QuikNote

QuikNote is a basic text editor developed in Java that gives you the possibility to easily, open, edit, create and save plain text documents, namely files with the TXT extension. It offers a simpler alternative to the Windows Notepad, since it comes packed with a lighter set of options.

Provided that you already have Java installed on your computer, you don't need to set up anything else. The entire tool's packed in an executable .jar file that can be saved to a custom directory on the disk or copied to a removable storage unit, in order to seamlessly launch it on any PC with Java.

It doesn't add new entries to the system registry or create files on the disk without letting you know about it. In order to uninstall it, you simply have to delete this item.

When it comes to the interface, QuikNote opts for a standard window with a minimalistic appearance, showing options in the "File" and right-click menu.

Text can be typed of copied from the Clipboard. It's possible to cut, copy, paste, delete and select all text, change the reading order, insert and show Unicode characters, open existing documents, as well as save files by specifying the output directory and file name. The output format must be set to .txt, otherwise the tool creates a file unassociated with any application.

Unsurprisingly from such a compact tool, it didn't put a strain on the overall performance of the machine in our tests, running on a low amount of CPU and RAM. It remained stable throughout the entire session, without hanging, crashing or prompting errors. However, the developer made a minor mistake, setting the "Ctrl+0" key combination instead of "Ctrl+O" for opening files.

To wrap it up, QuikNote may not have a particularly rich set of options and customization preferences to make it your go-to text editor, but it offers a straightforward solution to taking quick notes, as it was designed for.