ERIC DURBROW  Still unable to upload large notebooks to MobileMe or save large notebooks as html/website. Anyone else successfully using this app to update and upload large notebooks? Perhaps AquaMind NoteTaker is better for this....  
(Version 3.0 (v366))

ROTAD  Hello. I am looking to transfer my license. If you are interested, please contact me at feive23@yahoo.com. This is for the latest version 3. Thanks!  
(Version 3.0 (v363))

SHMK  I love this app! I have had such a hard time finding a decent way of organizing all my files and data. I have a wide range of file formats (audio, pdf, image etc) that might pertain to a particular subject and this is perfect for depositing all that info into a singular source. I love the fact that the attachments are contained within the actual notebook and not in some proprietary database/folder in the Application Support folder. My only request would be that said attachments could be encrypted as well. At this moment all one has to do is right click >show package contents and all the attachments are there to see. The clipping service is great too saves a heck of a lot of copy and pasting between programs when doing research. The multidex is a great way of sorting through your stack of information once it has been collated and the ease in which data can be reorganization is top notch.  
(Version 3.0 (v362))

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))

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

KADAMS9181  Notebook now doesn't show up in the contextual menu Services in Snow Leopard. You can't 'clip' to a document from Safari like you could in Leopard.  
(Version 3.0v360)

SAMPLER  I've transferred the license.  
(Version 3.0v355)

SAMPLER  Following my negative review in October, 2008, I decided to give NB 3.0 an extensive trial and purchased a license. I find it still has the same linking issues that I described in my previous review. I'm giving up and would like to transfer the license to someone else. If you are interested, please contact me at the email address contained on my MU User Page.  
(Version 3.0v355)

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)

MAR6473  Again, got this app with the Promo. I had looked at it before but my trial ran out. I am amazed at everything this thing can do for the price. Seriously, the regular price is $50? This thing does loads great stuff. It really looks useful for people who really take serious notes and need to keep research organized. I love the PDF annotation feature. You can drop images into your outline or you can let them float freely anywhere on the page.

It actually has really nice task management that you can sync to iCal calendar events so you can get it on an iPhone.

My only complaint is that the tool bar is a little bit clunky looking. It just looks kind of weird. It works fine...it just looks kind of awkward and not nearly as clean as it should be for all the work that must have gone into this application.

It has a bit of a learning curve but the documentation is great and it does sooooo much. Overall, I'm very happy with it.   
(Version 3.0v355)

KENTR  WOW! A real gem of the Mac Promo bundle. I didn't think I needed a program like this but it's been great to have a school like notebook again. I've been collecting thoughts and photos. It's been wonderful. The Multidex is awesome.  
(Version 3.0v355)

RALPHBLN  Notebook has been updated since I bought the MU promo bundle last week (the MU link contained release 351, the current release number is 355), but Notebook's update utility said there was no newer version.

I manually downloaded and installed the latest version from the Circus Ponies web site, and it works with the MU license key.

The latest version fixes a couple of bugs and introduces German and French localisation: http://www.circusponies.com/store/index.php?main_page=recentchanges  
(Version 3.0v355)

BS0D  I'll give a 4/5 because it has lots of cool options. Practical to keep your ideas, files and stuff in order.

But I have to say, I find it hard to master at first. It takes some gettin used to if you want to handle it correctly.  
(Version 3.0v355)

DR. GIRLFRIEND  @RICHCASTILLO: It still runs even if you're not connected to a network. Tested today on Leopard with network turned off (however, the application did require a network connection to apply the serial number beforehand).  
(Version 3.0v355)

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)

ASIAN  This application is nice but dead. More than one year ago CirnusPonies told us about a new type of table. In the release 3.0 (by september) it was missing, but also today , 8 month later. Have to wait for another year ? .  
(Version 3.0v351)

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.

mt  
(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)

RAMPANCY  The stickies feature is horribly broken in Notebook 3 - you can't edit stickies once you've set them, and the toolbar item for summoning stickies doesn't even work! You also can't easily delete stickies with a key combo - you have to drag them off your notebook like a dock item, and even that doesn't work half the time. This makes this touted feature in v3 useless to me.

