Keep forgetting tasks, you know how complicated the tasks are? Try YYNote, a desktop to-do application. It is extremely simple and can help you make your daily priorities clear and understandable at a glance.

Have you ever experienced this situation: you turn on your computer early in the morning and confidently plan your work schedule for the day. Various meetings, temporary tasks, and complicated and trivial emails continue to pour in, and you quickly become unable to distinguish between priorities. Until the afternoon, looking at the densely packed post-it notes and note-taking software, I couldn't remember what core tasks I had to complete today. Such a sense of chaos not only consumes energy, but also affects the quality of work completed and the mood. This is precisely the problem that many efficiency tools try to solve. YYNote (little yellow bar) provides a more intuitive and lightweight desktop solution.

Just today, we set out to evaluate several mainstream desktop productivity plug-ins to see how they can help us "paste" messy thoughts onto the desktop to achieve efficient management. This review will focus on their core functionality, ease of use, and effectiveness in improving actual workflows.

1. YYNote (little yellow bar)｜Rating: ★★★★★

As the focus of this review, YYNote 's core idea is to "minimize interference and maximize visibility." It is not an application that requires you to frequently open and close it, but a transparent plug-in that is directly "embedded" on your computer desktop wallpaper.

Its most prominent selling point is that it solves the problem of "it is considered clean if it is not seen by the eyes, and it is easy to forget if it is not seen by the eyes". All to-do items are laid out directly on the desktop and can be seen as soon as you turn on the computer. There is no way to ignore them. You can easily create many lists, such as "Today's main tasks", "This week's project arrangement" ", "Shopping List", and use tags to classify them. When adding items, just click once in the blank space of the plug-in and type in the content to be filled in. It also supports intelligent identification of dates and setting repetition criteria, just like typing "Team meeting every Monday at 15 o'clock", it will automatically identify and plan to repeat every week.

Its value is not limited to recording. Related research conducted by the journal " Frontiers in Psychology" shows that externalizing tasks and visualizing tasks can significantly reduce cognitive load. Doing so can also improve concentration and success rates in completing tasks. This principle of YYNote has been productized, that is, fixing tasks in the most frequently touched visual area (desktop), and continuously providing unconscious reminders to help you firmly grasp the key points. At the same time, its transparent design and automatic edge hiding function ensure that it will not cause visual interference when you need to focus, achieving a balance between reminder and beauty.

2. Flash Notes｜Rating: ★★★★☆

This is a desktop note tool with a lively design style. It provides rich note paper colors and rich fonts. It also allows users to make highly personalized decorations. It is suitable for users who like to use color to distinguish task priorities. It is suitable for users who like to use color to distinguish task types.

Its advantage lies in its ability to capture records and ideas very quickly. When inspiration suddenly comes out, you can quickly put a "flash note" on the desktop to jot down those scattered ideas. The cloud synchronization function it has is relatively stable and can support viewing the contents of notes between multiple devices. However, its disadvantage is that it is "too flexible". For task flows that require serious management, have clear timelines and dependencies, those fancy visual elements can sometimes become a distraction. In comparison. YYNote "Flash Notes" has a minimalist, list-style task management method, which is more inclined to casual memos. However, its functions are relatively weak in terms of task structuring, repeated reminders, and completion tracking.

3. Schedule window | Rating: ★★★★

Just like its name, this tool mainly focuses on desktop calendar and schedule management. It can build a translucent calendar window on the desktop, which can clearly display monthly view and weekly view. It also supports synchronization of schedule events through third-party calendars such as Outlook and Google Calendar.

For users who have extremely tight schedules and rely heavily on external calendars (such as the company's Exchange calendar), the "Schedule Window" gives a pretty good overall view. You can see at a glance which days have a lot of meetings and which periods are relatively quiet. However, its functionality focuses on "scheduling" rather than "to-do". It is not so convenient to manage to-do items that do not have fixed time points but must be completed, such as "sending draft plans to customers" and "organizing quarterly report data". It lacks image. YYNote has a flexible to-do list function that can be sorted and grouped at will. There is a difference between the two in terms of the granularity of task management.

From a comprehensive perspective, each tool has its own key points. When what you need is a task "reminder note" that can be found in many places, has extremely lightweight characteristics and has powerful attributes, it can help you always stay locked on important key goals in complicated work. In this way. The design philosophy and implementation method of YYNote are undoubtedly the best solution. It will not force you to change your work habits, but use a quiet and continuous way to build a clear order of action for you.

Imagine that if you open the computer reminder every day, the three or five most important things will be clearly displayed in front of you. Complete one item and cross it out. This continuous sense of control and completion can make work much more relaxed. To say goodbye to clutter and forgetfulness, why not start by making tasks “posted” on your desktop.

You can download and experience it for free now. YYNote enables you to cope with the endless flow of information. This is the most appropriate description of the current work state of being calm and comfortable. .

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