Ubernote Power Tip: Run as Standalone Desktop App in Chrome

I know that there are a lot of UberNote power users out there (myself certainly included - I hit 8,000 notes just a few days ago!), so I thought it was time to start a series of "power tips".

UberNote is an extremely flexible Web application as we showed you in the last post on single-note editing. There are a lot of tricks we can do to enhance our productivity. One of my favorites is running the main UberNote Web application in its own standalone window without any browser toolbars or anything else to get in my way. Another benefit of doing this is that I get a quick launch shortcut on my desktop.

The process I'm going to show you next deals with the Google Chrome browser. Other browsers can do something similar, but to keep this short, I'll only cover Chrome for now.

Step 1 - Browse to your notes in UberNote

This step should be reasonably self-explanatory, but double check that the website location looks like what is hightlighted in the screenshot below:

Step 2 - Create application shortcut

Refer to the following screenshot to bring up the dialog that creates the desktop shortcuts:

The dialog that comes up allows you to select several different shortcut types to create:

Step 3 - Launch UberNote standalone using the new shortcut

Double-clicking on the newly created shortcut will launch your notes immediately:

The standalone UberNote looks like this:

Pretty awesome, right? No toolbars or extra baggage, just pure note-taking goodness. Another advantage to having a separate window is that your notes won't get buried in the rest of the tabs that are open, allowing you to move back and forth much more easily.

Hopefully you've enjoyed this tip. Keep an eye on our blog - there is more to come.

Feature: Single Note Editing

Recently we were asked about using UberNote as a replacement for Notepad.  This person usually had a keyboard shortcut key to quickly bring up a Notepad window to enter a new note.

To use UberNote like this all you need to do is create a shortcut with this link in it:  http://www.ubernote.com/webnote/client/StandaloneEditor.aspx?noteid=NEW_NOTE

The link will create a new note in the full editor, complete with autosaving and formatting.  It's basically the same editor that is inside the app.  Each time you go to that link a brand new note will be created and saved.  (Be careful not to close the note too fast, there is a few seconds of time that has to pass after you start typing so UberNote knows when to save.  You can see the text indicator in the top right to know that the save is complete)

Also if you want to access the same note over and over again, you can open a specific note and bookmark the link.  If you are in the full UberNote app and have a note opened there is a icon in the top right corner of the note that allows you to break out the note into a standalone editor.  The format looks a lot like the one above except is has the note ID in it.  Just bookmark or copy that URL.

(If a note doesn't pop out, you may want to look into allowing a pop up from UberNote.  For Chrome:   http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95472
For FireFox  http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/pop-up%20blocker)

UberNote Mobile Updated (iPhone, Android, Blackberry, iPad, Pre, PalmOS)

We are happy to announce an major update to the UberNote mobile website.

There are significant improvements over the previous version.  If you had the old one bookmarked, please update it to:

m.ubernote.com

Quick Launch

Simplified User Experience

• Quick Launch Home Page; where you can easily search, add a note, Recent Notes
• Simplified down to essential functionality

Mobile and Touch Friendly

• Mobile / Touch friendly sized text and icons
• Adjusts layout when switching to landscape
• Compatible with major mobile devices and operating systems (iPhone, Android, Blackberry, iPad, Pre, PalmOS)

"That's great but where is the iPhone or Android App?"

Stay tuned, we are working on it.  But in the meantime, the new mobile site works really well on the iPhone and Android.  If you don't know how, we found this great resource that tells you how you can add a bookmark to your home/launch screens on the iPhone or Android.  

Enjoy!!!

How UberNote helped me move across the country

Moving can be hectic and stressful and you'll want every tool at your disposal to make sure that everything goes smoothly. One of the most important pieces of information during the move is what is in all of those boxes!

I just completed a move across the country with my fiance and here is how we used UberNote to track all of our stuff during the move:

1 - I created a new note and shared it with my fiance so that we could both edit the note.

2 - Every time one of us started a new box, we gave it a number and added the box to the shared note. It was easy to see what numbers were already being used since I could see all of my fiance's boxes too.

3 - The major items that went into the boxes were recorded so that we could find out where everything was once it came time to unpack everything.

4 - On move day, when the movers assigned numbers to the boxes, we added those numbers to the list as well so if one box went missing we knew what would be inside.

5 - When all of our boxes arrived and we started to unpack, we prioritized the boxes to unpack first since we knew what was in them all on our mobile phones thanks to having stored everything in UberNote!

Packing and unpacking is a painful process, but with the right mindset and the right tools, you can sail right through it. Let us know how UberNote has helped you with a daunting task!

Image source - mava

UberNote Mobile Beta Testers Needed

We are looking for UberNote users to test the new UberNote Mobile site.

We've tested it on anything we could get our hands on; Android Devices, iPhone, Palm Pre and some other random mobile devices.

There are significant improvements over our current version.

• Simplified down to essential functionality
• Mobile / Touch friendly sized text and icons
• Adjusts layout when switching to landscape

Before we release to the mass public, we are looking for some feedback on other devices we don't have access to.  If you want to try it go to http://mtest.ubernote.com you can use your standard user names and passwords as it is connected to your normal account.  

Any changes made here will be on your normal account as well.

Please send feedback to http://www.ubernote.com/webnote/pages/feedback.aspx or email us directly at feedback (at) ubernote.com  screenshots are helpful!

Thanks

Thank you for your help!  The latest version is now up at http://m.ubernote.com

Throwback UberNote Feature: Bookmarklets

We've been a bit behind on our browser extensions updates.  In place of making a Chrome version or updating our Firefox extension at this time, I thought I would take the time to mention an older feature we did a long time ago.

The UberNote Bookmarklet!  It's an oldie but a goodie from back in the early days when Delicious was growing instead of being threatened of going down

We often forget about some of the great things we did years ago.  The bookmarklet even allows you to do a bit of tagging after the fact!  Check it out here.

Three Big Ways UberNote Can Help You Plan For 2011

UberNote is the ideal tool to help you plan for 2011. Here are three big ways UberNote can help:

1.  Keep track of your resolutions
UberNote is an ideal place to track your resolutions.  Here are a few ideas of ways to use UberNote to track your resolutions:

• Start a note with each of your new year resolutions
• Update each resolution throughout the year so you can track your progress 
• Revisit the resolutions as you make progress or changes to them
• Review them at the end of the year before you make new ones

2.  Create more resolutions

Your past thoughts and notes are a great place to come up with new resolutions.

• Read through last year's notes to see where your thinking was
• Pivot from those thoughts to create attainable goals

3.  Plan more than resolutions

UberNote is great for planning projects.  Gathering bookmarks and your own notes for research on projects, helps to keep everything regarding a project together.

• Plan home remodeling projects
• Plan how you want to manage your garden next year
• Plan meals and to do lists for that next big event