@4 Thank you young Chris!

I'm a Granny and let me tell you that I handle some very sophisticated interfaces on a daily basis, and I'm not referring to my grandchildren.

Many of us started computing in the late 80s, early 90s and are now senior Gramps, Pops, and nanas who can boast pretty good computer skills.

Go grannies and gramps at GOTD !!!!

Linz  –  13 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+240)

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A clean, simply interface (Granny friendly...) but its also its weakness - its very basic and quite limited. There is only one level of tasks, so a task can't have sub-tasks. This is essential really - for example, the screenshot shows 'Play squash with Susan'. Has the court been booked? Has Susan been rung? Has the racket been picked up from the menders?
Its not bad software, but unfortunately, not useful either. Pretty and colourful, but then so are my underpants. And they're not much good for planning my day either.

Chris Locke  –  13 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+122)

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Someone above asked why today's giveaway got so many THUMBS DOWN so far...

This is why....LOL!


* Stickies

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/Other-Office-Tools/Stickies.shtml

Full review here:
http://dottech.org/freeware-reviews/6774/stickies-versatile-create-quick-notes-utility/

Portable Version:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-SOFTWARE/Office/Calendar-Organizers/Portable-Stickies.shtml


* Note Mania

http://www.utilhaven.com/nm/index.htm

Full review here:
http://dottech.org/freeware-reviews/10343/note-mania-excellent-sticky-note-app-with-unique-features/


And here you can download the FREE & PORTABLE version of great to-do list software like "Efficient PIM Free PORTABLE", "Portable Efficient Sticky Notes 3.0 Build 319", "Portable Efficient Man's Organizer Free 3.0 Build 318" etc...

You can take your pick....LOL!

http://www.efficientsoftware.net/


Screenshots:

http://www.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/EfficientPIM-Free-Portable-Screenshot-157875.html

http://www.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/Portable-Efficient-Sticky-Notes-Screenshot-135951.html

http://www.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/Portable-Efficient-Man-s-Organizer-Free-Screenshot-167661.html


Finally more Professional people, may use the following FREE (Italian) GEM to organize their daily tasks in a very easy and more effective way:

http://www.nostopit.com/en/Products/nostopitTASK/tabid/184/Default.aspx



Do you understand now why this GAOTD got so many THUMBS DOWN???

LOL!!


Ciao
Giovanni

Giovanni (King of Freebies)  –  13 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+64)

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Yes – it is very basic, but the trouble with the hundreds of other To-Do lists is that they are far to complicated to use with ease.

With regard to #4, you don’t need sub-categories. Every item on the list can be expanded to any degree of information such as telephone calls and booking the court, can be added to the notes section below, which only displays as each note is highlighted.

Simple, practical, all the information you need for a To-Do list without being unnecessarily complex, and does exactly what is says.

Keith  –  13 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+54)

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@ Linz (#6) : Hey Granny, I'm just another Gramp (turned 72 a few days ago ;-) who started computing in the early eighties (good ol' TRS80!). But I Have a need for such a program because I suffered a severe burn-out at 64 (a year before retiring) just because I was reassigned to an unfitting job a year before ;-((.

My memory is just like a hard disk: the data is (probably) all recorded there, but I just almost am never able to access it! The firmware isn't working any more...

So, yes Heinz (#8) Rainlendar is definitely my trusted friend (only recently let me down once over the years for... an important birthday - and yes, the person in question is still in the system; so what?)

@Jeff (#10): believe me I did try that, but it absolutely doesn't work for me. I have to remember checking the paper which I can't (when it didn't get buried under other notes...)

@2 Big Daddy & Ethel#13): didn't know Notepad, Wordpad, HTML and tutti quanti did have a remind function (sound signal and pop-up that stays on screen if you don't deliberately close it!). And, Ethel, I'm definitely "relying on technology to do something" I absolutely cannot be " doing myself"...


I can only guess that 209 (!) thumbs down just stem from people whose memory is first rate... Otherwise?!!! The few real comments on the software itself (I thought that was the idea) seem positive, isn't it?

And last but not least, when are people going to stop complaining about the price of something they are getting for free?

So, even if I'll stick to Rainlendar (just because I'm well accustomed to it), it's all thumbs up for GOTD and Dextronet!

Francis Vandenolas  –  13 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+53)

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