Sidenote keeps your notes on the side

The latest version of Mail (v3.3) in OS X Leopard has this functionality built in through the new "Notes" mailbox, esp. if you are using an IMAP mail server. Any changes you make in a Note are immediately updated on the server, and available to you on the same or another Mac - there is no need to remember to 'save'. There is full Spotlight integration. It also works on iPod Touch (and probably on iPhone, although I haven't tested this) provided you are online at the time you access the Note (NB on an iPod, the Note is the one inside Mail, *not* the App called Notes).

There is also integration with the new Mail ToDo list, although this currently only works under Leopard (but soon on 3G iPhone??)(ditto soon integration on 3G iPhone for the Notes App??).

The Mail Notes are a bit buggy (ToDo items sometimes 'fall off' the Notes, and Notes sometimes 'get lost' [but can be recovered via Spotlight]), but OK if it were labelled a beta.

For noting, I use principally Notae from Codepoetry (http://www.codepoetry.net/products/notae), it's not free as the clever xPad but has more features.

About Sidenote, it's a very neat app but the way it hide let me wondering why it doesn't use the Dashboard layer after all? For that, I use Notepad Widget (http://homepage.mac.com/stewart.hector/home/software/software.html) which is good but simplest than Sidenote.

I agree with other commentators here: Sidenote should have Spotlight integration or some kind of search engine to find ourself in all those notes.

never cared for sidenote. an application like yojimbo or soho notes is always better

If you want to see what else you can do with Sidenote, read the review I posted some time ago:

http://darkknowledge.info/page2/page4/page0/page0.html

I've tried Sidenote many times in the past, but the killer for me was always having no Spotlight integration. Don't know if that had changed.

I also was frustrated because I use three macs—home, laptop and work. And I was always looking in my "different" Sidenotes to try and find something I jotted down.

For me, the perfect solution is Evernote. I was lucky enough to be one of the early beta invitees, so I've been using it a while now. No matter what machine I make a note on, it syncs to all of my computers. I can access all the notes from any browser on any computer. There's even an iPhone interface! And, most importantly for me, it's perfectly integrated with Spotlight.

Here's the link. And no, I'm not associated with them in any way.

http://evernote.com/

Here's a "sidenote" (see what I did there?):

When selling a product, make sure to spell "which" correctly as seen in the screenshot for the help file.

Don't forget about the totally free xPad. it auto saves as you type, and offers all kind of cool stuff in the toolbar like highlighting text and striking out text.

I like SketchBox best. But sidenote is pretty cool.
Edgies is good, but it costs money, so, meh.

The problem with Sidenote is that it gets a little annoying after a while. It pops open when you accidentally roll your mouse over and it is a big memory hog.

Also, I could not find a way to search through those notes (and they pile up fast)

Try out Circus Ponies Note Book (www.circusponies.com afaik)

I just started using it and it's better than just a textpad or side note program. I suppose it's not really as hideable as sidenote or stickies, but it sure is better for taking notes with.