I sometimes run into an application that’s not hugely new, but it has such great handling, ease of use and functionality that I start to really like it. One such discovery today is Quotepad. Officially it’s positioned more like a copy-paste clipboard tool, but it is much more, offering checklists, reminders, timestamping and more.
You can use a simple key to add a quick note, just select any text and press ctr+shift+q. Your note will be instantly created, which you can then edit, add a subject to and save. This is not so new, a lot of apps offer this functionality, but the little things that Quotepad offers add a lot of extra to the program.
Just as an example, clicking the taskbar icon brings up a note list. Clicking it again (or double clicking) brings up the interface to add a new note. Simple, but very effective and efficient use interface. You can mark notes, have the whole window stay on top, change color schemes, change reading order, use filters to narrow your notes, Quotepad can become a great research tool, not just a copy-paste companion!
I find it very useful when I’m thinking about post ideas. Even with tools like Google Reader, it is sometimes hard to keep track of what I want to write about, and a quick copy paste into Quotepad is a big help, firstly because I can paste the intro paragraph from a blog post, or a description from the app main page. Quotepad shows the source of the text, so I can save the url copy-pasting time. I can then narrow by keyword, making all my blogging work much easier and faster.
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Thanks a lot Daniel (with the lion hart) great tip i realy like it this app its ferry different from EditPad Lite.
Looks very much like ‘NotesHolder’ but smarter, more stable and more elegant. This is s keep :)
try CintaNotes if you want something with more features, such as tagging. it’s smaller, and also portable.
http://cintanotes.com/
Was going to post this looks a bit too much like CintaNotes like mentioned above. I prefer CintaNotes as well.
Really like citanotes.com, much handy and useful.
Bah, it gives me an access violation when I try to copy text from Opera@USB. Will try CintaNotes instead..