Thanks. I know there's contextual functionality going the other way to place something in another program into a sticky, but haven't played with your idea yet.
Teresa On Nov 24, 2010, at 3:04 PM, Slau Halatyn wrote: > Stickies visually emulates what so many people sometimes do with sticky > notes: they literally stick them right on the screen. If the program is > running, the notes will be visible on screen. They do have an option for > transparency so people can leave them up and not be too distracted. I don't > know of any reminder functionality. I suppose it might be useful but I think > it's really meant to emulate a real sticky note stuck to the screen. You can > create multiple notes and save them. When you launch the program, all of the > notes appear. You can cycle through them with Command-` (accent). I use > Stickies all the time just to jot down quick bits of information for later > transfer to whatever area is appropriate. For example, while it's possible to > enter a contact into Address Book, it's often way too inefficient, especially > if one needs to use some customized fields and change work/home settings, > etc. Now, I haven't tried this but, if Stickies could detect data like > address or date to be able to bring up a contextual menu to "add to Address > Book" or "create new ical event," that would rock. > > Slau > > On Nov 24, 2010, at 4:20 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I've just discovered Stickies, the app for sticky-notes. It seems that it's >> simply a notepad for jotting down this or that. Am I missing something, or >> does it not have a way to set up reminders with popup windows and that sort >> of thing? Does one just leave the text window open till the task is done? >> >> TIA, >> Teresa >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
