The Sticky Notes UWP (Universal Windows Platform) app in Windows 10 offers that simplicity and easy accessibility that a once-in-a-while use case scenario would require. There are, of course, fancier solutions available out there, some that work quite well with Windows itself, but sometimes, all one needs is a place to quickly take down an important piece of info.

The feature was retained in Windows 10, fortunately for those of us who’d still want to make use of it.

They may have outlived their usefulness for many, given the countless productivity apps now available across all major desktop, web, and mobile platforms, but Microsoft clearly hasn’t forgotten them. The GNOME desktop environment has a built in 'sticky notes' feature available, whereas KDE (K Desktop Environment) has a desktop notes application called Knote.Sticky notes have been part of the Windows repertoire of features for quite a while now. On Linux, desktop notes have existed for a long period of time. Third-party desktop note applications such as ShixxNOTE offer more options than Sticky Notes. As Microsoft states in its description, 'Notes' can be used to 'Capture ideas, notes and remainders in a quick and easy way.' On Windows 7, the successor to Vista, this functionality is replaced by a stand-alone application called Sticky Notes, in which the notes can be freely repositioned on the screen. On Microsoft Windows, desktop note applications have been included by default since Windows Vista, which has the Notes 'gadget'. MacOS has its own built-in desktop note functionality with the Stickies application and, from Mac OS X Tiger through macOS Mojave, with Dashboard, an application that has notes and other desktop widgets.

A number of applications have duplicated the functionality of Stickies on other platforms. For the Macintosh, the Stickies application was developed by Jens Alfke and included in System 7.5, released in 1994. The earliest-known desktop note application is 'Note pad' made for the GEOS system for the Commodore 64 in 1985. They are typically rectangular and yellow, like their real-world counterpart, but most applications support other colours and more elaborate designs. Screenshot of Knotes, a desktop note application for KDEĭesktop notes are computer applications that allow putting Post-it note-like windows on the screen, with reminders, short notes and other clippings.

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