Chronos replaces StickyBrain with SOHO Notes 5.5

I used to love StickyBrain because it was reliable, useful, light/quick, and a great value. It was a product I recommended to many people. But, SB started to get bigger, more buggy and sluggish with each new release and finally reached the apex of bloat by becoming SOHO notes (I hate the name. sounds like a typical Windows junkware app). However, now that I have two Macs, the synchronization capabilities of SOHO Notes was very welcome even if it requires .Mac (I HATE this! Why not over the LAN? Rendezvous? Bluetooth? Go up to the internet and back down to a computer that's sitting inches away?!?! WTF!) But the sad truth is that it doesn't work. After looking at the Chronos help forums I saw so many problems, and complaints, and irate users that I realized that even if I could get it to work, that it was not going to be reliable or stable and therefor not worth my time. So I started looking for alternatives. The one I finally settled on was Yojimbo. It is fast, light, and is basically what StickyBrain used to be. And, unlike SOHO Notes, the .Mac sync actually works! Having said that, it still floors me that you need .Mac for syncing (is this some kind of corporate conspiracy? Like the crippling of Bluetooth on us cell phones?) But, Yojimbo does have a cool name and a cool icon (and yes, the subtle details ARE IMPORTANT!) If you want to use something cheap, clunky, ugly, and unreliable, get a PC and run junkware. But Mac users demand design, elegance, balance, usability, and reliability. I do miss the Flashnote menulet that StickyBrain had, but I'll have to live without it as I need to keep my two computers in sync, otherwise there isn't any point in maintaining a personal database.
That's just my opinion, I could be wrong.
Right now I'm moving everything over to Yojimbo. When it starts to suck I'll pack up and move somewhere else.

I've had to Force Quit it six times so far. Not happy.

10.4.7 is available for PPC.
See: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosxupdate1047ppc.html

I'm on a G4 and it's working great.

Hmm... SOHO Notes requires 10.4.7 and it seems 10.4.7 is only available for intel macs. Is there any way to run Notes on a G4?

Note to developers: we don't all have .Mac so you might want to look into coding FTP based syncing. First decent note taking software that does this gets my cash (come on Mori or iOrganize X).

I love this app, but I mourn the passing of the StickyBrain name. "SOHO Notes?" Ugh, sounds like a Windows app name. Bad move in my book. Talk about diluting your branding...

You gotta be running 10.4.7 to upgrade to SOHO Notes. Guess I'm not quite ready... .

Been playing with the SOHO Notes since receiving Chronos free upgrade email (a few hours ago). This seems much more stable than the last time I tried Notes (where StickyBrain was still much more stable). Not sure if sync has been perfected yet (it was one of Notes well publicized issues) as I don't have .Mac account. I still think overall StickyBrain errr SOHO Notes is superior to Yojimbo (at this point), but if Chronos moved away from limitations of OpenBase (security/encryption, scalability, etc.) that gap would be larger. That likely isn't going to happen unfortunately, so we'll see as competition (Yojimbo, Mori, Voodoo, etc.) approach. And as mentioned in the article DEVONthink is still out there and depending on your use (as it's arguably a different product) ahead of all the others (I use both DT and SB). The Pro version is also much more expensive though. Overall (as long as the stability continues) this Chronos move is a great benefit for StickyBrain users. Thanks Chronos. Kinda wish you'd kept the name (though I know you've focused on the SOHO brand the last few years).