Oh yes. I also can't right-click on the toolbar to edit it.

IMHO, people still on v2 should hold off upgrading until this very broken feature is fixed.   
(Version 3.0v340)

SAMPLER  Thanks for pointing out the tear-sheet option to me, RWEBBER. It is exactly what I would want. However NB's attachment behavior is still too unrefined to tempt me to switch. For example, in NT one can attach one (or more) 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 attachments anywhere on the same line and mix them with text. Or, one can drag an attachment to any spot on a page. Try doing these actions in NB.

I'm going to uninstall NB from my system again, but I will take a another look at it next year.  
(Version 3.0v338)

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)

SAMPLER  NoteTaker or NoteBook?

I am a long-time and heavy user of NoteTaker, a product which shares the origin of Notebook, and which is very similar in appearance. I use NT primarily for managing large projects and keep an outline of programs and data sets, with the actual files linked in. Every year or so I try Circus Ponies NoteBook to see if there is a feature or function which would lead me to switch. And this year (Version 3.0v388), as always, I cannot find one. The "stickies" and flag options in NB are attractive, but I find that creating them, dragging them out of the way, and resizing (stickies only) greatly slows my work flow. "Text notes" are not easy to work with. As occasionally happens in "PDFPen", I find them appearing at unexpected places, requiring action to delete or move them them.

The linking options in NoteBook, especially important to me, remain limited compared to those in NoteTaker.

My major criticism of both products is their inability to display two different pages at one time. The only way to see two pages at once is to duplicate a NB and open both. NT facilitates this by maintaining a backup of each notebook. If you open it up, you are asked if you want to maintain it as Read-Only. This is the perfect option, because it prevents one from writing on the copy, instead of the original. All in all, I find that NB has more page add-ons and variations, but NT is both more refined and robust.   
(Version 3.0v338)

SIMICHAVEL  For years I have loved this app. Visually, it is stunning. Conceptually, it aids information organization well.

Version 3 adds new capabilities but IMHO has taken a baby step or two backwards too. Mainly, one cannot custom format cell on an individual basis anymore, regarding cell controls and numbering systems. It's all per page. Please bring that back. Perhaps the Inspector could be modular, i.e., the user can customize what appears or it least in what order things appear. The ruler is a great idea but not as space-economical and not as visually helpful as it could be. Also, tabs (1) could be horizontal rather than vertical to allow for more per notebook, and (2) tab width (room for letters) should be customizable.  
(Version 3.0v335)

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

KONO  This is absolutely fantastic app. The real metaphor of your paper notebook. I only wait for the better GTD implementation (contexts, and quick task add), but otherwise I strongly recommend NoteBook as a primery notes collector/base. Clipping service and export to html are killer features.  
(Version 3.0v334)

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)

DARYLF2  The new features in Circus Ponies Notebook 3.0 look great, but the new toolbar is awful; the icons are all dim and look disabled all the time, it appears to use a somewhat non-standard toolbar control that doesn't act quite right, and its sluggish and acts weird at times. I really don't like using it.

I went to the Circus Ponies user forums to make a post about the new toolbars, but the forums were down (I got a "502 Proxy Error" message), so I decided to post here.

