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iSticky

Issue: 3.5 (May/June 2005)
Author: Toby Rush
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Starting Page Number: 9
Article Number: 3505
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http://www.isticky.net/

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The Stickies application that comes with OS X is one of those polarizing programs: there are those who use the living daylights out of it, and those who never open it. For those who never use it, you can probably skip to the next review. For the rest of you -- especially those of you who are nit-picky about graphic look-and-feel -- Insist's iSticky may be a dream come true.

It's hard to review this program without using the phrase "Stickies on steroids." iSticky provides nearly all the functionality of Apple's utility, including the capability to change color, font, style, and the size of the text. However, it also adds quite a number of other capabilities to the little program, including much finer control over the look of the notes, the ability to tie notes to files in the Finder, and the capability of sending notes directly to other iSticky users, or to anyone, via e-mail.

iSticky handles note color by defining user-customizable themes that control everything from color (text, background, and border) to texture and shape. Tweaking the default themes allows you to create notes that look like they are embossed into your desktop, like iTunes-esque metal plaques, "lickable" Aqua-style buttons, or sleek panels of smoky glass. Notes can include headers and footers, which are displayed with different (again, user-customizable) font characteristics than the rest of the note.

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