WireNote - Note / Todo / Reminder / LAN Messenger / Address book utility / and more

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BillR

WireNote
Version: 1.9, Release Date: 25.09.2003
Supported OS: Win98,WinME,WinNT 3.x,WinNT 4.x,WinXP,Windows2000,
Interface: English,Russian

"Converted to Freeware" [actually donationware]

"Smart personal data manager"
Sticky notes
ToDo list
Reminders
LAN messenger
Address book
Links
Spam remover

Note can be attached to any other application`s window for example)
with high-quality LAN messaging support (including send/receive files
over the net, message filtering), instead of WinPopup or windows
messaging service, has built-in powerful anti-spam module;"

Note that this is a network enabled application. For example
reminders can be shared across a network. And a reminder is not just a
popup note. "Reminder can start any program you want, play a sound,
shutdown a computer, send a net message to other users," etc., at a
specific time or on a regular schedule.

I've never used this application (downloading now) but WireKeys is
quite good. WiredPlane has been actively updating its products and
has been very responsive to enhancement requests. At least three such
appeared within about a month of the request. (See WireKeys v1.90,
v1.95, and v1.96 -- all released within a few weeks. A few bug fixes
and several new features.)

(Site excertps)
New to this release: Converted to Freeware, some features

Note / Todo / Reminder / LAN Messenger / Address book utility.
This program was created to help in organization of daily work with
such features as ToDo/Reminders and sticky notes service along with
address book and LAN messenger. The kernel of the program is
easy-to-use tree-structured data holder. Such data tree allows you to
easily categorize all necessary information. You can store any kind of
data in different ways and you will be able to access this structure
at any time either from main window or from tray icon menu. You`ll
never forget anything! :) All WireNote windows naturally "dock" to
each other when they get near, like Winamp windows. WireNote has a lot
of options for every application aspect and has a powerful messaging
subsystem. This program can be used instead of standard Windows
messaging service or Winpopup and can be extended in functionality
when used with our other products.

Notes. Note is the small sticker window, which stays on your desktop.
New note can be created in different ways - through tray menu, through
main window or by pressing a defined hotkey. Notes can be used to
store some text information about something you don`t want to forget.
Notes can be very smart, if you want so. You can attach note to any
application window in the system and note will be visible on your
screen only when you work with this application, never annoying you
with information you don`t need right now. Every note can have their
own color code, note can be even semitransparent and
auto-semitransparent, when your mouse walks over the note (if you work
under windows 2000/Windows XP or higher). Look at screenshots to learn
more about note possibilities.

ToDos. ToDos were designed to coordinate your activity on your
workplace by holding any text data in one reachable place. ToDo can be
created by just one tray click or by pressing a hotkey. ToDo stays in
data tree and thus reminds you about things you have to do :) You can
prioritise your ToDos, calculate an exact time you spend for each
ToDo, or can view a report with what was done during last days (a week
for example). You can also send ToDo to other WireNote user over LAN.

Reminders. Reminder is powerful feature to perform any desired action
at specified time or by schedule. Reminder can start any program you
want, play a sound, shutdown a computer, send a net message to other
users, show ToDo or Note, or just show a small window with text. If
WireNote is not running at the reminder time, action will be performed
directly after WireNote starts next time. Reminders can be shared (if
you have home LAN, you can install WireNote on all computers and point
them to one network folder. After that all shared reminders can be
found and used on all computers at the same time), you can also send
reminder to other WireNote user over LAN.

Messages. WireNote can be used as LAN messenger application, instead
of standard Windows messaging service for example. Messaging is very
powerful: all messaging works with recipient name from Address book
instead of real computer name (which can be hard to remember,
sometimes). WireNote automatically keep track on all persons from your
address book - who is online and who is not. Messages can be filtered
using the set of rules. You can send messages through one of the 3 net
protocols. Two of them are standard in Windows/Unix LAN networks -
netbios and mailslot. This protocols are supported by all
WinPopup-like applications, so your online friends don`t have to use
WireNote for messaging too. The last protocol is powerful Xpc. With
XPC power you will be able to attach files to your messages and
send/receive them to/from other users!

Address book. Address book can hold information about other users -
their nickname, computer name and additional info. Address book is
widely used for messaging. All persons from your address book
periodically checked for availability for LAN messaging.

Links. This additional feature can be used for fast reaching different
documents and locations. You can create any link (to the web-site or
any document from your hard disk, for example) just by dragging file
from any file manager or other program and dropping it near the
corresponding ToDo or note (or independent "Links" folder) in main
window. As other items, link can be activated from tray icon menu or
the main window.

