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[Michael Terry <michael.terry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello!  I don't really work on xpad any more, but I've cc'd the dev team on
this reply.  Thanks for your thoughts!

On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 5:08 AM, Quinn <nightsmaiden@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I ran across Xpad in the process of overhauling my systems, and it is by
> far a better sticky note app than I have seen otherwise on Linux. (The
> others usually suffer from scope creep and end up being more cluttered and
> notebook-like than I would prefer).
>
> I have been dabbling in Linux for over a decade, but various situational
> factors have kept me primarily on Windows. While using Windows, I found the
> program Stickies, by Zhorn Software, and I love it. Without giving the
> notes themselves any of the visually distracting elements I have found in
> other apps, the dev has managed to add a lot of very useful features that
> you simply cannot do with physical sticky notes.
>
> What I am wondering is whether pointing to an excellent feature set that
> is either currently unavailable on Linux or not very well announced would
> be considered useful as an inspiration, or just annoying, because Xpad is
> pretty much where the dev team want it. I don't want to come across as a
> jerk who does not appreciate the work done thus far, when I actually intend
> this as "your work is excellent, here is an example of how to be even more
> excellent in a field that tends to have scope issues!"
>
> I am not a coder in any language currently used for programming, but I am
> a designer and experienced tester who is willing to slog through doing the
> same thing a dozen different ways to see if any of them break and give
> useful feedback after testing, either strictly facts or my opinions, as
> relevant. I would be happy to help with the project if there is need for
> those traits.
>
> To be more clear, these are the features I have missed from Stickies on
> Linux.  Without building a lot of complexity into the appearance of the
> notes themselves, Stickies lets you:
>
> Back up and encrypt your database of notes (there's actually a whole
> lecture about security when you install it). I suspect that the structure
> of this database enables a lot of the other features that I have not found
> in competing programs.
>
> Maintain a "recycle bin" of deleted notes, so accidentally deleting one
> isn't a disaster.
>
> Assign a title to notes which shows up in the menu bar of the note. Mostly
> relevant when combined with rolling up notes so that only the title bar
> shows.
>
> Hide or roll up notes on an individual basis.
>
> Attach notes to particular other windows or apps and setting them to hide
> unless that window/app is open. Very useful for making
> project-project-specific notes that don't get in your way when you're not
> working on said project.
>
> There are other features I have not found, but those are the ones I *miss*
> and think would be excellent to include.
>
> Please let me know if it would be useful to convey all this to the dev
> team or of it would just be obnoxious. They are doing a great job already,
> and I don't want to add stress if this would not be welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Quinn
>



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