![]() Similarly, there are various ways to add a URL from your browser to the bookmark file. (An accompanying "menulet," Mondriaan, lets you access a limited set of separately determined URLs even when URL Manager Pro isn’t running.) But you don’t need to work in URL Manager Pro’s window just to open a URL the bookmark file can also be displayed hierarchically in the program’s Dock menu, and even, in the case of Internet Explorer, Opera, and iCab, as a normal ("shared") menu amongst the browser’s own. Double-clicking a URL opens it in your browser or you can drag it into a browser. You can add a note to each URL, as well as set various other options. The window displays an outline of folders (categories) and URLs within them you can rearrange these as one would expect of an outline. Laying Out the Garden - A URL Manager Pro window represents a bookmark file you’re not limited to one such file, but I like having just one that opens when URL Manager Pro does. To put it simply, if I had to list the top five utilities without which I could never have made the switch to Mac OS X, URL Manager Pro would be one of them. I have been using it in various development versions for months now, but it has just gone final as version 3.0, which seems an appropriate opportunity to recommend it. ![]() In this moment of need, Alco Blom’s URL Manager Pro saved my bacon. With abrupt clarity, I knew I needed a separate, browser-agnostic URL keeper to act as a central repository. But even more important, I no longer had a browser of choice – in this brave new world, I have been experimenting with several browsers (Internet Explorer, Mozilla, OmniWeb, and others) that clamor for my attention. The problem was partly migrating my settings from Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X and keeping them coordinated in case I switched back. All that changed, though, in the move to Mac OS X. Such preserved URLs are often referred to as "bookmarks." Adam wrote a three-part article in 1996 on bookmark management software and techniques, but at the time I paid scant attention, since my browser of choice, Internet Explorer, handled them adequately, providing a hierarchical menu for choosing "favorite" URLs and an outline interface for arranging them.
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