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Posted by Cassius
Dec 19, 2008 at 08:33 PM
Ken wrote:
>I know that Surfulator can capture a complete web page, its URL, and page title, as well
>as give you a field for your own comments. But, if I just want to capture the URL, page
>title and have a field for comments, are there other programs that that can easily
>capture this data and automatically populate the correct fields like Surfulator? I
>would like to start capturing this data, but I do not necessarily want to capture the
>web pages themselves. Can Surfulator be made to do this? Or, should I be looking at
>alternate programs? I should also add that I am looking for a program that has a
>tree-like organizational structure and tagging so I can organize my data. I am trying
>to expand my PIM tools to my web surfing.
>
With myBase + WebCollect, you can capture all of a page or just the part you highlight. In either case, the URL appears at the top. Thwere is a 2-tab interface. One tab shows the Web page (or portion captured). The other tab displays a blank RTF page on which you can write comments, paste graphics, etc.
-c
Posted by Ken
Dec 21, 2008 at 12:55 AM
I think that I am going to try LInk Stash for now. It seems to do exactly what I think I need. Its portable, and very easy to use. And, it requires no installation so I can use it at work. I will give IQ a go, but for now I am going to wait because it is tied to FireFox, while I am using IE at work and trying out Chrome on my netbook. Thanks for the recommendation, Alexander.
—Ken
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Dec 21, 2008 at 06:32 AM
Glad to have been of help :-)
By the way, regarding Chrome—which I also flirted a while with- you might want to check the following stories suggesting that it is nothing short of a resource hog, as is Internet Explorer 8:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/09/03/36TC-browsers_1.html
Interestingly, this was far from apparent during my own experience, because Chrome creates a multitude of threads, making it difficult for the Task Manager to ‘add up’ its total footprint; i.e. it looks lighter than it is.
alx
Posted by Michal
Dec 21, 2008 at 05:05 PM
Ken wrote:
>I know that Surfulator can capture a complete web page, its URL, and page title, as well
>as give you a field for your own comments. But, if I just want to capture the URL, page
>title and have a field for comments, are there other programs that that can easily
>capture this data and automatically populate the correct fields like Surfulator? I
>would like to start capturing this data, but I do not necessarily want to capture the
>web pages themselves. Can Surfulator be made to do this? Or, should I be looking at
>alternate programs? I should also add that I am looking for a program that has a
>tree-like organizational structure and tagging so I can organize my data. I am trying
>to expand my PIM tools to my web surfing.
>
>Thanks,
>
>—Ken
Hi,
My preferred web clipper is Surfulater. I use Macropool’s Web Research for a while, but switched.
As for managing bookmarks, there are a few bookmarks managers I tried:
Link Commander http://www.resortlabs.com/bookmark-manager/linkcommander.php - supposed to be good, but crashed repeatedly under my Vista.
Linkman http://www.outertech.com/index.php?_charisma_page=product&id=5
LinkyCat http://linkycat.com/ - crashed under Vista
LinkStash was the quickest and the most stable, and therefore is the only one still installed on my Vista laptop. I like it’s stability/simplicity. Too bad it doesn’t support favicons (yet), and I wish it had a better Firefox3 integration. BUT. It’s the best of the lot to my humble opinion :)
I’m debating whether to try the following:
Advanced URL Catalog http://www.jordysoft.com/aucatalog/advanced-url-catalog.aspx (um…20 Euro…)
Eluma - a freeware! - sort of combined RSS reader+bookmarks manager http://www.eluma.com/site/Default.aspx ... Here’s a product demo: http://www.eluma.com/site/Product/ProductDemo.aspx
Michal
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Dec 22, 2008 at 09:10 AM
Michal, thanks for the heads-up on Eluma. It looks like an interesting tool, especially since it provides synchronisation between computers.
alx