a college student, I think.

Plus, it lets you link a section of text, to a section of text on another page. This is extremely useful when you're reviewing your final draft, and you want to check your final copy against your original research, to see if you got your facts straight. Here again, just click on the icon to the left of that particular cell of text, and you will return to the page it's linked to.

The only area where it's lacking, I think, is, it has a limited grammar checker. But, short of that, it's an excellent, stable program.

Well, I'm just scratching the surface on this attractive, useful program. And to boot, the price can't be beat. It's the best $49.95 I've ever spent for software, without question.

If you're looking for a inexpensive, attractive, useful word processor, Notebook could be just what you're looking for.  
(Version 3.0v355)

DR. GIRLFRIEND  The weak link in this app is the interface. Just because it's called "notebook" doesn't mean it has to look like one -- or if it does, why not imitate the clean, professional look of a Moleskine instead of an ugly, spiral-bound journal? I'd also like it if one of the choices were a plain solid background, like WriteRoom.  
(Version 3.0v355)

BGARLOCK1  To the person about the Toolbar comment: I chose the "Wood" toolbar style, and the toolbar is much more "viewable" The default is the "plastic" style. I also chose to have the toolbar display both icons and text.

I have been a Notebook user since switching to the Mac, and could not live without it. One option I really wish it had, was a on-line sync, and web based access. Evernote does this, and if there was a way to combine both Evernote and Notebook, this would be the killer app that is a must have for almost everyone.

I have to use both Evernote, and Notebook, but really would love to see a product based on the marriage of both applications.

Still, Notebook is a 5-star application.  
(Version 3.0v334)

SUN ZEN  The best software for taking notes and for the organization , I work with every day, NoteBook is perfect .  
(Version 3.0 (v362))

FALKNERX  great app... wish it had a better name though  
(Version 3.0v335)