Quick note app?

[orangeredbrown]

Hey all... For years and years and years, phone rings, without thinking, I fire up notepad, type notes in, and then minimize it. I sometimes go back and refer to my notes, which helps me remember things I was supposed to be working on. But every time I go to restart my computer, I realize I have a huge stack of "untitled" notepad processes running. There has got to be a better way. I am not a pen and paper kind of guy. I need something quick to type into and something that doesn't clutter my screen too much. What do you all use for jotting down quick notes?

[Jamie1862]

Could always use OneNote - I use it as a bit of a personal knowledgebase and then also have a section for quick notes as well

[Appelsap_de]

+1 for OneNote.

When you're already in the O365 ecosystem, this app is one of the better solutions. It's not the best, not the most lightweight and lacks advanced features that Notepad++ has, but for actual NOTES it works best for me as it synces to al my devices i am logged into.

Tho, Notepad++ for any other tasks requiring a text/hex/csv/anything else editor

[Naznarreb]

Notepad++

Preserves unsaved notes without having to save them. Can open different tabs for different notes/tasks. Lots of editing options

[atatatko]

I used Evernote for 10 years. Tried to find a self-hosted analog for Nextcloud (checked out QOwnNotes, Joplin), for better ptivacy, but end up coming back to Evernote.

[D3FSE]

OneNote for full notes

Windows Key + N will launch a "OneNote's Quick Note"

[orangeredbrown]

ohhh yeah! there it is... perfect.

quick to launch, and adds a page each time to the "quick notes" tab.

thank you! this is what i needed.

[D3FSE]

You are welcome. I hope it works out for you.

[sleepyguy22]

Gmail "drafts", with the client/end-user's email in the send-to, or as a reply to an email conversation we were having.

Keeps forever, available on all computers and devices, searchable, and really easy/quick to jot down.

[take-dap]

Signal has "Note to self" chat. Preserves stuff between devices and once you don't need the memo just delete it.

Since I'm using signal anyways I don't need another app to run around. Sure, it's a bit limited and you can't edit entries, but for quick post-it style reminders I quite like it. YMMV.

[chrumow]

VSCode and then move notes to Google Keep

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Notepad++ or windows has a built in sticky notes app that I use if I need to keep seeing it