The idea behind sidenote is very compelling. Although it integrates seamlessly into MacOS X, it doesn’t work properly when it is out of focus while having a third application covering the whole desktop (not full screen, maximize is the appropriate term). This is quite annoying because 90% of the time I work with programs that take up the whole screen. The list of apps I tested with are: firefox 3, thunderbird 2 and iTunes. (more…)