RightNote - note organizer and PIM

[I am Baas]

RightNote V2.3.0 10 February 2012:

- New feature: Webpage capture, webpage note type - Pro version only
- New feature: Side by side view (Tools menu) - Pro version only
- Added help topics: Webpage capture, webpage note type, side by side view
- Some fixes for freeware version
- Some other fixes

[I am Baas]

Tested the latest release, V2.3.1. Still leaves an empty key @ HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\34CF6460

[Midas]

Anyone considering buying this should first have a look at ConnectedText, a long runner in terms of developement that gets rave reviews from its users, has a portable version, and is cheaper. Unfortunately there's no free version, only a 30 day trial...

[webfork]

RightNote v 2.5.2 came out back in July: http://www.bauerapps.com/RightNoteHistory.html

Anyone considering buying this should first have a look at ConnectedText

ConnectedText looks amazing but ... will also test this out as a note management program.

[Midas]

RightNote is currently v3.0.9 (chagelog at http://bauerapps.com/rightnote-release-history/).

• RightNote [...] allows you to store all bits and pieces of information in a single place and then search through all your data to find what you're looking for almost instantly!

  • 

Portable download packages are at http://bauerapps.com/downloads/ (untested!; freeware vs payware matrix is at http://bauerapps.com/rightnote-version-comparisons/).

[webfork]

Program update: this tool has seen several updates over the past year so thought I’d post the change log for anyone who liked it initially:
http://www.softpedia.com/progChangelog/ ... 44166.html

[Midas]

Program update: this program has seen several updates over the past year so thought I’d post the change log for anyone who liked it initially: http://www.softpedia.com/progChangelog/ ... 44166.html

• I liked it a lot at first, but had to drop it when I found out there was no way to change entry dates format to my locale (as it's reflected in exports, too). I messaged the developer but got no response whatsoever...
  
  BTW, their changelog page still works: http://www.bauerapps.com/rightnote-release-history/.

[Midas]

RightNote v3.5.5 released (changelog at http://www.bauerapps.com/rightnote-release-history/).

The problem reported in my previous post wasn't solved still, the following notwithstanding:

• 19 November 2015, version 3.4.0
  [...]
  Date created and date modified attributes are now available for editing under Note Properties.

[smaragdus]

Pasting of URLs containing Unicode characters and opening the links from RightNote (1)




leads to this:





Pasting like (2) is ugly, unpleasant and unsatisfying.

Pasting of HTML content doesn't work like it works in similar programs.

I tested the free version of RightNote for some time and I am not satisfied with this outliner.

[Midas]

Unicode handling is not RightNote's only shortcoming, I'm afraid...

• 

• While using it for Web capture and/or bookmarking, even after extensive researching and editing of the capture templates, RightNote's rather unique feature set is severely let down by some really basic flaws:
  (see image above; workarounds highlighted in maroon all caps)
  
  • - truncation of URLs -- this can be solved by editing links in RichView/HTML capture (as displayed), but turns the feature useless if the target note type is text ("Memo");
    - the internal "{date}" field always returns the 'dd MMM yyyy h:mm A' format and doesn't take any form of RTF modulation (e.g., '{date \@ "yyyy-MM-dd"}').*
    
    *) This is quite galling as it doesn't quite adhere to any Euro standard...

[smaragdus]

@Midas

This is quite galling as the developer is German and this doesn't even adhere to the German (or Euro, for that matter) standard...

Are you sure? I suppose he might be from South Africa.

Can you recommend a good portable commercial outliner that works really well?

[Midas]

Are you sure? I suppose he might be from South Africa.

• Doh! I didn't research it, just went with my gut feeling. You are most certainly right...

Can you recommend a good portable commercial outliner that works really well?

• YMMV: I have been partial to both wikidPad and Zim, but they're not really specialized outliners. MemPad is generally highly regarded. I'd name webfork as the specialist there (*passes the bucket*).
  
  PS: How could I forget about TreeLine? This is a specialized power-horse, if you're willing to learn it... mostly silent dev, though.

[smaragdus]

RightNote at version 3.6.0.1, downloads and changes:

7 August 2016, version 3.5.6
- Added note count column in Evernote Manager
- Replace global search combobox with an edit control
- Increased Options->Search->"Limit displayed results" option to maximum of 10000. If set to 0, all results are shown
- Fix: Prevent desktop icons from refreshing on program start
- Fix: Error would occur during Evernote sync or save if one moved to another application
- Fix problem when downloading certain https webpages

2 December 2016, version 3.6.0
- New feature: Favorite notes
- See help topic for more info: Main topics->File functions->Favorite notes
- Some re-structuring of the help file
- Change default hotkey for Favorite notebooks dialog to F12
- Add recent notes history dropdown to tree toolbar
- Significant speed improvement to loading external note (i.e. viewing a note from a search result when that notebook is not currently open)

[smaragdus]

RightNote at version 3.6.1.0, downloads and changes:

20 December 2016, version 3.6.1
– New: The RightNote installer and application are now signed with a Code Signing Certificate. This will avert security warnings from Windows or Anti-Virus programs
– Add Read Only actions in the tree under Protection
– Combine Print, Print Preview and Print Options into a single dialog for easier use
– Added “Include Tree Path” above/below note caption option, for export or print
– Added &F special character option to be included in the print header/footer, which denotes the current RightNote filename
– Updated help topic: File Functions -> Printing
– Fix: Export merged file to docx did not work in some cases
– Fix: Current node in the tree could go out of view when navigating via the keyboard
– Fix: Import from Scrapbook would combine absolute links with the base local folder resulting in non-functional links

[smaragdus]

RightNote at version 4.0.0.1, downloads and changes:

26 March 2016, version 4.0.0
– New Journal Feature (Pro version)
– See Help topic for more details: Main Topics -> Assorted Topics -> Journal
– Change: Evernote sync is now only part of the Pro version
– Fix: Clipper/paste from webpage was not working for some people on Win 10
– Fix: Handle error when include a single ” in the search term
– A few other fixes