I definitely recommend trying the 30-day free demo thoroughly before upgrading, if you already own Notebook 2.1. I'm not sure if I'm going to upgrade yet; I will probably wait to see of the toolbar is fixed first.  
(Version 3.0v334)

MJACKSONGP  While I love this program and use it steadily, I did not realize that the move from version 2.1 to 3.0 would cost me more money and hold my data captive until I pay. I guess I should have read the fine print before installing, as I don't really need the extra features. My suggestion would be to look before you leap.  
(Version 3.0v334)

ROTAD  I purchased a registered copy of this program, after playing with it for only a few days. I really can't put into words how useful this program is. I have it constantly open on my computer. I use it to process almost all of what I have going on in my life. Highly recommended! I can't wait to see what version 3.0 has in store!   
(Version 2.1v271)

TEXASSTARGAZER  Excellent, Excellent, Excellent!!! I've worked as a Programmer/Analyst for over 10 years and this is one of the best designed, well thought-out, applications I have seen. Hats off to the developer, GREAT job.  
(Version 2.1v268)

JAZZADDICT  I think there has been a lack of innovation with CPN since I first purchased it a year ago. I've since moved to spreading what I did in CPN across a few different .apps, (OmniFocus, OmniOutliner, Together, and soon possibly Leap.) I think CPN has been slow to introduce Leopard technologies. Where's the Quicklook plugin? iChat theater integration? Core animation? System wide note and todo integration? Improved ical support (slow and buggy for me)? Anything? Do something with Leopard! Please! :-)

Also there are a lot of things I think Notebook has had to improve on for awhile. Better keywording (tagging) implementation. More 'Tiger like' quick instant search without distracting you from what your doing. I've seen lot's of requested features in the forum from seasoned users that I really wish were implemented. Development seems too incremental IMHO.

Nevertheless, CPN is still one of the best .apps for the Mac. Let's hope it pushes forward.  
(Version 2.1v268)

MDOGNRDOG  These sorts of information manager applications are very personal choices, I think. For me, the programs that enforce a page or outline model are not what I want. I prefer products like Yojimbo and DevonThink that operate on a file model.

That being said, Circus Ponies has made a very, very good product for those who like the page model.

There's one feature that's so good, I almost decided to go with Notebook anyway: the "clipping services" allow you to set up a page in any given notebook where you can dump any idea you find from any Services-aware application (get on the ball, Firefox!), and then circle around later to that page and put the stuff where it belongs. It's a great, great feature that every other information manager should steal.  
(Version 2.1v268)

MACBLISS  Default "Alphabetize" sort for cell, does not work now -- however, "Reverse Alphabetize" does, and so do the others. Also, any news on major updates would be most appreciated -- with the new Leopard coming soon and all. Also any chance at getting NoteBook data on iPhone?  
(Version 2.1v259)

SIMICHAVEL  6. The templates are helpful. How about adding combination templates, like Cornel sections/panes with To Do in one, Outlining in another, and Writing in the third.  
(Version 2.1v256)

SIMICHAVEL  Some ideas:

1. Better right-to-left support.

2. Tabs go horizontally, not just vertically, so that I can put in more of them and see them better.

3. If there is going to be a contents card, then it should have scrollability.

4. Changing page formatting of any and all kinds should be a bit simpler, whether for a particular page or all pages.

5. Perhaps it should be possible to select which pages you want to change, say, 1, 17, 102-105.  
(Version 2.1v256)

SIMICHAVEL  This is wonderful piece of software. Nice to look at, nice to use. Support is good. But development is s-l-o-w: incremental changes months and months apart.  
(Version 2.1v255)

CELEBRITARIAN  A wonderful experience - completely different, yet not very different from other applications. It works in its own way and it must have been coded wonderfully, since the program have itsw own feeling that is very nice to work within.. Except the obvious things that you can do with Circus Ponies' app. Including:

* Get your lists written in a beautiful and effic ient way

* Serious brainstorming, while keeping everyuthing structured

* Collect small notes in a searchable app that is easy to use, yet really ENTERTAINING to use. (For some reason?)

* Make your ideas and other stuff you'll write down look real sweet. (Don't under-estimate the power of beauty: You'll _want_ to open this application, just because of the UI)

* The context menu in Safari, to mention one application, will help you by 'Clip to Clipping Page in "aNoteBookName" '. Or simply "Clip and Annotate".