Spam remover. Powerful spam-remover, can support unlimited POP3
accounts, use "TheBat!" compatible spam-files format, can work in
training mode. Only message headers are downloaded, not whole emails.
Full support for different international encodings

[And so on for two more pages]
 
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digitalMOSQUITO

BillR said:
WireNote
Version: 1.9, Release Date: 25.09.2003
Supported OS: Win98,WinME,WinNT 3.x,WinNT 4.x,WinXP,Windows2000,
Interface: English,Russian

"Converted to Freeware" [actually donationware]

"Smart personal data manager"
Sticky notes
ToDo list
Reminders
LAN messenger
Address book
Links
Spam remover

[a really big snip]
I'm affraid you forgot something:

http://www.wiredplane.com/wirenote/info.shtml
WiredPlane labs - helpful tools for everyday work

dM
 
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BillR

digitalMOSQUITO said:
BillR wrote:
[a really big snip]
I'm affraid you forgot something:

http://www.wiredplane.com/wirenote/info.shtml
WiredPlane labs - helpful tools for everyday work

dM

Aye. Thanks. I hope anyone intrigued by WireKeys or WireNotes showed
similar initiative.

WireKeys has my nomination for Pricelessware -- at least once I
determine the proper category. If you ignore the slightly awkward
translations and tech oriented documentation, they are both worth
investigating.
 
J

James Arrow

use Original software
LanTalk XP
http://www.cezeo.com/products/lantalk-xp/

digitalMOSQUITO said:
BillR wrote:
[a really big snip]
I'm affraid you forgot something:

http://www.wiredplane.com/wirenote/info.shtml
WiredPlane labs - helpful tools for everyday work

dM

Aye. Thanks. I hope anyone intrigued by WireKeys or WireNotes showed
similar initiative.

WireKeys has my nomination for Pricelessware -- at least once I
determine the proper category. If you ignore the slightly awkward
translations and tech oriented documentation, they are both worth
investigating.
 
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BillR

WireNote has most of the features of several notes applications
recommended on acf and of LanTalk XP. WireNote also adds a few of its
own. And critical to acf, it is freeware (despite inconsistencies in
the documentation and the site).

I'll pass on LanTalk XP.
"Price: 14 USD/EUR per user"
"limited the size of messages to 32 kilobytes and disabled file
transfers"
It does "search in messages" and has a "group chat mode" but it lacks
many other features available in WireNote.

As digitalMOSQUITO was kind enough to add
http://www.wiredplane.com/wirenote/info.shtml


I liked WireKeys so much that I sent the developers suggestions to
smooth out the translation of part of the manual.

BillR
 
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Simon

<bulk snip>

FYI - there is a bug in the 'registration' of this util that affects the
messaging part

I have been looking for an LAN messaging util like this for some time and
this one looks better than most (for my purposes), however when I and a
colleague installed it we couldn't message each other as the app reported
that we were both using the same registration code...

I have contacted support and they report that this was a bug and that a fix
is in place. New (fixed) version to be released next week

S
 
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BillR

Simon said:
<bulk snip>

FYI - there is a bug in the 'registration' of this util that affects the
messaging part

I have been looking for an LAN messaging util like this for some time and
this one looks better than most (for my purposes), however when I and a
colleague installed it we couldn't message each other as the app reported
that we were both using the same registration code...

I have contacted support and they report that this was a bug and that a fix
is in place. New (fixed) version to be released next week

S

Hmmm, bug sounds like an artifact of prior incarnation as payware. I
didn't need that feature so I didn't test it. Still, a quick
response. Did WiredPlane offer you a temporary key?

BillR
 
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Simon

Hmmm, bug sounds like an artifact of prior incarnation as payware. I
didn't need that feature so I didn't test it. Still, a quick
response. Did WiredPlane offer you a temporary key?
</snip>

don't know about that, I picked it up from your post (I had seen it
previously, but never really checked it out).

No temporary key was offered, however as they had acknowledged the bug,
claimed to have fixed it, and intended to release the updated version this
week, they probably didn't feel it was justified. Personally I'm prepared
to wait and see whether the new version resolves this (as at 10:00 this am
-Oz eastern std time - nothing posted to their site)

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BillR

Simon said:
I have been looking for an LAN messaging util like this for some time and
this one looks better than most (for my purposes)

Do you have a summary of your review of LAN messaging utilities? As
SOHO LANs grow in popularity more and more people are going to find
something like that preferable to less secure chat or unpleasant (and
literal) shout.

Once the Nov/Dec PL spike passes, this would make a good extended
thread.

BillR
 
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Simon

Do you have a summary of your review of LAN messaging utilities? As
SOHO LANs grow in popularity more and more people are going to find
something like that preferable to less secure chat or unpleasant (and
literal) shout.
</snip>

I'll have to think about this...it has taken some time for me to do this,
and it's some time since I last looked at these things seriously (so I'm
not sure I'll rememeber everything I've looked at)

FWIW, I like wirenote so far. There has been a glitch however, seems to be
something to do with messenger (which we don't use), which has interupted
the send/recieve function between the 2 installations we have been
trialling (I have yet to query support re this...)

S
 

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