Hi Curt, thanks a lot for the great advice. Of course, I am also subscribed
to your excellent service.
Regards,
Pierre
Curt Davis wrote:
> On 22 Nov 2000, at 12:57, Dr. Pierre Hostettler wrote:
> > Can any one recommend a software which allows for effective management
> > of bookmarks?
>
> HI Pierre:
> As a prerequisite, I manage 17,778 bookmarks (as of right now) with
> Netscape's program and still consider it the best way to manage
> bookmarks (if you use Netscape)... MHO
>
> However, it seems like the most popular software program is
> PowerMarks (but please read on):
>
> http://www.kaylon.com/power.html
>
> I don't personally like PowerMarks because it doesn't provide the
> organization I want. As I mentioned above, I am perfectly happy with
> Netscape's bookmark management system. I can create folders,
> subfolder and sort them at will. The bookmarks are searchable using
> the find feature (CTRL-F) and find again (CTRL-G). I include
> keywords in the bookmark properties so that I can find things easily.
>
> I expect that one of these days I will be forced to switch to
> Internet Explorer at which time I will absolutely need a bookmark
> manager. The reason is that each IE favorite is actually a file in
> Internet Explorer - extreme disorganization IMHO. Netscape's single
> bookmark file (that is searchable) is the real key to managing
> bookmarks (IMO).
>
> If I am forced to switch to MSIE... The only program I found that
> seemed like it would work for me is URL Manager. URL Manager will
> import Netscape bookmarks (and categories) and MSIE favorites,
> export html files, generate custom reports, capture URLs from the
> clipboard and also grab URLs from either browser - all for $15. As
> I mentioned, Powermarks is a favorite of many folks, but it doesn't
> support Netscape categories and I don't think the report features
> are as good.
>
> Here is the homepage for URL Manager 2000 in case you are
> interested:
>
> http://www.dlcwest.com/~sorev/urlmgr.htm
>
> I have put together a list of several software and internet based
> bookmark managers that you might also take a look at here:
>
> http://www.curtdavis.com/links/BOOKMARK.HTML
>
> Regards,
> Curt
>
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