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[SoLong&Thx4AllTheFish]

There are many note taking scripts on the forum, but I like
<!-- m -->http://cintanotes.com/<!-- m --> - currently in beta. At some point there
will be a commercial version but a freeware one will also remain
available. If you like it and register on the Cinta forum while
it is in Beta you get a free commercial license 8)

It is portable, if you copy text from a browser it includes the page
title and URL, you can add tags, quick filter as you type search etc.

[Kellan]

This is a great program, I'm using it every day! Very convenient, small and fast. The only drawback is that it doesn't support pictures yet.
But it gets better with every new update. Highly recommended!

[Carcophan]

I actually found this accidently on the forum a fe days back. I was in one thread, linked to another linked to another and there was a link for Cinta.

I don't really have too many issues with it, and it is still in 'beta' or early release stage, and is already better than a number of other free solutions. I like it.

[Piligrim]

For me Cinta isn't so powerfull... My choice is AllMyNotes Organizer. Clear and functional - does all what I need for notekeeping. By the way, it's available in freeware edition! Application homepage - <!-- w -->www.vladonai.com<!-- w -->

[automaticman]

Isn't the best note taking application just using following set of tools:

- any text editor you like to create multiple .txt files
- which you save directly via AHK and command line into a .zip file via 7-zip
- then you need a powerful indexing tool which can also search in text files in .zip files
- then you can decide what kind of tagging dating and formatting you want to use in your text files and implement some ready to use commands to search for those via your indexing search tool

My question is what can the above mentioned tools better?

[Piligrim]

I do not know any software that keep data in .txt notes in single .zip file, unlikely there is any. You may try Total Commander (it is able to search in .txt files within .zip files), but I really don't see how it can be useful - to keep data in .zip archive...

[automaticman]

I do not know any software that keep data in .txt notes in single .zip file, unlikely there is any. You may try Total Commander (it is able to search in .txt files within .zip files), but I really don't see how it can be useful - to keep data in .zip archive...

Well, as long as there is a fast indexing application which can also search, edit, re-save in .txt files which are in .zip files you can just use this principle for any note taking ideas, of course combined with AutoHotkey would make sense to improve the speed and workflow according to your wishes.

[Tobeus]

For me Cinta isn't so powerfull... My choice is AllMyNotes Organizer. Clear and functional - does all what I need for notekeeping. By the way, it's available in freeware edition! Application homepage - <!-- w -->www.vladonai.com<!-- w -->

Good application, but too restricted in free version. I chose Techno Notes Manager. It is totally free, at least for now.

[SoLong&Thx4AllTheFish]

CintaNotes will probably go 1.0 in the near future so if you want a free license you can still register. The reason I like cintanotes is that is doesn't have the tree organisation you see so often, this is just a rolling list of notes it doesn't get in the way, you don't have to think about how to organise things just create the note, add a few tags and you can find them very quickly using the very sleek search feature. Simplicity at its best. If you want more structure Cintanotes might not be for you. To each their own.

[PhiLho]

Techno Notes Manager is nice, but I don't appreciate the proprietary (for Delphi) database, even if it appears to have extended export facilities.
If I chose such application, the least I expect is to be able to get my notes even after I loose the application...

I tried Evernote but I have hard time to love it, partly because it tries to do everything and more (OCR?).

I didn't know Smereka (thanks, fred, for the link!), but it seems nice: done well, open source (based on wxWidgets, so theoretically portable), using a standard database (SQLite), allowing export, no restriction on pure text like so much "free edition" of such softwares.
I think I will give it a test run.

Another similar program is NeoMem, open-source too, but based on MFC (yech) and apparently development has stopped. But a nice little application too.