What's new in Sticky Notes?

Version 1.5 (Requires Mac OS X 10.4 or greater)

Features

  • Universal Binary
  • Added Spotlight Importer.
  • Added vertical scrollbars for long notes.
  • Added the Sparkle automatic update framework and a preference pane for updates
  • Growl notifications for incoming & outgoing messages.
  • Added 'Paste and Match Style' menu item.
  • Unsent notes now re-open and notify the sender of the error.
  • The default note colour is now shown in bold.
  • Complete rewrite of network sharing.
  • Complete Rewrite of registration system.
  • Added 'More colors…' menu item.
  • Added New Note (Random Color) menu item (cmd-alt-N).
  • Added name generator for new colors.

Improvements & Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an Applescript bug which occasionally prevented Sticky Notes quitting on log out or shut down.
  • Importing ToDo items from iCal works again (Was broken in 10.3+).
  • Attaching notes to applications now works in 10.4 Tiger.
  • Changing font in the general preference pane now works as expected.
  • Tiling and layout sets now work correctly on systems with more than one processor.
  • Fixed a bug which prevented saving of notes with more than 256 characters on the first line.
  • The resize widget no longer disappears when pasting large amounts of text or showing the ruler.
  • Added a keyboard shortcut to show / hide the ruler (cmd-ctrl-R).
  • Moved 'Show Fonts' & 'Show Colors' to the top of the Format menu.
  • Renaming a color in the preferences now works as expected.
  • Fixed a bug which prevented some users creating new colors.
  • The registration system ignores extra white-space.
  • New note (Random Color) now chooses from your colors.

Version 1.3

Features

  • Added sending note by email via Mail or Entourage

Improvements & Bug Fixes

  • Fixed problems with window snapping on dual monitors
  • When starting Sticky Notes with a lower screen size than last run, off screen notes are moved to the main display
  • Attach note to application removed for systems running 10.4 or greater as this is no longer possible

Version 1.21

Features

  • Added a preference to turn off animation when tiling
  • Added a progress bar for long save operations

Improvements & Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a crash when tiling or cascading notes with non-RGB background colors
  • Fixed a threading problem when tiling on some dual processor machines
  • Automatic saving is now threaded and much more efficient with large numbers of notes

Version 1.2

Features

  • Notes can be attached to applications, hiding when that application is in the background
  • Added Applescript support for creating and editing notes
  • Added a 'Link' menu item and an inspector to edit links
  • Added an option to create links to dropped files
  • Added importing of iCal To Do items
  • Added a preference to set the network port
  • Added preferences for tiling & sorting by color, title or special lists
  • Added a dock badge for unread notes
  • Added note send sound
  • Added importing of sounds for notification

Improvements & Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where a note could jump to the mouse cursor when dragging in the text area
  • Fixed an issue where notes could be received twice
  • Fixed an issue that caused notes with the same title to save as the wrong file name
  • The current user no longer appears in the 'Send To' menu
  • When printing single notes the background color is ignored
  • New colors are now random
  • Version checking now happens on launch every 10 days

Version 1.1.7

  • When maximising notes which are at the bottom of the screen, the notes now expand upwards
  • Added Help and a link to the new online FAQ (English only)
  • The menu item for 'Strike Through' now does what it claims (English only)
  • The keyboard shortcuts for window tiling have been changed to re-enable standard text editing. Apologies to those who got annoyed!
  • The minimum width for a note is now smaller

Version 1.1.6

  • Layout Sets
    Store different positions for your notes based on categories. Jump between layout sets with a keystroke
  • Importing From Stickies
    You can import your existing notes in their original positions with their original colors

Version 1.1.5

  • Added menu items for text alignment and rulers
  • Fixed a bug which stopped notes (re)opening if defaults were set to those of a note with no content
  • New notes now cascade from the top left corner of the note used as the default
  • Fixed a rare bug in the registration process
  • Bug fixes for compatibility with Jaguar

Version 1.1.4

  • When searching notes with content larger than the visible content, the notes correctly scroll to show search results
  • Padding is now disabled in the preferences when snapping is switched off
  • When resizing notes, it is no longer possible to make a note too small to resize again
  • Bug fixes for compatibility with Jaguar & some Panther systems

Version 1.1.3

  • Added menu items for 'Minimize All' and 'Expand All' (French & German)
  • Text Clippings from the Finder are now imported correctly
  • When tiling, notes do not go off the edge of the screen
  • When tiling, notes respect the dock when placed at the bottom

Version 1.1.2

  • Added menu items for 'Minimize All' and 'Expand All' (English only)
  • Notes are now imported correctly with colours, positions and images from Apple's Stickies
  • Fixed a bug which occurred when saving notes with tabs or forward slashes in their title

Version 1.1.1

  • Added French locaisation, thanks to Pierre Forissier & Denis Carrier
  • Added German localisation, thanks to David Dauer
  • Menu items are correctly disabled when no notes are open
  • Automatically remove the unregistered note when registering for the first time
  • Command-W now correctly closes the Preferences and Registration windows

Version 1.1

  • Added automatic tilling against any edge of the primary display
  • Added an option to import from Apple Stickies
  • Added an option to parse dropped URLs into links
  • Fixed a crash when typing return as the first line of an empty note
  • Fixed a bug which caused heavy CPU usage when sharing was switched off

Version 1.0

  • First release