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Notational Velocity - 1.1.1

Stores and retrieves notes very quickly

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All Time:	(4.8)
Version 1.1.1:	(4.8)
Selected Version:	1.1.1
Release Date:	2003-10-09
License:	Freeware
Downloads (version 1.1.1):	6,045
Downloads (all versions):	10,581

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Product Description:

Notational Velocity is an application that stores and retrieves notes. While there are many, many note-taking programs for Mac OS X, Notational Velocity is the only one that actually operates in a useful manner. The rationale behind this statement consists not of vague terms like "intuitive", "powerful", and "full-featured", but rather is based on the program's employment of well regarded, recognized practices in user interface design. Notational Velocity's advantages are as follows:

The chief domain of the program (editing and adding notes) is fundamentally modeless.
The program features an instantaneous incremental search. From a human interaction standpoint, incremental searching is superior to the delimited searching found in most software today.
All primary functions are fully accessible from the keyboard; the user need never lay hands on a pointing device. As the keyboard is the source of all input when composing a note, the time saved from not having to move one's hand between the keyboard and the mouse during other interactions is significant.
Highly optimized and written in Cocoa with Objective-C and POSIX C.

For more details see http://notational.net

What's new in this version:

Updated for compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3
Other trivial improvements

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

Feedback Summary:

Version 1.1.1:
Overall Rating:	(4.8)	Features:	(4.7)	Support:	(4.2)
Ease of Use:	(5.0)	Quality / Stability:	(5.0)	Price:	(5.0)

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Fast & Efficient! ...but entirely black & white? - Version: 2.0 b1, 11/15/2009 11:45AM PST

wildtrack

Fast & Efficient! ...but Notational Velocity could use text & background colors.

I use text-colors for emphasis and categorization in my notes-to-self. (Such as money-matters might be in green text, while creative ideas might be in purple text.) Background colors could be used in a similar manner.

(Please reply to this review if I have overlooked the ability to apply text & background colors...)

Extra-credit points for: Very clever application name (!) & fresh graphics on developer website.

Excellent! - Version: 2.0 b1, 10/5/2009 09:13AM PST

hkim

This is a very simple application whose function is so effective as to make it very useful for keeping notes. Though graphics are not embedded, it allows one to make notes and to search for them so easily and quickly that it is really impressive. Allowing for one to export notes in UTF-8 is a great idea for those that use two-byte fonts. Any improvements, at this point, would be adding luster to the original concept.

I would only caution the author to consider carefully any additional "improvements" since very few applications can be the sum of all things.

Longtime Favorite, Better Than Ever - Version: 2.0 b, 9/21/2009 10:53AM PST

yeidel

Still the simplest note-taker I know of, with some excellent additions like live URL's, note renaming, and tags. Thanks and thanks.