ROBOTANK  From the developer's site: "sidenote is no longer supported until the end of my PhD Thesis in January 2010, that is eating up all my free time. Updates are planned, thanks for your understanding and support !"

If anyone was wondering, as I was, whether sidenote is dead, here's our answer! I'm not sure how the current version works on Snow Leopard, but I guess I'll give it a try.  
(Version 1.7.3)

AARGL  I'm on 10.4.11 and I must say that Sidenote doesn't always appear when I move to the edge of the screen (maybe some conflict with other apps... ???), but with the shortcut it's ok.

My main goal was to find a drawer staying invisible to store in it SMILEYS to integrate in my mails, and it does the job perfectly, so, even if it wasn't intended as its main purpose it's perfect for me!  
(Version 1.7.3)

WHITEMERE  Absolutely great app - used it for a few years now and is so simple and efficient you forget it's not just part of the OS.

For those having trouble using it with Leopard straycat posted a fix on the developer's homepage: http://stashbox.org/217632/sidenote.app.zip

I find that version works absolutely fine for me now as of 10.5.6 (i.e. no strange blue arrows in expose, sidenote slips in and out just by mousing over the screen edge again instead of having to 'select' it from expose etc.)

Still not so good with spaces apparently but as I don't use spaces I don't find that a problem.  
(Version 1.7.3)

BOBBYKNOX  Very useful to quickly jot down ideas and TODOs.  
(Version 1.7.3)

SUPERC  I LOVE Sidenote, however since my update to leopard, it seems a little buggy. I have spaces turned OFF and I still have to "choose" the application in expose in order to gain access to the drawer. I hope that these issues will be addressed in future updates!

Thanks again for a great, useful, program.

-C  
(Version 1.7.3)

DNEM41  i just want to start out by pointing out that this is a 5 out of 5 overall, and that i gave EOU and features rating a 4 and a 2 respectively. thats because im hoping the people who made this will pay attention to these because this app is so close to being the perfect note-taker:

- i would like the ability to copy and paste screenshots into and out of the note when it pops up. sometimes i just need to hold a screenshot where i can see it until i decide where i want to use it for good. in essence the note-taker would act as a visual clipboard.

- i wish i could adjust the timing of the open and close separately. it gives me the option to choose whether i want to open with hotkeys only or close with hotkeys only, but it groups the popup/close delay as one setting. sometimes i would like it to open faster and close slower using my mouse. that way i can use my mouse to bring it up immediately and go and grab what i want to paste it into the note w/out it closing on me real fast.

- yes i would like the option not to have/adjust the auto-save option. i usually end up saving it manually if i think its that important anyway.

-overall, using the drag menu to navigate between notes when the note is open is pretty easy.

- i do wish that right underneath the drag menu, the icons were on the bottom instead. if this would get rid of the drag pad that is already at the bottom, then this would be a problem (since i like to sometimes move it up and down the side), but maybe the drag space can be put somewhere else (or hopefully it wouldnt interfere with it).

- yes, the expose thing is annoying but i can deal w/ it in the shortrun

this is like the only 6 things out of the maybe 8 that are stopping this from being the most functional/useful note-taking app out there. its already the best, in my opinion, but that doesnt mean it cant still be made better.  
(Version 1.7.3)

FAYYAZB  I used to love it till I upgraded to Leopard and all my default note NOTES have suddenly cleared out. I had a backup but today again all my notes are my empty. I think I have to look for a good alternative till Sidenote is upgraded.  
(Version 1.7.3)

N0ISE  this prog ROCKS!!im becoming addicted to it..never miss a note! A++++++++++++++++++++++++  
(Version 1.7.3)

CLEVERSIMON  Seeing some strange Exposé behaviour with sidenote 1.7.3 and Leopard: the white rectangle w/ blue arrows the appears when you animate a screen-edge change pops in when I try to show all windows. Not a deal-breaker by any means, but kind of annoying.  
(Version 1.7.3)

ONLOOKER  This is a fabulous program. First, it seems utterly reliable. In two years of use it's never lost any data. It autosaves, but you can force a save if you want. Second, it's always just there, at the edge of the screen. That means no switching, moving windows, whatever. It really does seem to be the fastest way to store and retrieve information I've found. Just one simple move of the mouse and the drawer slides smoothly out. And that smoothness seems to characterize sidєɳotє.

Read my full review here:

http://darkknowledge.info/page2/page4/page3/page3.html  
(Version 1.7.3)

DEMORAY  I love this little note-drawer app. I've tried dozens of note apps and this is the one I come back to. Plus... it's FREE.

