You mentioned feature requests and there are a few I am missing from URL Manager Pro. I've mentioned some of these in an email to Jerry but I have a few new ones.


saving bookmarks in NetNewsWirePro
preferable via keystroke, secondary method via scripts menu

go to bookmark in active browser (not default from prefs/config)

different sort methods: date, URL, name

check against URL and not website name for duplication when saving

add bookmark via configurable key stroke

saving bookmarks to specific folder at time of capture

select font

hide in background when not selected application

Thanks for BookMacster. I have retired URL Manager Pro.

Mirskyman wrote on Nov 15^th, 2010 at 5:45am:
Most users keep the BookMacsterize bookmarklet in the Bookmarks Bar or Toolbar, but if you're "not a toolbar person", you may keep it in the Bookmarks Menu; it will it still work.

The intended usage is that there are two ways to add a bookmark, "quick" and "neat".  You select the behavior by holding down, or not holding down, the option key.  In Preferences ▸ Adding you set which behavior you get when you hold down, or do not hold down the option key.

• For a "quick" entry, a "BookMacsterized" bookmark is immediately added to your "New Bookmark Landing" which you have set in the Bookmarkshelf's Settings ▸ General.  And that's it.  This is for when you're in a hurry, and plan to sort your bookmarks later.  Nothing shows.  (Adding a sound effect here is on our to-do list).

• For "neat" entry, the Inspector opens so that you can fill in shortcuts, tags, comments, etc. and also move the bookmark out of your New Bookmark Landing to a different folder.  To move, use the Move hyperlink near the middle of the Inspector window.

In either case, the bookmark is added to the frontmost Bookmarkshelf Document, however to reduce clutter, you may have the Bookmarkshelf window minimized to the Dock.

Mirskyman wrote on Nov 15^th, 2010 at 5:45am:
Not yet.  The Add Bookmark menu items are all ready to go in a future version, but we've turned them off until we can get this working in all browsers including Firefox.  (You may recall that this was broken in URL Manager Pro when Firefox 2 became Firefox 3).  We don't want to add this feature until it works in at least Safari, Firefox and Chrome.  For now, you must "Move" as described above.

Mirskyman wrote on Nov 15^th, 2010 at 5:22am:
Ah, thanks for the feature request.  I guess that would be a instinctive reaction, to drag it.  We'll see if that can be done.  For now, click in the menu File ▸ Export Bookmarklet to ▸.

Thanks to schnide sending his data, this issue is fixed in BookMacster 1.3.2, which we plan to release on the Beta channel tomorrow.  The problem was a performance logjam which occurred when importing a large XBEL file containing many duplicated bookmarks that also do not have externally-supplied identifiers, as from URL Manager Pro.  It would take many minutes to do the import, and could crash on some Macs if resources were limited.

Anyone wanting to import an XBEL from URL Manager Pro containing a lot of duplicates would be affected, and can get BookMacster 1.3.2 later tomorrow, by changing their BookMacster ▸ Preferences ▸ Updates to Beta and clicking Check for Update.

Hello,

Trying out BookMacster. Tried importing my URL Manager Pro file. I have tried it 3 times (after exporting from UMP) and all 3 times I get a crash. Do you want the crash report sent to you at a specific address? I'd prefer not to post the crash info on a public forum.
Mac OS X 10.6.4 fully patched. iMac 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4GB.

Please let me know if I can provide further information.

Thanks

chrislong wrote on Oct 20^th, 2010 at 5:47pm:
Yes, that's expected.  The New Bookmarkshelf wizard cannot import from an XBEL file.

chrislong wrote on Oct 20^th, 2010 at 5:47pm:
Eeek.  If you click in the menu BookMacster ▸ About BookMacster, does the window confirm that you have version 1.2.7, as in my screenshot?  I just updated BookMacster on Mac in the next room, using the built-in Check for Update, and this is what I got…

Create a New Bookmarkshelf.

The Quick Import is down at the bottom.  You'll use Choose File.  Select XBEL.

We've just published a beta version, BookMacster 1.2.7, which adds ability to import and export XBEL files.  This allows users of URL Manager Pro and Webnote to import their bookmarks from those apps.  Instructions on how to do this are here:

http://sheepsystems.com/bookmacster/HelpBook/quickImEx

To update BookMacster to this latest beta, in the menu click Preferences then Updates and make sure that Beta (Early Adopter) is checked ON, then Check for Update.