mentioned earlier in this thread that (old-school luddite that i am) i just use notepad. word/excel/etc takes up too much RAM for me while i'm surfing, and i like to keep my browser bookmarks nice and tidy, so notepad is how i roll.
however, i have several txt files for different purposes, one for current interests, one for my peachy index, one for my link collection, one for another forum i frequent, a few small txt files for various other concerns, etc.
i often find myself bouncing around between two or more of these txt files, and tonight i was thinking how nice it would be to have some lightweight software that allowed me to tab between these files. well, the freeware truth is out there....
testing out "EditPad Lite" right now. light on system resources and it automatically hotlinked all the URLs in my txt files (huge bonus!!! though double-clicking them opens new firefox windows instead of new tabs which i'd prefer).
http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/downloads/EditPad_Lite_12556_p/there are other similar options around:
NoteTab Light seemed to have too much going on for what i needed, but it's maybe an interesting option if you're also looking for html-editing. not interested enough so i removed it.
http://www.notetab.com/ntl.phpLopeEdit Lite
http://www.download.com/LopeEdit-Lite/3000-10251_4-10496154.htmlseems light and useful, though no auto-hotlinking. haven't removed it yet...
ExtremePad
http://www.exproductions.com/seemed light and easy at first glance but after it opened multiple system tray icons and task manager processes i tossed it, especially after trying out EditPad Lite. may check it out again, may not. who knows.
maybe more choices out there too, would like to hear feedback from others who prefer "low-tech" organizing.
p.s. security footnote also should point out i've not checked any of these yet for adware and such. no great concern for me and i assumed these were safe downloads. but i do run adaware/spybot weekly or so. if i notice anything amiss i'll post it.