It's as simple as Stickies, but the notes stay out of the way in a sliding drawer at the side of your screen.

One feature I would like to see is the ability to turn off automatic note saving. I prefer to choose what gets saved and when. Other than that minor issue, this has everything I want in a simple note app... and once again, it's free.  
(Version 1.7.3)

AESCHYLUS  I have continued to use Sidenote even with Leopard - it is the ONE app I have been looking forward to having updated!

Thanks so much!!

Happy New Year  
(Version 1.7.3)

SHAAHIN  Glad to see this great app updated.  
(Version 1.7.3)

STECCHINO  Been using it for about 1 year. It's unobstrusive yet always there, and fast and intuitive to use.  
(Version 1.7.2)

CFDP  Voice notes would be really a great feature

Did anyone compare Sidenote with myNotes?  
(Version 1.7.2)

SIMICHAVEL  Echoing previous sentiments: this app elegantly adds productivity. It's just so simple and convenient.

Two suggestions:

1. Voice notes

2. Wiki note management (as in the wonderful Voodoopad)

Note: As a background app, it can only be quit through Acitivity Monitor. This means it should take little CPU and be stable as a rock.   
(Version 1.7.2)

WFM  one of the best notepad type program.

I keep trying others like Notional Veolicity, a simple todo.txt and others.

For simple & fast notes it is the best. The notes are even indexed by spotlight !

Will  
(Version 1.7.2)

CHRIS DISREGARD  I spent months telling myself I didn't need a note taking app. but finally downloaded this one. I love it! It's made everything a lot more organized, and it couldn't be simpler to use. It looks attractive, loads fairly quickly on startup. All in all a great app.

I only have one minor gripe, the fact that it's limited to screen sides and not top or bottom. Using apps like Photoshop which have side tool panels means I find myself pulling Sidenote out by accident more often than I'd like. If it were possible to put it in one of the screen corners that would be even better.  
(Version 1.7.2)

KAUFI  Very useful indeed! I loved Aplle's note app, but after a while I completely replaced it by Sidenote, since it prevents the notetaking clutter I had before. Also, the activation by touching the screen edge makes work with Sidenote very smooth and fits well into my workflow.

Last, but not least: Very, I mean: very responsive support - thank you!

I will donate asap.  
(Version 1.7.2)

SIDETRACKED  My favorite of the many note apps I've tried.

I use it constantly. For me, just the right balance of flexible, unobtrusive, and managable. Others were either too basic so annoyingly complex that I'd end up not bothering.

I love that it hides away, but pops out with a single hot key or mouse move, then hides away again the moment I'm done.

I use it enough that I felt compelled to send a donation, which I only do with freeware that really becomes part of my daily life. This did.  
(Version 1.7.2)

PEDROTAQUELIM  I use Sidenote and Edgies.

Very usefull and great design. they realy change the way you work on your Mac.

This kind of apps really deserve donations.

If you can, donate please.  
(Version 1.7.2)

ROB  This software should win an award. It is one of the most useful yet sinple tool for basic and advance computing.  
(Version 1.7.2)

XARIK  There appears to be a memory leak w/ the button mouseover. When you hover over the buttons quickly, sometimes the blue highlight lags behind and it ends up burning some 90%+ CPU usage, at least in my case anyway. Maybe I'm the only one experiencing this. Otherwise, a great app. Everything else seems to work fine.  
(Version 1.7.2)

CHATELP  10.3.x users can download older versions of sidenote here:

v1.7

www.chatelp.org/sidenote/sidenote_1.7.dmg

V1.6.1

www.chatelp.org/sidenote/sidenote_v1_6_1.sit

As I said, it's not really a bug in sidenote 1.7.1, it's more likely an incompatibility of some sort with versions of OSX prior to Tiger. Anyway, I'll look into it !

Pierre  
(Version 1.7.1)

REUVAIN  This latest version does not open. I use 10.3.9 and have loved all versions of sidenote.

I already miss it as my older version was trashed when I installed 1.7.1

I do hope this is fixed  
(Version 1.7.1)

ELEGRAPHY  This is one of my all time favorite app! Thanks  
(Version 1.7.1)

FFDFDGFDGDFGDF  This app is really cool.:D But it seems that it has some serous bugs...

After adjusting the opacity to 90 % the "add" and "delete" buttons disappeared when the cursor was over them. but they appreared when the cursor wasn't over them any more.

The strange thing is that I can't reproduce the bug anymore.:/

Another bug is that sometimes the about-window doesn't show when clicking on "about sidenote".

Can't reproduve the bug anymore. Don't know anymore what I did before that produced this strange behavior.

