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> I once had a volume knob widget on my task bar that used 4 meg of ram. Somehow I feel it could have been done better. Yesterday, I decided to finally retire

> I once had a volume knob widget on my task bar that used 4 meg of ram. Somehow I feel it could have been done better. Yesterday, I decided to finally retire my old self-written 'sticky notes' utility, and migrate all my notes to the built in Windows 10 Sticky Notes. * My note app: ~3mb whilst running. * Win10 Sticky Notes: ~22mb whilst running. 22mb might not be a lot of ram, but I do struggle to understand how it's using that much memory just to display small squares with text in them... ... Anecdote: Two hours later, whilst trying to copy-paste text from one note to another, I lost the text completely, and Sticky Notes crashed... ~sigh~ back to my crappy app then...

csydas 9y ago
Probably because the Sticky Notes on Windows 10 has a bit more functionality built in. If I remember correctly, it has integration with other systems (including Outlook), so you can make a note and create a calendar event with said note. Basically there's just a lot going on under the hood for many of these "simple" apps that isn't user facing. For better or for worse, that's why.
- Jaruzel 9y ago
  > so you can make a note and create a calendar event with said note hmm wasn't aware of that, and didn't see the option - if this so, then I shall redact my outrage. :)
  - ocdtrekkie 9y ago
    One of the other things not yet mentioned here, is that Sticky Notes integrates all of Microsoft's new Inking and Typing features. On a touch/pen enabled system, you can write on the note, and if you have some of their cloud features enabled (I usually don't), it'll convert your handwriting into text, convert text items like addresses into clickable links, etc. If you put a flight number in there, it can turn it can add flight tracking, if you put a stock ticker in there, it can update you on that, etc. See: https://www.howtogeek.com/285944/how-to-use-sticky-notes-on-windows-10/ https://www.howtogeek.com/285944/how-to-use-sticky-notes-on-... Sticky Notes these days packs in a surprisingly large number of features. (None of which I use, but it explains the 22 MB footprint.)
proactivesvcs 9y ago
"Stickes" from Zhorn Software currently running ~8MB private bytes. I've been using this software for...er...longer than I can actually remember. I don't recall it crashing once. http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/ http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/

csydas 9y ago

Probably because the Sticky Notes on Windows 10 has a bit more functionality built in. If I remember correctly, it has integration with other systems (including Outlook), so you can make a note and create a calendar event with said note. Basically there's just a lot going on under the hood for many of these "simple" apps that isn't user facing. For better or for worse, that's why.

Jaruzel 9y ago
> so you can make a note and create a calendar event with said note hmm wasn't aware of that, and didn't see the option - if this so, then I shall redact my outrage. :)
- ocdtrekkie 9y ago
  One of the other things not yet mentioned here, is that Sticky Notes integrates all of Microsoft's new Inking and Typing features. On a touch/pen enabled system, you can write on the note, and if you have some of their cloud features enabled (I usually don't), it'll convert your handwriting into text, convert text items like addresses into clickable links, etc. If you put a flight number in there, it can turn it can add flight tracking, if you put a stock ticker in there, it can update you on that, etc. See: https://www.howtogeek.com/285944/how-to-use-sticky-notes-on-windows-10/ https://www.howtogeek.com/285944/how-to-use-sticky-notes-on-... Sticky Notes these days packs in a surprisingly large number of features. (None of which I use, but it explains the 22 MB footprint.)

proactivesvcs 9y ago

"Stickes" from Zhorn Software currently running ~8MB private bytes. I've been using this software for...er...longer than I can actually remember. I don't recall it crashing once. http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/ http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/