GloboNote: Desktop Sticky Notes

GloboNote

GloboNote (Version: 1.3) is a sticky notes program that is based on Java and therefore multi-platform. It doesn’t require installation and adds a few features to make it a bit more than a simple collection of sticky notes.

GloboNote

Right click or double click the tray icon to create new sticky notes, the sticky note will use the current time as its title but the title can be changed with a double click on the title area – and requires the Enter key for the change to take effect. A single click on the title area rolls up the note up to minimize it.

Right click within any note to access its features and customizations. The features include the ability to assign a note to a (recurring) alarm and reminder.  GloboNote also features some basic rich text options plus image and file attachments. Images and files can be local or web based and the web based can be saved locally if required. Notes can be assigned to groups and be in hidden, parked or visible states per group, individually or altogether. Parked status doesn’t seem to be different than any other user created group, they are probably meant as a temporary or already available group. There is a built-in calculator that will work when mathematical calculations are entered followed by the F2 key. Notes can be printed and exported into txt files. Each note can be individually colored as well using its own Prefereces (sic).

An import option is listed when right clicking within a note but it seems to be missing as of this version. A look at the program preferences reveals more empty areas, perhaps reserved for future versions (The Security and Keys & Sounds tabs are two currently unavailable sections in the preferences). Other preferences include options to detect links, highlight the active note, change look and feel of the program much other Java based programs, change the date format, change the default note appearance, not use the time/date as the default note title and more.

GloboNote

Using the advanced tab of the preferences it is possible to change the location of the notes ‘repository’ to perhaps move it to the program’s own folder instead of burying it in system’s AppData folder. GloboNote works on any system that has Java 6 or higher installed.

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4 responses to “GloboNote: Desktop Sticky Notes”

  1. smaragdus Avatar
    smaragdus

    There is a new version of GloboNote (1.4) with lots of bug fixes and some new features- ”Protect note/group with a password’, ‘Added support to bullet and numbered list’, etc. I haven’t tested GloboNote thoroughly but my first impressions are good- it does not look like typical Java program. What I miss is a visible Recycle Bin where deleted notes go. By the way GloboNote has a new home page- http://globonote.info/ .

  2. R G Avatar
    R G

    Thanks for the update 🙂 Protect is a nice and needed feature.

  3. smaragdus Avatar
    smaragdus

    GloboNote at version 1.6 (released on 2020-09-21), there are lot of chamges, the most important one being the implementation of portable mode. More about version 1.6:

    https://globonote.info/blog/releases/release-1-6

    The development is a bit slow but the program has not been abandoned.

  4. R G Avatar
    R G

    Thanks for the update.

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