Is there a feature to rename the default note? I tried but nothing happens when clicking on "rename note".

Otherwise: Keep up the great work!:D

BTW: Using Macbook (Intel) with 10.4.7.  
(Version 1.7.1)

CHATELP  It seems there is an incompatibility with MacOS 10.3.9. I'll try to investigate this bug as soon as possible. I think I may have used a Tiger (10.4) only function.

Pierre  
(Version 1.7.1)

STIKE  Its impossible to delete the default note... not that this is bad, but it cant even be renamed! THIS sucks though. What am I supposed to do with a note called "default note" which cant be renamed? :-/

Another bug:

If I give a color to a note, its impossible to use the top pop-up button anymore. So, colors are useless currently.

Else, its a great app with potential, fix those glitches and it will rock!  
(Version 1.7.1)

TREEVIEW  A welcome update to a great application, thank you!  
(Version 1.7.1)

CHATELP  Thanks all for you comments !

Yes I'm fine :-) In fact I have not posted on my blog since a long time because I have been very busy at work. I was a student at university but now I'm working on my thesis so my free time is very very short ! But thanks for asking !

I'll try to make an update to sidenote as soon as I have some free time. At least, I'll try to release an universal binary very soon.

I also have a new free software that is finished but that hasn't been released yet.

Pierre  
(Version 1.7)

FLOUNDER  I would love to see this as a universal binary but going to the authors website it hasn't been touched in about a year. I'm just wondering/hoping that he is ok...  
(Version 1.7)

JDUB800  Looks a great little app, but unfortunately seems to be suffering from a bug on my machine: The drawer tab on the side of the screen seems to disappear at random, even though the task is still active. Sp, I'm unable to activate it...

The worst thing is, I only ever find this out when I need it, so alas...it's now zapped!!

Fix this bug and I'll try it again. Looks useful...  
(Version 1.7)

IAMDORIAN  I echo these other opinions. SideNote is an essential research tool, and has few shortcomings. It does seem to handle larger files (images and such, and I do mean LARGE) with difficulty, but it is a great too...and FREE, I might add!

A few things I'd like to see added would be:

1) FIirst and foremost, a simple exprt function. This feature is a serious oversight, but understandable, since this is a copy-paste sort of program. Please...add export capability?!

2) More file formats need to be supported. A pdg conversion capability would be nice, and perhaps indirect links to QT movies, and QTVR so we can at least view proxies.

3) An option added under PErferences (in teh Mac System) to allow for choosing an active corner to bring SideNote forward.

Keep up the great work. This is a cinch for contraibution-ware. Let me know whre I can send a few bucks.

D  
(Version 1.7)

GRANTNEUFELD  I consider this tool essential for my workstation. I use it for things like tracking my hours while contracting (I don't really need one of those fancy time-tracking applications). I also drop in interesting snippets (like books, bands, movies to check out) while reading stuff on the web.

It's also handy for those doing the "Getting Things Done" (GTD) style of personal time management. A very convenient spot for all of those lists.

Personally, I don't bother with the mouse-based activation. I set it to open/close using the F16 key, and checked the "Open only with hotkeys" and "Close only with hotkeys" checkboxes in the preferences. That way, it never accidently pops up.

Having the option to set a hot-corner (like Exposé and the Screensaver) instead of along the side of the monitor might get me to use mouse activation again.  
(Version 1.7)

BORDERLANDCROSS  Simply the best note program available. I am a note program junkie. I have tried everyone I could find.

Sidenote is there when you want to take a note and out of site when you don't need it thanks to the hot key activation. There is no need to save since it does it automatically. Notes can be organized, formated, printed, image files and pdfs can be placed in the note, fonts and colors applied....

It is small, clean and works flawlessly on 10.4.4. Great for my 15 inch Powerbook since it does not hog up valuable screen space.

Oh, did you notice that it is FREE!!!!  
(Version 1.7)

ROB  The best notes software ever.

This one should get an award.

Functional, reliable and fail safe.

Thank you.  
(Version 1.7)

TOM  Excellent but how do you organize notes alphabetically???  
(Version 1.7)

ANONYMOUS  Nice little app. Useful.

But why does it store the notes in an invisible folder inside the home folder?  
(Version 1.7)

ANONYMOUS  Has anyone had an trouble with Sidenote stealing the keyboard focus? The option and command keys in particular. I've also noticed that when Sidenote is running and I'm working in Firefox the keyboard input will be routed to a different tab than the one I'm working in.

At first I thought there was something wrong with my system, but then I noticed that when Sidenote wasn't running the problems went away.

