So far, I have the following done:
New Features
- Supports multiple note types, including rich text, PDF (read-only), and Web Archive (read-only).
- Imports Web Archive, URLs, and HTML files on-disk as web notes.
- Imports PDF files on-disk as PDF notes.
- Exports to iPod as textual notes, even to multiple iPods at once.
- Full-screen editing mode.
- Tags browser makes it much easier to find notes without searching.
- Note header makes editing tags and renaming much easier.
- New option to do nothing at startup.
- Table area supports the Home/End/Delete keys as one would expect.
- Complete Unified appearance. Pinstripes are dead.
- System-wide shortcuts to activate Notae and optionally prepare a new note for entry.
- Quick Entry window (with an SWS) to add one-off notes or have a little scratch pad.
- Core code reorganization resulting in a whole lotta incidental bug fixes.
Fixes
- Changing the type of search now re-searches on the new type.
- Undo/redo works properly for strikethrough and font changes.
- Remembers the background color of notes now (required a schema change, hence the delay).
- Resorts table after name changes, etc.
- Import is much faster and now has an accurate, modal progress bar.
And wow, was that a mess of fun. In doing that, I cleaned up a lot of the code that had accumulated over the 1.x timeframe so it’s both a bit faster and easier to add features to. I still have the following to do:
Planned Features
- Native export: PDFs to PDF files, Web Archives to webarchive files, text notes to RTFD files.
- Clippings import.
- Contextual menu to insert frequently-used snippets/templates.
- Drag-and-drop export of notes to files.
- Remember two sets of columns; one for the horizontal view and one for the vertical.
- Move the default filetype to SQL instead of binary for better performance with the new note types.
I think the feature set is pretty much closed now and I’m just going to finish off this list and then hit beta testing. I’m pondering releasing a time-limited beta and anyone that actually wants to report bugs (and have a chance to be rewarded with a license code) can contact me for a Trac account upgrade. That should give those that want to see it a chance to do so, and those that would like to actually test it can do so, be tracked, and probably get a free copy for the help.

Hi!
Adam, Notae 2.0 really looks terrific, I can’t wait to give it a try on my Power Mac! Will there be other 1.x releases before 2.0 is ready?
Keep up the good work!
— Jérôme
No, 1.x is final. Any further progress on the product required a model change, and that’s coming with 2.0 (I actually just finished the import procedure yesterday).
I’m pondering pricing schemes, but one thing I’m convinced on is that anyone with a 1.x license gets a $15 credit towards 2.0 if I decide to change the price. Looking at the notepad market, $15 is a sweet spot, especially for the features 2.0 will have, so I’m unlikely to change the price at all, making it a free upgrade. I think the logistics of changing the price and dealing with coupon codes and emails and so on would make me work far too hard for $5 a head, especially since it would likely upset about a hundred new users from MacZOT and MacUpdate Promo.
But, take heart, it’ll be Universal and work on the Power Mac as well.
When can we expect Notae 2.0? Hmm… sorry, I know developers don’t like this question
Notae 1.x is terrific, 2.0 wil be a killer app. I don’t use Notae only because I can’t export content from the internet but when this is fixed, well, my credit card is ready
— Jérôme
I’m preparing the public beta now. I’m just going over the code one more time, cleaning up all the mistakes I’ve made in the 1.x series and making it a lot leaner overall to make adding the additional features easier.
So, a ballpark estimate I won’t begin to claim that I’ll adhere to: say a week or two for that?
OK, I’ll keep looking
Thanks for your efforts!
— Jérôme