If you might need something similar now or soon, download it instantly, honestly. Try it out and well, in 30 days you will have made up your mind whether you need what you have been using or not.

--> Personally, I hate the fact that OmniOutliner and Circus Ponies' NoteBook really is competitors, in my opinion: If I'm using NoteBook for about everything -- I do ignore the rapid, small yet advanced OmniOutliner.

When I'm adding something to my big I-Want-All-These-Things-Now type of document, which I did create in OOPro, I do feel some doubts: I don't know which will be most useful (and therefor useful all the time).

RATING: x x x x x / x x x x x \ of course.

DEVONthink user, too (like me)? Well, some of the features will seem redundant to you, since Dt takes care of them with its great deal of power:

NoteBook will however _always_ be the best application for writing things done - including:

KIT, NoteMind, TextEdit, EagleFiler, Actiontastic, iGTD [yeah, I know: but both OmniOutliner and NoteBook could imitate these two apps' feats. in a minute or two]... More great apps: TextMate, DEVONthink Pro, DEVONnote, Pro or non-pro versions of DEVONthink and OmniOutliner...

All these apps are great at tasks that is considered the main features of each task. And yes: I do think every app above is worth buying!

(.. but yeah, I still feel I want to buy one

more program. I have both of the two GTD apps installed. DEVONthink Professional, OmniOutliner Professional, EagleFiler... and yes, Circus Ponies' NoteBook -- I have purchased all of these apps.)

Most of these apps have about the same features (and reasons to exist) - all apps will sort your head at least a bit when you're at the computer, and collect and manage... I think you're starting to get what I mean :-)

Download this NoteBook now, though. Really. And I also hope you will find one or two of these apps recently mentioned useful and invaluable \ I think so about all of them (basically). However, I do feel the need of all of them!

And now I will stop rambling: >>> Ask yourself what you would really like to do (or have the possibility to do faster/more efficient on your Mac.

Try all apps, without including the one without your purpose as their head purpose. Find one that will suit you (probably about every organizer/manager with good ratings here MU).

Good Luck!  
(Version 2.1v254)

SIMON WOLF  This is a truly excellent notebook application that is easy to use, powerful and looks great. I have various notebooks set up for various purposes ranging from simple notes through to documenting individual projects.

My only gripe is that the AppleScript support is somewhat lacking and although some basics have been put in place it is an incomplete implementation. Adding AppleScript support would allow simple tasks such as word counting to be performed independently of the developer adding it as a new feature and would make it much more powerful.  
(Version 2.1v254)

XANTHIPPE  absolutely indispensable. And easy to use.

I use it at work to keep notes. Of decisions, minutes, just like a real notebook.

I've done some rather extensive evaluation and Circus Ponies NoteBook is the most intuitive and non-intrusive one. You don't have to think about the interface. That's what makes it valuable to me.

Search is very usable and the automatic index pages are extremely welcome.

There are other similar apps, some with many more features, but for simple note taking this is the best.  
(Version 2.1v254)

JOHN F.  This is like a real life notebook, but digitally. It has tabs, pages, indexes, etc. You can outline on those pages, stick on pictures and stickers. You can also highlight text with colorful markers. For people who like this idea of having something like a real life notebook on the computer screen, NoteBook is powerful. I think students will love the new Cornell Note Taking system. And you can easily publish the notebook you made online, and the page will look and behave exactly like the notebook document in the app itself. Personally, I like notebooks with files and folders better, like Hog Bay Mori or DevonThink. But Circus Ponies Notebook has its audience and it is regurlarly updated with new features. What I find most enjoyable is the responsive developer. If you file a bug, the app is quickly updated. And Circus Ponies has a community forum, so there are always people to share tips with. Notebook has many great stuff under the hood, despite its simple appearance. You can always demo for 30 days. I think that is enough for anyone to see if they like it. Price is reasonable.  
(Version 2.1 (v246))

SIMICHAVEL  MarvinDL, if you could provide some detail it would be helpful. I've been using NoteBook for quite a while and have not found it to be unstable. The "kiddie" look, well, I suppose you are right, but it is customizable, and you can make it look much more academic or professional.  
(Version 2.1 (v245))

MARVINDL  Unstable. Looks strange and, sorry, a bit kiddish (you can choose a "steno page", Lord!) Not flexible.