Otherwise this seems like a fantastic app and a great idea.  
(Version 1.7)

ANONYMOUS  I wasn't too keen on this application when I tried it on my 12" iBook. With my tiny screen real estate I kept accidentally activating the window. However, once I placed in on my desktop G4 (and it's spacious 19" monitor) I was instantly in love! Such a useful little thing. Thanks much for creating it.

One question. It seems to gobble up quite a bit of RAM. Currently, with no notes at all (even the default one has been deleted) it is eating up just over 30MB. Is this normal? Why would it require so much RAM?  
(Version 1.7)

ANONYMOUS  What a gem, fantastic app. Much better than stickies, don't know how I lived without SideNote for so long. Keep up the good work!  
(Version 1.7)

ANONYMOUS  I would appreciate a feature where you could sync the notes with the notes field on the iPod. Thanks.  
(Version 1.7)

JAROD MARSHALL  i like the new 'mail to' option but it would be better if it worked with you default mail client and not just the apple mail program.   
(Version 1.7)

ANONYMOUS  The new features work splendidly! Kudos for actually improving, not cluttering it up with needless features.  
(Version 1.7)

ANONYMOUS  This just keeps getting better and better. Every time i think it may have stopped evolving, new functionality gets included. Great work.  
(Version 1.7)

ANONYMOUS  Really wonderful app, but can we have a '.dmg' or at least a '.zip' rather than a '.sit' file for download? With Tiger dropping supporting for Stuffit and no longer bundling it with the system it could potentially strand new users.

Thanks!  
(Version 1.6.1)

ANONYMOUS  I have it in my startup items and use it often Thanks works good!  
(Version 1.6.1)

EDDIE  Genius!!

The most practical, functional and important notepad ever out there!!!

The greatest!! Thank you.  
(Version 1.6.1)

FOS  Brilliant!

Simply lovely. This efficient little app does what it says and does it well - with style.

A great replacement for Stickies, clipping managers and other snipet widgets.

Thanks for this.

FOS  
(Version 1.6.1)

STBN PANCHAME  Fantastico!

easy and practical. thanks.  
(Version 1.6)

JOHANNES F.  Thank you very much !

It is indeed better than built in Stickys App.

Mac like interface.

-> impressive app  
(Version 1.6)

ANONYMOUS  impressive app, and free  
(Version 1.5)

ANONYMOUS  In a nutshell, I love this little app. It is exactly what I have been looking for. It is unobtrusive but shows up when I need it, responsive, somewhat customizable, a terrific replacement for Apple Stickies and an awfully nice thing to offer people for free. This freeware app hangs right up their with Quicksilver, Butler and Tinkertools.

Terrific job, thanks so much.   
(Version 1.5)

LONNIE  Thank you Mr. Developer! This is a Great App!  
(Version 1.5)

DDUBYAB  What can one say. A great little application just got even better!  
(Version 1.5)

APPLEROCKET  I love this application - because it is:

1. Beautiful and elegant

2. Mac-like

3. Easy to use (see #2)

4. Fast

5. Unobtrusive

6. Stable and useful

It needs: a simple search capability that could be implemented without bloating up the application  
(Version 1.5)

JON  i like this, i like this a lot .

what i enjoy most is having the convience without the inconvienence of the clutter. my hope is that with each release the application will get sharper and the last few kinks worked out.

i responded to the user mentioning drop drawers earlier noting that the aforementioned is $20 vs free. what i failed to note was that sidenote uses *almost* no processor performance while drop drawers constantly uses nearly 4% of my 1.8ghziMac. this alone makes sidenote the better of the two in my opinion.  
(Version 1.5)

AUSTIN  Great looking, easily accessible...this is *the* Stickies replacement. Keep up the good work.  
(Version 1.5)

ASHER  Didn't DropDrawer already do this with a ton of customization and no crashing?

I've used DD for 5 years now with nothing but success and appreciation for one of the best mac add ons ever!  
(Version 1.5)

ANONYMOUS  Nice...But it interferes with Expose, so I had to remove Sidenote.  
(Version 1.0)

PAKKMAN781  OMFG!!! This is awesome! I love it! I daresay, this may replace stickies for me.

Thanks soooooooooooooo much for keeping it free! :D  
(Version 1.0)

ANONYMOUS  well done!

For an application to sit on the side, it had to be simple and elegant in appearance and Sidenote is certainly that. I love the buttons and the pop-menu unlike some other comments.

I love dragging a picture into it and I would love it even better if when I dragged a pic out it did not convert it to a clipping. Yes there are solutions to this problem but I think a powerful drag and drop should be a priority for this type of software.

