@6 Chandra : "without any bloat of dot NET" ?

It's just a bunch of API-libraries. It's services can be turned off:

Control Panel\Administrative tools\Services

Set the .net optimization-something to disabled, ngen-service to disabled and Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache to disabled.

If You run Windows x64 You have two of each service.

If set to disabled it works anyway. (On XP You must set them to off, else the startup of desktop and network will be painful slow). Remember doing it after every updates installed for it.

Just a tip to You who constantly complain about Framework.net ! It really is nothing to complain about !

(This program didn't need/install it though)

I haven't had a lot of time to fiddle around with this, but I am already convinced that it's a keeper — and I may have tried every one of these programs ever designed.

Myself, I don't care about the stickies and there are a few other things I might not use, but for those of you complaining about it being too "busy", all you have to do is close down what you don't want to look at. This is a very nice information manager. Clean, comprehensive, and easy to use.

@Reviewer: The license for AmlPages is for ONE computer, portable version or not. That is why you cannot use it on any device of your choice.

@DoktorThomas: WT F?

KEYNOTE 1.6.5 gets my vote: the old, original version, not the re-release. Completely free, shortcut friendly, customisable, I've been using it for many years and never had a problem. Yes, the files get a bit bloated but I don't sync to a cloud so what-the-hey.

So spend a year or so adding all your notes to this app, and then what will you do when your Windows breaks or you buy a new computer? Then you must pay $29 for AML to get access to your data again.

But like one said above, use the portable version only, and then must make proper backups, you will be fine with it.

To #5 we use Scrivener, not free, but does store your data in individual .rtf files that are readable by any application.

I guess AML uses proprietary database, which imo is not a good place to store your personal stuff because you can never get to it without their software installed. So who really owns that data.

#9 DoktorThomas™
If your software requires repeated up-dates, it wasn’t ready for prime time.
This will mean that if the environment you live in changes it would be unable to adapt to it.

This offering is merely another of a type that already exists. Such software is entirely unneeded, is always unneeded and always will be unneeded. Think!
Surely if the above statement had any validity would still be using WordStar ( The First Word Processor) and VisiCalc (The First Spreadsheet) in fact an endless list of program types.

My suggestion, think!

I used aml from the previous giveaway. but having problem when i used it to another computer. it is not totally portable because when you used the aml portable version to another computer it will ask the serial. sometimes can't open. So, i shift to Smart diary which is real portable and has more functions.

I find that the free version of Evernote serves my purposes with it's nice clean interface and automatic synchronisation with online storage.
As Giovanni says - https://evernote.com
Maybe you sould download and register this GAOTD and then you could compare it with Evernote.

I write. I research. I keep loads of information on my computer. MY COMPUTER - NOT in the cloud. So, I've tried many of these information oranizers.

My absolute favorite is TreePad XEnterprise (12 GB version). However, for a long while, it has been giving me grief, hanging and running off with the CPU every time another application uses a little memory. I tried to get help from the company to no avail.

Therefore, I will download this baby and give it a try. If I like it, I will purchase it.

Thank you!

I Like it. One thing. A browser extension would be nice.

/#12 thanks for letting everyone know where you keep your passwords, now what was that you said about no security concerns..lol Just din but yes I agree you should never keep your passwords on your computer. or if you use a password manager make sure its a good one. Today's software is a good one, although not or the beginner but Def learnable, yes I know its not a word but it works here. Thanks GOTD for this and the Portable version.

#5 Crunchy: I use the old but still good AM-Notebook from Aignes (http://www.aignes.com/notebook.htm). It stores each note in a .rvf RichView format document, yet all accessible from the tree note. There is a free version you can try out. I can't say it's the best of the bunch, but I bought a license years ago and haven't found enough reasons to switch to anything else. I also use OneNote, but find it more cumbersome, though handier for storing web-pages.

#9 DoktorThomas: somewhat odd post. Though I agree with the sentiments, we are far away from such a proposal for the masses, and tools like Aml Pages are still valuable for many. Thanks for the suggestion for Bleach-Bit, though!

#12 George: storing passwords all depends on your needs. If you're at work or on the road, a notebook at home isn't much help, and you might lose the notebook if you bring it with you. I use a program like KeePass with a very strong password, and some of these password programs can use 2-factor authentication if you are extra concerned.

In my humble opinion, anyone who keeps passwords for their computer and different websites ON their computer needs to rethink. I use a notepad (NOT Notepad from windows, rather a piece of paper made from an actual tree) and a pen. I have zero security concerns this way as I keep it locked in my desk drawer away from prying eyes.

I am using AllmyNotesOrganizer 2.67 for this purpose. That was given as a Giveaway here.
Its good to keep notes in case one needs refreshing of knowledge.
Aml Pages is good too, the GUI looks little outdated, i mean the colours and the layout. It could use some colour instead of some old looking layout and theme.
But i bet it performs well as for what it was made for and i.e., note keeping.
Will keep it for other purpose.
By the way, is their a way to make it portable version.

-If your software requires repeated up-dates, it wasn't ready for prime time.
-Don't add stupid features over time to produce faux "new" versions.
-The software either has a niche or it does not. If the latter, back to the drawing board.
-Just because you can code, doesn't mean you should be marketing software.

This offering is merely another of a type that already exists. Such software is entirely unneeded, is always unneeded and always will be unneeded. Think!

