InkNote

InkNote is a lightweight software application whose purpose is to help you leave notes on your screen with the aid of a colorful pen that comes in different sizes.

User interface

The tool gives you the possibility to create multiple notes which can be resized and moved to the desired location on your desktop. Whenever you click on a note, a set of tweaking parameters is displayed at the bottom of the note. The configuration options can be used for customizing each note.

Personalize each note

InkNote lets you make use of a pen for writing user-defined messages, alter the color and size of the pen, adjust the transparency of the note, and copy the current note as an image to the clipboard and paste it to other utilities.
What’s more, you are allowed to save the information comprised in the notes to a custom folder on your computer, grab a user-defined region of the screen and embed it in a note, change the background color, undo your actions, as well as remove unwanted parts from the drawing using an eraser.
Tests have shown that InkNote carries out a task quickly. We came across several bugs as the transparency mode does not work properly. It does not eat up a lot of CPU and memory resources so the overall performance of the computer is not hampered.

Where it needs improvements

The notes can be viewed and accessed only if the application is active which represents a great inconvenience. If you open another program on your computer, the notes disappear from the screen.
The configuration panel that includes the set of tools used for customizing the looks of the notes is not quite intuitive. The icons are too small so it may prove to be a bit difficult to guess their exact function.

Bottom line

All things considered, InkNote comes packed with basic features for helping you take notes. It needs enhancements to make the entire process more intuitive.