Bookmark Buddy is a highly sophisticated tool for storing and organizing your bookmarks. These are its key features:
Finding bookmarks
• | Three clicks: category, subcategory, bookmark. |
• | Fast full-text search facility with options to restrict which fields are searched; whether matches are case-sensitive; whether whole or partial word matches are sought. |
• | Show search results as a list or by highlighting. |
• | View bookmarks as a list, ordered alphabetically or by date, rating, or number of visits. |
• | Schedule one-off or regular visits to bookmarked sites or documents. |
• | SmartFolders: automatically-maintained aliases to recently visited, recently added, frequently visited, scheduled to visit, and user-selected favorites. |
Organizing bookmarks
• | File bookmarks in multiple folders using aliasing. |
• | Move items around using drag-and-drop and mark-and-move. |
• | Check status of (validate) web site bookmarks in the background. |
• | Find duplicates and delete or convert into aliases. |
• | Add separators (optionally with text) to visually subdivide items. |
Bookmark collections
• | Each collection can contain up to 60,000 items (bookmarks, folders, aliases and separators). |
• | Protect site passwords stored in a bookmark collection using 128-bit Blowfish encryption and a single password. |
• | Protect entire bookmark collections using 128-bit Blowfish encryption. |
• | Instantly switch between bookmark collections. |
• | Export bookmarks to a printable document, web page, spreadsheet, or any other text format using the template-based export facility. |
• | Automatically maintain a 3-stage backup of each collection. |
• | Manually backup using 'Save copy'. |
• | Readily share bookmark lists with other users. |
Web browser functionality
• | Import and export Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox and Yahoo Toolbar bookmarks |
• | Import AOL and CompuServe 2000 Favorite Places |
• | COM and DDE support for communicating with almost all web browsers. |
• | Drag and drop bookmarks to and from any web browser. |
• | Fetch bookmark from frontmost browser tab or from a list of open browser tabs. |
• | Open bookmark in a new tab or frontmost browser tab (where supported by browser). |
• | QuickLogin: Fill out most log-in pages and windows with a single keystroke. |
• | QuickSearch: enter search terms before loading a web page. |
• | Switch between different web browsers instantly. |
• | Specify which browser to use for a particular bookmark. |
Windows functionality
• | Open programs, folders and documents. |
• | Open the containing folder of a program or document. |
• | Open folder in 'My Computer' or Windows Explorer-style window. |
• | Use wildcards in document path names: ? (single character) and * (any number of characters). |
• | Drag and drop bookmarks to and from any document. |
• | Copy bookmarks in a variety of text and HTML formats. |
• | QuickLogin: Fill out most log-in windows with a single keystroke. |
Types of bookmarks that may be stored
• | Internet bookmarks/favorites/favourites/address/URLs |
• | Application/program, document and folder shortcuts |
Metadata stored with each bookmark
• | Site log-in names and passwords |
• | Keywords (to aid searching) |
• | Ratings (to aid selection) |
• | Times of last and previous-to-last visits, entry creation and modification, site check and update |
• | Count of number of visits |
High usability interface
• | Alternative interfaces: ‘Regular’, ‘Organize’ and ‘Compact’ |
• | User-selectable font face and size for main window |
• | Optional flat style controls with improved usability |
Miscellaneous
• | Loads in a snap and uses minimal disk space, memory and resources |
• | Includes comprehensive integrated help notes |
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