Today's computer users' needs are strongly orientated around:
1. a new PC OS (not written or authorized by MSFT)
2. closing back doors in other's commercial software
3. unbreakable encryption that is logically operable
4. absolute OS integrity on every PC boot (eliminating the need for AV of all types)
5. a secure IM--uncrackable, untraceable, unhackable, uncompromisable, unseen, unmonitorable
6. anti-spyware software of all imaginable types, especially focused on government spying and illegal monitoring
7. software that stops any autorun program at user choice
8. digital air gap software for clean storage access and exchange
9. better ad blocking for Internauts
10. an absolutely secure skype replacement (see IM requirements above)
11. automatic ssl from keyboard to PC and PC to any other connection in the world
12. Improved anti-script browsers for surfing the web
13. Absolutely secure VoIP (see IM requirements above)

Google FFTF; you need to know your access to the Internet is being compromised without your permission.
Google: Bleach-Bit; you will be glad you did.
Disclaimer: no interest nor remuneration from either destination above.

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How is this different then Microsoft's OneNote? (other then being free here today?)

Having downloaded this, it seems to me to be an awfully complex and somewhat untidy program, and I'm not sure if I'm getting a continuous full licence or what? Also the English language and syntax could be a whole lot better.
It may work very well, and if it does, it's the sort of program that I would find useful, but I'm not sure that I can invest the time in sorting it out, not knowing whether I'll need to relicense it on an annual basis.

Another good software from GOTD and G&G Software (Mazov Gosha as Carc - developer of Aml Pages) that worth to keep.
It runs on my old plain WIN-XP SP3 (without any bloat of dot NET).
I'm usually put any notes and web clips into freeware treepad and sometime into Tranglos Keynote: http://code.google.com/p/keynote-nf.
So, I hope the developer adding ability for importing that formats and also creating plugin to export aml file to epub format. And perhaps creating android apps that open and edit aml file?

Hi guys, I love these organizers but all of them have one huge problem - stuffing everything into just one physical file, which then becomes really huge - and that's a nightmare to sync with any cloud service (yes, it is just deltas, but these files are usu using database format of some kind which sprinkle a small change all over the file). So as much I don't like M$, I do love OneNote, because it creates small files simply in simple directory structures and those are super easy to sync..
PLEASE does anyone know of a single one tree organizer which does it in a similar way like OneNote? That would be my bye bye to M$ :D

Today's giveaway is a GREAT notes and websearch organizer to keep all your notes, information, web pages, passwords and other data in a single place: supports plain text, rich text, tables screenshots, files, URLs, attachments, web pages, passwords, URL-address in the form of a TREE so as to quickly find them with no hassle.

Can clip text from anywhere: Microsoft Word, Internet Explorer, Outlook, Opera, Mozilla Firefox, OpenOffice.org, Acrobat Reader etc....and this tool is even able to embed hyperlinks to other sections of the document and tags, URLs and emails, files and folders.

Full Video TUTORIAL:
http://amlpages.com/video.shtml

Users can also extend and expand the basic features of the main program with appropriate PLUGINS, once putting them in the installation folder:

http://amlpages.com/plugins.shtml

There is also a PORTABLE VERSION which can be download from their website....

And guess what? THE GAOTD key works even with the PORTABLE version (free upgrades available till 25/10) so now you know what to do...LOL!

Maybe the only downside is that it's not intuitive, so noobs may find hard to handle it at beginning.

THUMBS UP from me!

As BEST FREE ALTERNATIVES I recommend these FREE GEMS:

https://evernote.com
https://www.zotero.org
http://www.docear.org
http://www.sanwhole.com/vole-magic-note.html
http://pnotes.sourceforge.net
http://cutestickynotes.com
http://www.aiclipboard.com/save.me/index.html

Enjoy! ^_^

Installed and registered in a slightly unusual way without any problems opened up to a cluttered interface, the cluttering caused by the many options and functions presented by the program.
Obviously a great deal of effort has gone into designing a program that helps you take notes and keep track of information.
Visually it has a rather raw look about it, most certainly not elegant, possibly because I am in XP it looks this way.
It has so many functions and bits and bobs that the only way to understand it is to actually download and install it.
It appears to do considerably more than the program I use called Zotero which I will continue with.
If you collect information from many sources this could be the program for you, for myself I could probably have used it many moons ago when I was a student, but for now I'll stick with my much less complicated Zotero.

Installed and registered with a license.zip file without problems on a Win 8.1.2 Pro 64 bit system.

A (Russian/Ukrainian?) company without name and address.

A tip! Before installation visit the homepage of this program. WYSIWYG... The same cluttered and overloaded with with informations, tabs, links, colors will expect you with the user interface.
http://amlpages.com/about.shtml

This happens with a software which grows over many years. You add a feature here, a new task there, two shortcuts over there and a new branch with new windows in the last row - because you don't have any space left on the screen. And you don't have the time to rewrite the code again with a new structured interface. So be aware!

Upon start, a crowded interface opens. You need some time to see what you can do with this piece of tree structured notes keeper. And you can do a lot - more, than I will describe in a short test here. Just look at this page:

http://amlpages.com/about.shtml

In their own words:

Tree-structured form of notes
Text and paragraph formatting
Images, screenshots capture, tables
Easily text and web grabbing
Instant search, filters and tags
Bookmarks and hyperlinks
Security and auto-backup
Unicode support
Free plugins and portable version

You can add plugins for spell check, formatting, the use of DropBox for synchronize and and and. Plugins date back to 2007. The software itself has a long development phase - over ten years.

You can download the portable version here :
http://amlpages.com/download.shtml#Loc_Ver

If you have installed and used this software, you'll find WinWord easy to handle.

To be serious: a not so good structured, but a well tested and complete system for note taking. Worth to invest some time to learn.

I'll keep it, just for a longer testing.

And to the programmer : I think, that this software is at the end of a development cycle. Would it be a good idea to restructure now the complete program?