The cool apps are Omni, Mori and Devonthink.   
(Version 2.1 (v245))

AGLEE  Once again I can't access the developer site, much less download the app. WTF? Are they so easily Slashdotted? Am I the only one having this problem?  
(Version 2.0v236)

AGLEE  The Circus Ponies site has been down all day.  
(Version 2.0v235)

ANONYMOUS  Anybody can tell me what is the major different between Circus Ponies' NoteBook and Hog Bay Notebook ?

I just start using Hog Bay's, it seems like a pretty clean software. I have only used Circus Ponies' for about 2 weeks. Not enough to make any conclusion on my own.

thanks  
(Version 2.0v232)

ANONYMOUS  I repost here what I wrote as a reply to Abe:

All these comments about prices makes me laugh. Compare what is comparable. Is iLife comparable with NoteBook ? The closest software would be Note Taker (scission of a former team) and it costs $79. Mr Abe doctoraly says: "In this business, time is of the essence. If there is a market for this type of software you will soon have plenty of competition. They will not be concerned with undercutting your inflated aspirations."

Has Mr Abe (self described as"marketing manager for a world-wide software concern whose name you all know") ever heard of products like Devon Think (pro $75), Curio (Home Edition $79), OmniOutliner (pro $70)? (just to name a few). All the mentioned softwares have their advantages and limitations. Though not having exactly the same features they like play in the same field and price wise NoteBook is among the cheapest !

So please Mr Abe, do your homework before asking us to "trust you"...  
(Version 2.0v230)

ANONYMOUS  To Abe: one of its competitors is OmniOutliner Pro with a price tag of $69.95. Circus Ponies Notebook? What a bargain!  
(Version 2.0v230)

ANONYMOUS  Let's take it from a different view: how long does it take you to earn $49? Hm? Especially for a guy like Abe - if he is what he claims to be. One hour, two hours, three hours, half a day? Whatever, most people spend lots of money for questionable things, but start to haggle when it comes to software they use on a day by day basis. That's not fair, it's only silly.  
(Version 2.0v230)

PETER DANCKWERTS  I'm editing and annotating several academic publications at the moment and this means juggling a large amount of information from different sources. Notebook has saved me a great deal of time. It is well worth the price.  
(Version 2.0v230)

SLIDE RULE  Hey Anonymous (two reviews below):

You say and I "cut and paste": At $50, it has probably cost me about 4 cents per hour of use. It's a very full featured program...

Let's see $50 divided by .04 equals 1250 hours or 156 days or 31.25 weeks of 8 hours per day of continuous use.

I do not think so.  
(Version 2.0v230)

ABE  $49.00 is too much for a program like this. The entire iLife suite is $79.00.

You will not make a living at this price point.

I suggest $19.95 and even that is pushing the acceptable price envelope.

Take a trip to any Apple Store - which has some of the most inflated prices on third-party developer software and $49.95 is the high end price. Circus Ponies does not offer enough for $49.95

Trust me - I am a marketing manager for a world-wide software concern whose name you all know.

In this business, time is of the essence. If there is a market for this type of software you will soon have plenty of competition. They will not be concerned with undercutting your inflated aspirations.  
(Version 2.0v230)

ANONYMOUS  I use Notebook for taking all kinds of work-related notes. It generates a "to do" list for me, and is the only thing I've found that can really keep track of everything for me. It even integrates with Address Book so I can see who is associated with what.

