Google Notebook + Gears
Since moving mostly to a Mac for software development, one piece of software on Windows that I have been unable to find a replacement for is Microsoft OneNote. I use OneNote as a repository for notes and coding snippets that I find useful, want to try out, or just simply want to remember for some rainy day. Its beauty is in its simplicity as a quick note taking tool. I can paste something in it when I am in a hurry and then return and file it later when I have time. Certainly there are similar tools on the Mac but I simply haven’t broken my links with OneNote yet.
I had not paid much attention to Google Notebook until a few days ago. The Firefox browser plugin is brilliant. Now all the tool needs to be a complete replacement is offline support through Gears. I’m sure this will be soon. When the offline support is added, it becomes more than a replacement for OneNote for me. It becomes a useful note repository that isn’t tied to a single machine. After the offline support a desktop client and a mobile client would certainly follow.
August 30, 2007 at 12:08 am
Cheers. I too would love google notebook with gear support. I ran into a similar situation switching to a Mac and having a PC at work (although you do know that in Office 2004 for the Mac there is a notebook function in microsoft word right?)
There is definitely some functionality I would love to see added to google notebook, and I think it will be a winner.
September 19, 2007 at 2:42 am
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