Among the additional features, I would like to see is when I drag something over to Sidenote, I have an option of which note to place it in. Like the pop-up menu actually lists the notes so that I can place it in the note that it belongs.

But excellent, excellent stuff. These suggestions take nothing away from the program. It has quickly become one of my favorite freewares. Developer shows a lot of promise.  
(Version 1.0)

STARMANTA  OK, now that the DMG mounts, here's my two cents:

I can't seem to drag and drop links, graphics, etc, onto the sidenote panel. What gives? That would be about that only thing I would use a side-sliding drawer like this for.

*shrug*  
(Version 1.0)

STARMANTA  I've tried 2 different downloads, bth of which have the same problem: the DMG errors with "no mountable file systems".

Other dmg's mount fine on my system, and from the comments I don't see anyone else having this problem. Which strikes me as strange.

OS 10.3.8, Mac mini  
(Version 1.0)

ANONYMOUS  I agree with everything Tore said except the tabs.

I have a freeware note app called jNotes and it has tabs. The problem with tabs is the more notes you have the more tabs you need and all of the sudden your nice neat note taking window stretches across you screen to accommodate all of you tabs. A list is compact and neat.

My 2 cents

Love the program,

William  
(Version 1.0)

TORE HELLMAN  Smooth! The best things:

1. One can pop up the Sidenote window whenever and immediately and write without leaving the program you currently working in.

2. The window disappear immedialty when not in use.

3. One can also collect or temporary store icons, mp3s, QT-movies and animated gifs. And you can watch/listen

4. Right click on mouse with handy comands

Apple´s Stickies are a long way around.

Wishes for next release:

1. Window color feature

2. Normal window zooming from the lower right corner

3. Tabs instead of popup-menu  
(Version 1.0)

ANONYMOUS  I like the tool a lot.

But a few tips for the developer:

- Is it possible to have multiple fields in the drawer, so I can see different notes at once?

- Can you make it possible to edit the name you give to a note? Now I can not rename it.

- Can you make it possible for pics to adjust to the drawer's size? Now there is only a vertical scroll bar, so it makes it impossible to view the entire pic.

Nice product. Hope it stays free!  
(Version 1.0)

WILLIAM  Great freeware note program! I have been looking high and low for something clean and simple like this. Works great. Icons have a nice design.

4 suggestions if you are open to them:

1. The left to right position of the window is great. If you could add the ability to position the window top to bottom as well it would be really great.

2. A key command to open the window with the text input selected and just start typing.

3. A time delay for the close of the window different from the open. (Sometimes I move my mouse to click on a button and it slips off the window closing it unexpectedly. For example a 1sec on open & 5sec on close delay.)

4.Please keep this app freeware.  
(Version 1.0)

HERPESTHECLOWN  This is the best thing since sliced bread. Easy to use, inobtrusive and, best of all, it's free. Thanks for your work.  
(Version 1.0)

MING LIN  This is really an attactive application for people who are finding an easy-to-use text editor. Its "dragndrop" is really great; saving and exporting notes are useful. Btw, I suggest that the pictures we drag in can automatically zoom to fit the pane of the drawer. Thanks for the develper's work on this great tool. Many thanks.  
(Version 1.0)

ANONYMOUS  This also works fine on 10.2.8, by the way. The author said that he'd only been able to *test* it on 10.3.8.

That said, I'd like the ability to move the drawer around, please. I'd like to use it instead of Stickies but since I'm already running Xshelf (on my right screen edge) and A-Dock (on my left screen edge), with Sidenote running it inevitably gets in the way of either one of those programs.  
(Version 1.0)

ANONYMOUS  Really great app. ... but it can do with nicer icoons/buttons at the bottom ... keep going!  
(Version 1.0)

ANONYMOUS  Tell ya what, this is pretty cool... But, my fear is that in the not too distant future it will go "shareware" and/or some other developer will buy it up and then make it shareware, and if that happens that is when I will drop it like a bad habit. It may well be worth money to some/many at this very moment, but if it first comes out as freeware it should stay that way.  
(Version 1.0)

JAMES CHURCHMAN  Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Really usefull - far better than stikies - that somtimes i have to use

would be really good if it would resize a photo so that it fits into the window - ofter a photo is about 800 x 600 - and i can only see the far most edge of it

great work & many thnaks for an app i will now use daily

James  
(Version 1.0)

MARK  Wonderful...The fastest notetaking application I've seen. Quickly accessible, very clever and attractive too.

Thanks for making it free!  
(Version 1.0)

ANONYMOUS  ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS!

It's simple to use, resource friendly, flexible (though I seem unable to use coloured fonts in my notes), and above all, free.

Very nice work!  
(Version 1.0)