Keep all your bookmarks in the same browser-independent collection!

In 1994, there was not much to see on the Internet. I had only a few links in my Internet Explorer favorites. However, when a friend had recommended to me that I try Netscape, I immediately faced the bookmarks synchronization problem.

Now I have 3 different browsers at work, 2 browsers at home and another one is installed on my notebook. I use hundreds of bookmarks and need to regularly synchronize them between all my computers and Web browsers. Unfortunately, none of them contains a reliable bookmark manager that is
compatible with the others.

What I need is a stand-alone browser-independent bookmark solution. I tried many of them but finally looked no further when I found Link Commander from Resort Labs. This feature-rich bookmark manager has all the features to please every user, from a novice to an IT professional.

Link Commander is browser-independent. This means that it does not require any specific browser, but rather supports them all. It can export/import links to/from virtually every modern browser. Link Commander instantly monitors your open browser windows and clipboard for URLs and is able to add a bookmark whenever you need it, from whatever browser you happen to be using at the moment.

Link Commander Lite is a tool that allows you manage favorites and bookmarks.

Link Commander provides advanced capabilities to manage your bookmarks: searching, link validation, automated duplicate elimination, etc. A bookmarks collection can also be protected with a password. You can open bookmarks with any browser installed on your computer.

For Link Commander, a Bookmark is not just a URL. When you add a bookmark, the program analyzes the page you bookmarked and retrieves additional info from it, such as title, short description, keywords, etc. This info helps when you through your bookmarks collection.

Several instances of your Link Commander bookmarks collection can be easily synchronized or moved using the Internet or a memory stick.


Here are some key features of "Link Commander":

General features
· Ability to be used as an integrated environment performing operations with browsers
· Proxy support
· Clipboard monitoring
· Checking for updates of Link Commander through Internet

Collections, folders and links
· Independence of link collections from browsers
· Easy transport of link collections from one computer to another
· Retrieval of descriptions from web pages
· Capability to add open links from browsers
· Capability to add links to collections through the clipboard
· Capability to add links to collections through the Drop Trap
· Capability to add links to collections from external applications
· Capability to add new folder to collection in folder selection dialog
· Capability to open links using a list of already installed browsers
· Quick access to links from "Favorites"
· Quick access to links using the context menu icon in system tray
· Quick access to links using the context menu of Drop Trap
· Sorting and editing link collections
· Fast duplicate search
· Capability to synchronize folders and link collections
· Link-verification capability
· Capability of simultaneous verification of several sets of links in different threads
· Password-protection of links and folders
· Quick locking and unlocking of all protected folders by the same password
· Prioritizing of folders and links
· Choice of text color for collection items depending on priorities
· Hyperlinks' support in description of folders and links
· Powerful export/import of link collections in formats such as Internet Explorer Favorites, Netscape Navigator Bookmarks, Mozilla Bookmarks, NetCaptor Groups, Opera Hotlist, and HTML-documents

Built-in multi-page browser
· Automatic online keyword search using multiple search engines (Google,Yahoo, Altavista, Lycos, etc.)
· Full customizing of the list of the search engines used by online search
· Showing cached images while web pages are loaded by build-in browser (unique feature)
· Online translation of web pages by WorldLingo.com (supported languages: English, Spanish, German, French, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Japanese,Korean, Chinese)
· Searching of keywords in the current web page (framed pages are supported!)
· Highlighting of keywords on current web page (framed pages are supported!)
· Online translation of phrase by WorldLingo.com

User interface
· Flexible customizing;
· Enhanced drawing of menu and toolbars (supported styles: Standard, Office XP,Office 2003, Stripes);
· Two-panels interface;
· Displaying collections as a tree or a list view;
· Comfortably use both keyboard and a mouse to perform commands;
· Full drag'n'drop support.
· Capability to roll-up and roll-down the main window of Link Commander;
· Minimization to system tray.


Requirements:

· Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher
· 32 MB of RAM
· 4 MB of free space on your hard drive


Limitations:

· 30 days trial


Note
The Lite edition lacks the following features that you can see in the Standard one:
· Supervisor
· Built-in browser
· Favicons support

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Added Netscape 9.0 support
· Improved AOL Browser support
· Added Dutch, Swedish, Indonesian, Chinese (traditional) translations
· Improved user interface
· Minor tweaks and updates