• What if my question is not answered here?
• Is it really free?
• Can I move my DiddleBug drawings to my desktop computer?
• What exactly is an IntelliBooger^TM extension?
• Why would I want to use IntelliBooger^TM?
• But isn't it easier just to switch to the other application instead of using IntelliBooger^TM?
• Why does it draw so slowly in freehand?
• The alarm doesn't sound when I turn my Palm off.  What's up?
• Why does my menu just blink when I try to use it?
• Why does your manual suck?
• Who can I thank for DiddleBug?

If you question is not answered by this FAQ, and you cannot find help in the (still incomplete) manual, then feel free to mail me with your question.

Yes, it is really free. You can use it without charge and modify or redistribute it under the terms of the GNU GPL. If you enjoy DiddleBug and want to help support my software writing habit, I would be grateful if you bought Nag Screen.

NOTICE: Version 2.6 of DiddleBug has moved to a compressed record format and the 0.4 and earlier releases of BugBMP will not work with the new DiddleBug. We hope to have a new BugBMP version soon which will work with DiddleBug 2.6.

Yes! There is a command-line program for Windows/DOS that allows you to extract sketches from your backed up DiddleBugDB.pdb file and save them as bitmaps.   Daniel Lin wrote this program, and you can get it here.

Also, you might want to use the ImageViewerIII plugin to transfer your sketch to the ImageViewerIII database. There are a variety of desktop tools to manipulate and convert that format.

IntelliBooger^TM extensions are the code embedded within DiddleBug that allows it to create entries in the ToDo, DateBook and other databases without leaving DiddleBug.  It is based on an advanced, unpatented pick-and-flick technology.

• Pick - Select "Transfer" from the menu.  You will now see the Pick Text Field at the bottom of the screen.  You can use graffiti (or the built-in Palm keyboard) to transcribe information from your sketch into this field.
• Flick - If you push the Flick Button (button on the left), then this information will be entered into the application of your choice.  You can select which app to flick to using the plugin button.  Any alarm or repeat information that you have previously entered for a DiddleBug sketch will be automatically read and used in the new entry.

IntelliBooger^TM is implemented using plugins that you can install on your Palm. Each plugin that you install allows a different target application or entry type to be used. Please see the plugin page here for more information. Also, please read the section in the manual about using the plugins.

DiddleBug has some advantages over the built-in applications:

• It is very easy and fast to enter information and set alarms.
• It allows you to show your sketches for alarms.

But the text data in the built-in applications also have some advantages:

• You can sync the info with your desktop.
• It is easy to catoragize and organize the info.
• Many third-party applications can work with your text info
• You can do a global search for text data.

IntelliBooger^TM plugins allow you to take adavantage of the very fast information capture offered by DiddleBug, while still allowing you to easily enter this info later into the built-in applications, so you can have your cake and eat it too!

Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't. I will often have trouble remembering a phone number even for the amount of time that it takes to switch to another application. Also, using IntelliBooger^TM allows you to delete the sketch that you are transferring information from in the same step, so you don't have to worry about duplicate information.

The smoothing filter will introduce a delay between your pen movements and the ink showing up on the screen. You should set the filter to "Unsmooth" when you need fast performance for those fast scribbles. Also, smaller pen sizes will be slightly faster than the large ones.

The Palm Operating System will only check for alarms once every 60 seconds when the power is off. Therefore, the alarm may be up to 60 seconds late if you have turned your power off. You will not notice this in most applications because they usually will not let you see a running countdown to the alarm time like DiddleBug does. Rest assured that the alarm will eventually go off (within a minute). If you need greater accuracy than a minute, then why did you turn off your Palm?

Also, the PalmIIIx and PalmV machines have a known bug where sometimes alarms will not sound when the Palm is sleeping. If you do a soft reset of your Palm, the problem should go away.

If you are using a hack such as MenuHack or EVEdit that overrides the action of tapping the title of a form to bring up the menu, this will interfere with DiddleBug using that same action to show a shortcut menu. To fix this, simply go to the DiddleBug preferences and check the option that says "Disable titlebar shortcut menu".

It's not done yet!

DiddleBug is a collaborative project, and many people had a hand in creating and improving it.  I try to list the names of people who were the first to give a bug report or an implemented suggestion for improvement in the ChangeLog.  In addition to those, some notable contributors are:

• Mitch Blevins - Principal author and maintainer.
• Roger Critchlow, Jr. - Creator of the Doodle program, on which DiddleBug's drawing engine is based.
• Ben Darnell - Wrote most of the code that I stole for the DiddleSnap hack. Also was the person who first got me interested in Palm programming.
• Iain Barclay - Creator of the BugMe! program, which pioneered the yellow-sticky-note-with-alarm concept. You should check out BugMe! if you want a program similar to DiddleBug, but which uses the Palm categories and an index to organize your sketches.
• Daeyeon Han - Korean translation, much help with localization and bug reports.
• Francisco Sanchez - Spanish translation.
• Frederic Jean - French translations and several improvement suggestions.
• Stefan Schwingeler - German translation.
• Thorsten Tietz - Original German translation.
• Daniel Lin - Creation of a desktop program to convert DiddleBug graphics.
• Mike McCollister - General help, suggestions, guidance, bug reports, bug fixes.
• Alan B. (aka shrink) - Has more ideas than a dog has fleas.
• Chris Cardone - Conceptual design for IntelliBooger^TM extensions.
• Martin Geist - New program icon(s).
• Lonnie Foster - patches for program improvements and clipboard plugin.