MemoTicker

Broadcast real time text news over the company network to all connected receivers. Also display notes locally as known from previous versions. Sophisticated time control included!

Pros: MemoTicker has developed from a handy note tool to a powerful news system for a company network. Important news and information can spread at high speed and in real-time. This is push-communication as an instrument, without using the Intranet, and without the necessity to act yourself in order to receive the information (pull-communication, like with browsers, email, etc.). Using memoticker3, you display or broadcast your notes and memos in a ticker on top or bottom of the screen - similar to the known stock exchange or news tickers in TV.

As a special feature, a sophisticated time control turns your ticker-line into a powerful time management system. You can display your notes permanently or on selected dates. A powerful and easy to use timing control assists you with creating date-controlled notes. News broadcast then can be controlled to such logic as "Broadcast this message (show this note) on every last Tuesday of the month, and also on two days before". News created on a computer defined as the transmitter will be displayed on all computers defined as receivers. A company network can hold one ore more transmitters, but a receiver can only be connected to one transmitter at a time. Switching to another transmitter can easily be done by entering a new network path. MemoTicker may, but does not have to run permanently on the broadcast computer in order to maintain the broadcast mode. You can close MemoTicker after creating, editing or deleting news on the broadcast computer. It is merely essential to keep the broadcast computer itself running. The sysop can individually activate the broadcast mode and set the network path to the broadcast computer on each computer designated as receiver. He creates his password on the broadcast computer administrated by him. It is not necessary to explicitly define a computer as transmitter. Each computer not set as a MemoTicker receiver can be a transmitter.

Cons: No specific issues noticed.

Overall: Quite useful functionality, the electronic equivalent of a paging public address system. It is reasonably easy to use. This is a good 4 star system level performance.

Broadcast real time text news over the company network to all connected recievers. Also display notes locally as known from previous versions. The built-in time control extends MemoTicker 3 to a powerful project management tool.
Using MemoTicker, you display your notes and memos in a ticker on top or bottom of the screen - similar to the known stock exchange or news tickers in TV. No matter how many notes you create, you always keep track with them all - without additional required space on your monitor.
As a special feature, a sophisticated time control turns your ticker-line into a powerful time management system. You can display your notes permanently or at selected dates. A powerful and easy to use timing control assists you with creating date-controlled notes. By just a few mouse clicks, taking just a few seconds time, you create sophisticated timings like "Broadcast this message (show this note) on every last Tuesday of the month, and also on the two days before!". MemoTicker 3 is a tool offering both foreground and background usability. If there are news or notes existing, and their timing correspondends to current time, they will be broadcasted, respectively displayed on the ticker. Notes without timing control will also be permanently broadcasted, respectively displayed.
If the display width of all current notes falls below the over-all width of the ticker, the display will be static. If it exceeds the over-all width of the ticker, the text will roll endlessly.