I never have used a Diary based organizer like that, not saying I'm not organized (always was using MS Outlook).

The first impression when opening the program is rather eye-candy.
A small advertising line above the day entries can be turned on or off via options dialog (however, I don't suspect privacy issues).
The only thing I don't like is the name "My Dear Diary" (It reminds me having my sister and grandma for coffee all afternoon).

In itself the program is very easy to use, and, well organized.

My Dear Diary is a keeper. If not done so already, you should give that program a try.

very nice giveaway
Thank You

+5 Stars

stockmann  –  12 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+139)

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Very nice PIM today with a MS Word 2010 smart interface and an extremely powerful WYSIWYG editor which makes the editing of a diary entry a breeze!!

Definitely a KEEPER...but hmmmm I was wondering the meaning of "STARTER" edition.... I smell a rat here....

Looks like not the FULL VERSION of the program...just for a change!!

Is that right, dudes??


Anyway, as BEST FREEWARE ALTERNATIVES I recommend the following GEMS:

* (PORTABLE) CintaNotes (my personal FIRST CHOICE)

This is a TERRIFIC free Personal Note Manager supporting TEXT SNAPPING, I highly recommend you using, if you are keen on keeping your daily notes and tasks organized in a very professional way.
Since it supports TEXT SNAPPING, with this magic tool you can collect and tag your own thoughts as well as any piece of information you may run into while reading docs or surfing the web (software reviews, freebies & giveaway, book and article excerpts, job postings, famous people quotes, research data, curious facts, Wikipedia definitions, blog posts, important news etc...).

And finding out your notes has never been easier with this app, as they can automatically be retrieved for you thanks to its awesome "as-you-type searching" option, which allows users to retrieve only those notes containing the text and the title they previously typed and even the URL those notes were taken from.

It can even synchronize your notes across multiple PCs via DropBox and/or LiveMesh: how cool is that, dudes?? So, forget the TREE and use this more professional FREE note manager instead:

http://cintanotes.com/


* (PORTABLE) RedNotebook

COOL cross-platform diary and journal:

http://rednotebook.sourceforge.net/

The Portable version, to carry it anywhere you go, can be downloaded here:

http://portableapps.com/apps/office/rednotebook_portable


* FamilyFile 1.0.1.3 (no longer supported but still a pretty good PIM in my view)

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/Home-Education/FamilyFile.shtml

Screenshots:
http://www.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/FamilyFile-Screenshot-119329.html

And here you can download the FREE & PORTABLE version of great to-do list software like “Efficient PIM Free PORTABLE”, “Portable Efficient Sticky Notes 3.0 Build 319″, “Portable Efficient Man’s Organizer Free 3.0 Build 318″ etc…

You can take your pick...LOL!

http://www.efficientsoftware.net/


Enjoy!!

Giovanni  –  12 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+129)

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I had to try it, but uninstalled immediately.

The uninstaller does not remove the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Chrysanth key, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CSDPlugin or the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\CSDiary.exe key.

It also does not delete all the files under C:\your user name\Appdata\Roaming\Chyranth\NETtime\Diary folder

You also have to manually delete the CL\Program Files (x86) Chysabth Fiary folder as it leaves the firebird.log file.

I am not one to keep a diary, but for those keeping the program, rename msvcp80.dll and msvcr80.dll to something like msvcr80.dl in the E:\Program Files (x86)\Chrysanth\Diary directory. Now run the executable and verify all functions work, then you can delete the renamed files

reghacker  –  12 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+125)

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Something strange is going on here ...... 624 "thumbs up's" in under three hours.

Very few GAOTD offers get that many votes in 24 hours - those that do tend to be exceptionally good programs and I cannot see why todays offer should generate such a response.

Bettersafethansorry  –  12 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+96)

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Why all the Bogus Reviews and Favorable Votes? I am becoming more and more and much more disillusioned with each passing month will all the bogus reviews and all the positive votes for these bogus reviews! Like with today's offering, barely 3 hours into the offering, I found the first comment has +87 favorable votes! HOW AND WHY? That's a no-value, inane comment, and the 87 positive comments immediately make it clear that it's a rigged comment with rigged votes. Surely the company is involved in this, as there is simply no way there could be that many positive votes on such a useless comment. (The only other alternative is that GAOTD is involved in this vote manipulation.) I assume it must be the developers, the company, their friends, family, or investors, or some cabal interested in presenting false information designed to get us to download and install these offerings. (I guarantee that "Ruby" is directly involved somehow!") Note the broken English in the comment; this always persuades me to believe it is our "foreign" developers who are collectively voting to promote their stuff. WHY OH WHY can't GAOTD stop this practice; it would be so easy to develop scripts to peruse the server logs for bogus votes and then to delete the associated comments, if found. GAOTD should value its customers more than its suppliers. I am tempted to try this program out, but when I see clear, obvious deceit and fraud in the commentary, I immediately become skeptical and worried about what *other* deceit might be in the product itself! And yeah, I know, I'm clearly not the first person to point this out, but I just couldn't resist when I saw +87 positive votes~! REALLY, GAOTD? Give us a break and help us out here!

Slim

a long-time fan and member

slim2none  –  12 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+86)

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