Like others, i searched high and low for a simple screenpad that handles the basics well and doesn't get too bogged down in clever but rather pointless gimmicks. I can now stop looking.
Sure, there are a few annoyances with it such as the ridiculously small default fonts and having to tweak the look and feel via an .ini file but these are one-off changes and are reasonably straightforward to make (remember to exit Shirusupad BEFORE making any .ini changes or they won't be applied!).
Personally, i wouldn't bother with the 'to-do' task functionality (the interface is pretty clunky - for example, changing priorities is particularly tedious) nor the floating screen notes (does anyone really ever work that way!). But if you do need them, they are there and do the job.
Play to its strengths and just use it as an excellent, basic screenpad - the 'showhide' functionality with both mouse and keyboard shortcuts is slick and the ability to open files or launch applications via reminders is well thought-out.
Set it up with a few user-defined categories(tabs) to help organize your notes and you'll find it fast, simple and unobtrusive. It's head and shoulders better than the others.
Thanks to the author.
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- Recommend to a friend? Yes
- Posted Dec 22, 2011 for v1.1b beta
After using ShirusuPad, I stopped looking for another desktop notes utility. Why? Because it's only using 0.7 MB of WinXP memory! Small memory footprint? Try microscopic. Heck, Realplayer and Winamp system tray icons use more memory than that, and the players aren't even running! Everything else I tried used 1 - 15 MB.
Shirusupad sports unlimited notes, tabbed notes window, alarm reminders, to do lists, alphablending (transparent windows), color schemes, hot zones, clickable links, automatic clipboard capture, no registry entries, delete directory to uninstall, blah blah blah. My only complaint is that interface customization is not so easy. There is a settings dialog with several tabs for the main features, but you need to edit the .ini file to set specific colors and change fonts (which you will want to do since the defaults are quite small). Shirusupad is one of my top 5 productivity tools.
review details
- Interface

- Features

- Ease of use

- Value

- Recommend to a friend? Yes
- Posted Jul 22, 2006 for v1.1b beta