At $50, it has probably cost me about 4 cents per hour of use. It's a very full featured program... $10 is ridiculous.  
(Version 2.0v229)

ANONYMOUS  I've said this in connection with other items posted on this site, but it's wortth saying again here. It is of course the right of any software author to charge whatever price he considers reasonable, and I don't question that at all. But it is simple economics that you can often make more money selling a lot of copies at a low unit price than selling a relatively few copies at a high price. When I see authors charging prices like this, I can't help thinking these are cases of self-foot-shoot, and that the authors would earn a lot more profit by cutting their prices. I, for one, am not willing to pay fifty bucks for this. I bet that five other folks feel the same way, and that, on average, one person doesn't So if the author sold this for ten bucks, he'd make sixty bucks rather than the fifty he'd make on the single sale. Or is there something wrong with this logic that I'm failing to see?  
(Version 2.0v229)

CHRISA  Looks pretty, but that's all. Too many bugs. Try Hog Bay Notebook or Notetaker (ugly but reliable).  
(Version 2.0v229)

ANTHONY HARMON  This program is simply a godsend for someone like me who has lost the ability to write because of a hand injury.

NOTEBOOK is well worth the expenditure if I consider that the style of note taking I learned in High School was the Harvard method of outlining - and getting most outlining programs to use that naturally is usually like pulling teeth. Well I was very much intrigued by how this program works.

I can remember being a student and wishing that as my Biology professor pounded 8 pages of notes into 50 minutes of class lecture, that I wished I had some way of electronically entering and organizing all those hundreds of pages of notes the same way I wanted to write them...

Lo and behold! Mac OS X 10.4 comes on the scene and now each and every note I take is automatically indexed using Spotlight. NOTEBOOK files are automatically included in the searches and now hours of tracking down one reference to Copernicus is reduced to 10 seconds, flat...

The pages and styles are easy to read. The indices are organized automatically in several different ways and the files are sortable and labeled....

I would say that $49.95 for a note taking program is a hell of a lot cheaper than what college textbooks go for these days (Calculus books at $140!?). Even if there are other programs that can do similar things, NOTEBOOK does so many things I wished for during many long years of study...

One last thing...

Notebook entries are foreign language searchable; so if you type the Japanese word for "Saturn" in the Spotlight search book, the listing comes up immediately.  
(Version 2.0v227)

ANONYMOUS  Throws exceptions, can't save a notebook and everything is lost, the logfiles are flooded (cant't do this, can't find that, error with this, unable to to that) - well, I think, this version needs a lot of work.   
(Version 2.0v227)

ANONYMOUS  FYI, release notes for 2.0 v227 are at location -- http://www.circusponies.com/help/11.whats_new/701.html  
(Version 2.0v227)

RON  Hey, Anonymous. Have you even tried NoteBook? Your statements suggest that it is very unlikely. Comparing this product to a simple "notepad" is like comparing an AK-47 to a pop-gun.

Perhaps you should investigate the product before you slam the developer. NoteBook is a combination outliner and free-form idea organizer that lets you clip, organize, and share unstructured information from any source in any way you like. Whether text or graphics or pdf or whatever, it can be organized and elegantly displayed or even exported to html for the web.

Give NoteBook a try. You're bound to be impressed.  
(Version 2.0v226)

ANONYMOUS  50 bucks for a notepad ?

Has the developer researched the notepad software genre ?

It would have to be absolutely amazing to even justify $5 seeing as there are so many good free notepads for OS X, most of which you can drop and drop graphics into.

Oh well. One born every minute I guess.  
(Version 2.0v226)

DAVID   Great product - right balance of features and usability.

Great look - Much classier than NT imho

Responsive Developer - > 1Hr polite response to my silly question (not having read installation notes)

Neither Trial nor License instalation are any hassle - give it a try.  
(Version 2.0v225)

BLODWYN  If the previous poster bothered to read the installation instructions, he/she would have discovered the FREE license key swap which took me all of 30 seconds to get.   
(Version 2.0v225)

ROB  This is not an update!

