BookMacster currently supports multiple Bookmarkshelf documents.� This design choice was made in order to provide a seamless replacement for Bookdog users who might want to continue managing bookmarks from different browser/clients (Safari, Firefox, Chrome etc.)
separately.� (In the documentation this is called
Usage Style 1.)� However in recalling hundreds of support cases, both in our private support correspondence and on this Forum, we've not seen anyone use separate, multiple Bookmarkshelf documents (although a few have mis-used them).� 100% of users seem to have their bookmarks
combined into a
single Bookmarkshelf.
Oh, well!� Of course, we're now considering eliminating support for multiple Bookmarkshelf documents, because it will make BookMacster simpler.� BookMacster would be like iTunes or iPhoto.� You'd have a single "bookmarks library".� You would define a single set of Clients, and a single set of Agents.� Bookmarks will still be stored in a file which you could locate in any location � including your Dropbox folder, your iDisk, or the current default location which is ~/Library/Application Support/BookMacster.� But only one such file will be supported.� The
File menu would no longer have a
New Bookmarkshelf or
Save As menu item, although we'll probably keep
Save,
Close and
Save As Move, and the
Bookmarkshelf Document will remain, at least initially, but it will be "under the hood".
For current users, the first Bookmarkshelf which you'd open after updating to BookMacster 1.1 would be automatically converted into your "bookmarks library".
We'd like a reply here from anyone that we've missed, who has a use for multiple Bookmarkshelf documents.� Soon (before it's too late)�
Thank you!