I've used Noteworthy for over ten years, and I'm still getting free upgrades on my original $40 investment. I'm on version 1.75c. There is a Beta version 2, but I haven't tried it.

I use Noteworthy mostly for posting tunes at Mudcat, and I've learned to enter notation very quickly with it. With the new FTP function in Internet Explorer 7, I can get a simple melody posted in well under ten minutes.

I've tried ABC and Finale and Pavane's Harmony programs, but never found the time to really figure out how they worked. There are lots of things I'd like Noteworthy to do better, but its learning curve about matched my patience level, so I've stuck with it.

For years, I've been meaning to learn how to use the free Finale Notepad software. I know people who really love it and say it has all the Finale features they need without the cost of Finale - but I've never got around to learning it.

-Joe, with too many things he's going to get around to doing-