If you replace your software with this one you will need another serial number. You have to buy a new one.   
(Version 2.0v225)

ANONYMOUS  .

I wanted to test this as I really need something for school. But I am not going to jump through hoops for a 30 day trial. Remove the email for demo code and maybe more people will try this software.  
(Version 1.2v181)

ANONYMOUS  Yummy !! (and version 2 is going to be even more tasty)  
(Version 1.2v181)

PETER TRIST  I am currently in the middle of writing a Developer Guide and User Manual for a Database System I have written.

At the start of this process I re-visited NoteTaker as the latest version appeared to offer some features that would have saved time - the period budgeted for the entire process is only 15 days and required feedback from developers and users more than 900 kms apart.

To cut a long story short - NoteTaker just couldn't provide the overall quality and reliability required in this short period - it has a number of frustrating GUI anomolies that I just didn't have time to work around.

Whilst NoteBook may not have all the features NoteTaker has, what is has is elegantly implemented and it does what any good Mac app should do - it just works without getting in the way.

Its web publishing feature is excellent has no problems that I have come across for my needs in this project. The published site [updated hourly] is exactly as it is in the NoteBook, in fact, the included pics display even better in the web view than they do in the original NoteBook.

To top that off, the the approachable and friendly support by Jayson [the developer] in relation to one small bug I came across is outstanding - although the bug wasn't completely squashed in the latest update his efforts to solve the problem and the helpful suggestion of a relatively simple workaround for now has saved me hours.

Bottom Line - CircusPonies has my money - Aquaminds doesn't.  
(Version 1.2v181)

ANONYMOUS  CP is certainly getting better with each release. However, I prefer to use it's forked cousin NoteTaker which I find to be very robust and have more features that are suited to my use.  
(Version 1.2v180)

GB  Nice app, but I still prefer Notetaker.  
(Version 1.2v180)

IANXWIN  Notebook doesn't just provide all the elements of an outliner in the tradition of More, but provides superb indexing, easy clipping from other applications such as safari using either services or contextual menus (control click). Almost any media can be linked or pasted.

With v1.2 your notebooks can be posted to the web, complete with active tabs, page turning and front covers.

The application is rock solid and has rapidly become one of my central applications.

Well worth a download to have a look.  
(Version 1.2)

ANONYMOUS  This is a port/update of an old Next app. Very cool and more than worth the price.  
(Version .1.1 (v149.1))

ANONYMOUS  FANTASTIC software, use it for all my projects. I'm recommending it to all my collegues who work with many projects (tv branche)

A really good job by circus ponies, terrific support, worth every $.

Amsterdam  
(Version 1.1)

JES  I have used Notebook since version 1.0. It is much better than iOrganize, Stickybrain, or another application for Mac OS X. I use it to organize web development materials, do research, and I'm almost finished writing my first novel. All using Notebook from Circus Ponies!

Check out the Circus Ponies forum for more insight into how people are using Notebook.  
(Version 1.1)

ANONYMOUS  Wow. This is one of those rare updates which actually fixes almost everything annoying about the previous version. I've tried both Notetaker and Notebook and I'm now using Notebook every day. It's rock solid and speedy and now has some of its eye candy turn-off-able.

Big thumbs up.   
(Version 1.1)

ANONYMOUS  Clean, intuitive. Expands the outliner paradigm to include Sections, subsections and pages, all of which are automatically indexed. The user can choose to embed or link to files of any type ; this includes applications and aliases. All data is retained in its native format and can be opened from within NoteBook. The advantage over the Finder is that files are easily annotated and indexed. Every entry is automatically time stamped, for creation and modification. A lot of power packed into a simple interface.  
(Version 1.1)

ANONYMOUS  I have been using this NoteBook since its initial release. It does many things, and does them all well. It has become the center for all of my text, images and other things internet as well as an application to catalog all my projects. The new features increase Notebook’s efficiency.  
(Version 1.1)