- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: October 17, 2009
- Total Downloads: 74,010
- Downloads last week: 705
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 62 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Stickies combines the best and most important features that you could want in a notes program with the added glory of being free. The program's main feature, the sticky note, can be customized on nearly every level, from font to color to behavior. Once loaded, the program installs a yellow sticky pad in your QuickLaunch bar. Double-click on it to load a new sticky, or right-click on it to access saved stickies and configuration options.
Fonts, hot keys, formatting, opacity, default window size, alarms, and more can all be tailored to your needs. There are multiple default settings for different users, alarm options can be sound-based or visually based, or both, the sticky can be attached to a program window, and the text can be locked so you don't accidentally delete important information. SSK files can be imported to skin your sticky experience, and you can use your network connection to send notes to co-workers. There's PocketPC and Palm support, and you can also easily export stickies to a removable drive and load them on a different computer.
Despite all these features, Stickies weighs in at less than 1MB and uses only about 20MB of RAM while in use. It's not quite as light as air, but it is far more environmentally and aesthetically friendly than covering the edge of your monitor with paper notes.
Publisher's description
From Zhorn Software :Stickies is a PC utility written to replace Post-It-style notes left stuck to your monitor. The design goal behind Stickies is that the program is small and simple. Stickies will not mess with your system files, or write to the Registry. Stickies stores all information in a single text-based INI file. Stickies will never support animated dancing figures, or play "Greensleeves". They are instead yellow rectangular windows onto which you can put some text notes. Once created, they will stay on screen until you take them away. Just like a real sticky piece of paper.
What's new in this version:
New features include image stickies, Unicode titles, "Show System windows" checkbox in Attach dialog.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 62 votes
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Version: Stickies 7.0a
"very powerful save a note type program"
Pros: Tons of power for anything you could possibly want to do. All this and it's free.
Cons: Slightly primitive way of loading in......had trouble getting it to load into the tray like I wanted it to.....ended up putting a desktop shortcut on just to make sure.
Summary: Can't think of a better program. I tried some that were pay and were not as powerful. Just a hair tricky to get used to but not really bad.
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Version: Stickies 7.0a
"I have been using it for about 3 months and I love it."
Pros: I use it for reminders and also as a timer. I just copy and paste info from the web into my sticky to review later. I also use it as a timer to remind me to stop and do something else . Also to jot down info if I'm on the phone.
Cons: Havn't yet figured out how to "store" them, but that's probably my own fault. Like another used mentioned I have yet to find the checkboxes, but that's a user issue not a program issue.
Summary: I love this product. It's easy to use, versatile, looks great, and can be used for a ton of different purposes. It has never crashed, or caused any other irregularities on my PC. I have it installed both at work and at home. I highly recommend i... read more >>
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Version: Stickies 7.0a
"One of the coolest apps I've ever used!"
Pros: Stickies is one of the most practical and versatile apps I've ever used! I just discovered that I can add check boxes (it's amazing what you learn after reading the help file--if you haven't yet, read it!) The more I use Stickies, the more I like it!
Cons: The only con I can think of is the fact that I have to include a con in this review.
Summary: Very well-written app. I've been using Stickies at work for over a year, and it's made my job so much easier. No more scribbling down notes and then trying to decipher my own writing later on. Plus all the customizing I can do!
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Version: Stickies 7.0a
"This is the greatest program to come along in a while."
Pros: For those of us who used paper post-its in our lives, this is great for the computer
world. I really love this little application.Cons: I wish that the "Manage stickies Box" would have the same properties of the stickies. I would like to have one stickie on my desktop and it would be the
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Version: Stickies 7.0a
Pros: I use this all of the time - great for taking notes, for when you need to refer to info for reference, or just need to jot something down
Cons: The managing of your various notes could be a little easier. It can be tedious to go back and find notes you've already closed.
Summary: I periodically check for free productivity programs that may be helpful, but this the only one I've kept.
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