CNET Editors' review
Choice is good, especially when it comes to freeware desktop utilities. When you're looking for a sticky-notes program, for example, you want as many choices as possible, and you've sure got them; everything from simple text apps with yellow backgrounds to elaborate efforts to duplicate the look and behavior of actual paper. We looked at Sticky Notes, which is fast and simple yet offers plenty of options for customizing your notes, including background colors, fonts, and priority.
As with many such programs, Sticky Notes offers several ways to create and access notes, but its main point of access is a system tray menu. From the tool's menu we could create and access notes, show or hide all notes, import and export notes, empty the Recycle Bin, open the Settings and Notes Manager, and carry out other tasks. The Settings are in two parts, Program and Notes. We could configure the size, color, font, transparency, and behavior of our notes, as well as set autosave, configure hot keys, import settings, and enable multimonitor systems.
We found that the fastest way to create notes is with the hot keys, though we'd like to see a shell context menu for Sticky Notes, which would let users create a new note quickly while using the mouse. Since you can paste stuff into Sticky Notes just as easily as you can type it (more easily, sometimes), it would be a time-saver. We quickly created a sequence of notes, which Sticky Notes presented in cascading order, each with a different background color--a nice option that makes it easy to distinguish notes. The Notes Manager is a simple gridded display giving quick access to all our notes. The online Help file is actually one of the better ones we've seen, and we've seen them all.
You wouldn't think the small differences among free sticky-notes programs would matter, but they do, especially if you keep a lot of notes. Sticky Notes offers a nice balance between speed and features. There's nothing stopping you from trying as many of these tools as you need or want to, but we recommend placing Sticky Notes near the start of the queue--it might just save you some time.
Publisher's Description
From Andrey Golyatin:
Sticky Notes is simple, easy-to-use, and absolutely free note taking software that helps you jot down, manage and organize information and create reminders with snooze, repeat options and various alarms. With Sticky-Notes, you can write down short notes, ideas, phone numbers, addresses, make to-do lists, organize research and class notes on your desktop. There are multiple ways to create sticky notes. Once you have created a new note, place the cursor into the body of the note and start typing or paste information. The program automatically saves all notes information. Sticky Notes provides plenty of options to configure the program the way you like - you can color code, sort, duplicate, prioritize and print sticky notes and find whatever you need instantly. If you like, you can edit and format text, change the font style, size, and color with standard hot keys or the options that are available in the note context menu. Additionally, you can hide, cascade or minimize sticky notes that saves your desktop space. Sticky Notes supports sharing notes with friends and co-workers through the network or the Internet.
What's new in this version: Version 1.121
- Added Ctrl + Shift + R hotkey to easily change the color of the selected note.
- Now you can select image position and use jpg, bmp, gif and icon files as the note background.
- Added Ctrl + D hotkey to open the font dialog window.
- Hide and show Notes Manager with Ctrl + Alt + M.
- Added hotkeys: bold(Ctrl + B), italic(Ctrl + I), underline(Ctrl + U), strike out(Ctrl + Shift + S).
- Show selected notes by double click or pressing Enter... See all new features
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All versions:
3.8 starsout of 19 votes
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Current version:
3.6 starsout of 14 votes
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"CNET should drop this from the download area."
Version: Sticky Notes 1.121
Pros
NONE NONE NONE
Cons
Spent over an hour getting rid of unwanted malware installed.
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"MALWARE! Unwanted taskbar! Hijacked search engine!"
Version: Sticky Notes 1.121
Pros
None that I am aware of.
Cons
Installed a lot of garbage I didn't want. Hard to get rid of!
cnet should be ashamed!!!Summary
I will get my downloads elsewhere.
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"MacTavish14 is right! It is Malware!!"
Version: Sticky Notes 1.121
Pros
Really...there is absolutely no reason to click the "Download" button on this POS!
Cons
It hijacked the start pages on both my IE and Firefox with spam ads for speeding-up my computer and how to loose weight, hijacked the search engines with one from Conduit.
I ended-up uninstalling the Sticky Notes and getting everything changed back to the way I had it.Summary
I am very disappointed in CNet for allowing this POS on it's Downloads.com page! I've been using CNet to download software since the beginning because I trusted them when they recommended something, obviously, this means they've sold-out to the spammers!
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"CONTAINS MALWARE DO NOT USE"
Version: Sticky Notes 1.121
Pros
Nothing. Didn't use after it hijacked my browsers with 3 other programs.
Cons
MALWARE! This program had at least 5 programs total (3 that hijacked browsers) that affected my computer. DO NOT USE.
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"It was more than what I was expecting!"
Version: Sticky Notes 1.121
Pros
I was in a hurry the day I downloaded this program and I was only paying attention to the ratings as opposed to what it did. I noticed as soon as I used the first note that it was more than a sticky note.It does all that it says. I like the function that reads to you. That has already been useful to me more than once. No issues on the download,no pop up adds, no Google Chrome I didn't ask for.Thanks you again Cnet for another awesome free program and thanks to the makers of Sticky Notes. You guys rock!
Cons
at least ten characters (Thats what I was told to enter). I crack myself up!
Summary
Get it. Its free and you want be disappointed.
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"the best bar none"
Version: Sticky Notes 1.121
Pros
Like other programs of this type, you can add notes to your screen. But this program is much more than that! You can save the notes, you can hide them, you can change both their color and font. Also, there is a priority setting for the notes you make, an alarm setting for the notes that need it, and a function that reads the notes to you if you wish.
The very best thing about the notes program is that there is a note manager part to it. You can recall hidden notes, delete them, or do many other functions. It acts like a database for your notes.Cons
none that I can see
Summary
After searching for a notes programs that meets my standards, I struck gold!
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"Sticky Notes are great"
Version: Sticky Notes 1.121
Pros
Lots of options within the program. Love the use of colors in the program.
Cons
A little difficult to get use to.
Summary
I really like this program
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"Wonderful and powerful sticky note app."
Version: Sticky Notes 1.121
Pros
It has everyting that others have.
Cons
I idn see any cons
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"Free notes maker and manager with easy customizing."
Version: Sticky Notes 1.121
Pros
Easy of use, saves to desktop, many ways to customize--color, fonts, size, visability. Help is extremely simple and easy to use.
Cons
Would love to create a note by one click on the desktop.
Summary
Overall a winner!!
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"post its on your computer"
Version: Sticky Notes 1.121
Pros
Dose all I want except being able to print selected notes
Cons
Being able to print selected notes would be a bonus
Summary
Saves looking around for a pen and paper and as a touch typist it makes taking notes easier as well
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