BooguNote

BooguNote is a highly intuitive app built to help users store and organize ideas in an elegant tree-view structure. Since it comes archived in a ZIP file and is portable, it can also be saved on your USB stick so you can run it on all available computers without leaving any trace on the host system.

Simplicity is the key when it comes to how BooguNote prompts users to write down what they have in mind. To cut out any useless introductory tutorials, the very text that can help newcomers get around the editor is written inside the program itself and is saved in BOO format.

The very idea of arranging note tabs is highly remarkable. Instead of being arranged in a row, the project tabs stack up vertically. A click on each tab opens the included text. The writing pattern is similar to diagrams, where users can add parent and children boxes of letters and words, best used in documents that contain data and chapters compiled in the shape of drop-down text.

BooguNote isn't the sort of program designed to write novels or any form of written art. Instead, it helps users better encapsulate written ideas under the guise of mini 'chapters.' Once such a 'chapter' has been completed, together with its many child bodies of text, a new one can begin.

The tool also contains nice little graphical icons to draw attention upon important notes, which the user can add via a right-click of a button in the main text panel.

Despite the simple look of the text editor, a single click in the 'Preferences' area will reveal a whole lot of available settings. For instance, the user can change the default font, alter the text block width, and have the program save all opened text tabs every five or more seconds.

BooguNote can change the TXT file encoding from ANSI to UTF-8. Obviously, interface colors, shortcut selections, and other various settings can be configured if needed. Notes can be saved to BOO and MM FreeMind Notes format.

BooguNote is an excellent note-writing application. It has a great text layout system and manages to keep things simple and tidy inside the main GUI without encumbering users with a button-heavy interface. However, this simplicity is just an impression. The 'Preferences' panel holds a lot of customizations, filters, and general functionality options, enough to please even the most pretentious writers out there.