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Bookmark Buddy will let you access the same bookmark list from more than one computer over a network. The first user to open the bookmark list has read-write access, so is able to update the list; anyone else who then opens that bookmark list will have read-only access, so any changes they make (to notes or Last Visited times) will not be saved (unless they save a copy of the bookmark list). In short, any number of users can read a bookmark list; only one user can update it.
In a Windows 95/98/ME networked environment I recommend the following:
| 1. | Create a ‘master’ bookmark list and have one user maintain it ‘privately’. |
| 2. | Copy the master bookmark list to a public/shared location and set its properties to read-only (in Windows Explorer, right-click on the bookmark list file and select Properties and check Read-only). |
| 3. | Let users know where they can find the shared copy of the master bookmark list. |
| 4. | Whenever the original of the master bookmark list is updated, copy it over the shared version. |
If you can set user access privileges for individual files:
| 1. | Create a ‘master’ bookmark list in a public/shared location and set its ‘sharing’ properties to permit read-write access for a named user (or for all Administrators) and read-only access for everyone else. |
| 2. | Let users know where they can find the shared copy of the master bookmark list. |
| 3. | Whoever has read-write access to the master bookmark list will be able to update it. If more than one person has read-write privileges, only the first person to open the bookmark list will be able to update it. |
In both cases, changes will be apparent to users when they next reload the master bookmark list (e.g. by re-selecting the list from the File menu). Users can of course create their own separate bookmark lists.
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