Linkman Lite Changelog

What's new in Linkman Lite 8.9.8.0

Dec 23, 2015
  • Firefox 43+ compatibility (LinkmanFox addon is signed now)
  • When Linkman database is unsaved an asterix (*) is displayed in the Linkman Windows task bar

New in Linkman Lite 8.9.7.2 (Apr 27, 2015)

  • New browser launch method: Topmost browser:
  • This function can be useful for users with multiple portable browsers (Tools | Settings | Launch bookmarks).
  • Multiple bookmarks launch warning is now configurable:
  • When you try to launch more than 15 (default value) bookmarks at once, or a folder with more than 15 bookmarks inside, Linkman will ask you if you really want to do it. (configurable in Tools | Settings | Launch bookmarks).
  • New global hotkey: Show Tray Icon menu at mouse pointer position
  • SeaMonkey V2 import
  • Improved default browser detection

New in Linkman Lite 8.9.6.0 (Apr 17, 2015)

  • Support for Firefox 38+, Opera 29+, Chrome 43+, IE 11+
  • Search columns can now be configured in menu (View | Left-Right Side | Search columns; Search results right click menu)
  • New search method: Selected items content - With this option, search will be performed only in the folders and bookmarks that are selected in the treeview pane. This option replaces the "selected folder content" option.
  • Improved shortcut handling for keywords (Ctrl + Space in Treeview to add new keyword from keyword list, Ctrl + Enter to select a keyword to search for)
  • Consolidated import options
  • Browser paths in settings and links to local files in the database support now environment variables
  • Improved keyword search typing in keyword list window for handicapped users
  • All reported bugs have been fixes

New in Linkman Lite 8.9.5.0 (Dec 3, 2014)

  • When adding multiple bookmarks at once from a browser the parent folder properties will be displayed so the name of the folder can be edited (configurable in Tools | Settings | Receive Bookmarks)
  • Added "Show in Treeview" button to the Bookmark/Folder properties dialog. It can be useful if the main window is hidden.
  • Restructured the view menu with separation between left and right sides, so it's more intuitive to new users
  • Escape key will hide Linkman to tray if pressed in the main window
  • New function in Edit | New to create child folder as the first item of the parent folder (Hotkey Shift + Ctrl + .)
  • Support for Firefox 34+, Opera 26+, Chrome 40+, IE 11+

New in Linkman Lite 8.9.3.0 (Jun 10, 2014)

  • Support for Firefox 29+, Opera 22+, Chrome 36+
  • Keyword List search: multiselect is now possible (search for more than one keyword)
  • Clear launch history function
  • Bookmark addition tray icon notification: option to turn off in settings
  • Multi bookmark addition: folder name is now a combination of first bookmark and current date
  • Added more options to Settings | Drop Basket
  • Faster database load on Windows 7 and 8|8.1
  • Bug fixes:
  • Firefox 27+ German Umlaut did not import correctly
  • Chrome 33+: folder names with the length of 1-2 chars were not imported correctly
  • main window maximize did not stick if the start hidden option was active

New in Linkman Lite 8.9.2.0 (Jan 23, 2014)

  • Linkman displays now a notification when a new bookmark is added from browser
  • Fixed existing bookmark detection (was not working in some uncommon cases)
  • Improved UI responsiveness during bookmark validation

New in Linkman Lite 8.9.1.0 (Dec 27, 2013)

  • Support for Firefox 26, Opera 19, Chrome 32
  • Path sort will now also sort folders by name
  • Improved compatibility with Windows 8.1. The Linkman IE Toolbar can now also be used with IE 11 on Windows 8.1, but you must disable the enhanced protected mode first:
  • click the settings icon in the right top corner of IE 11 to display the menu
  • select Internet Options
  • go to Advanced tab
  • scroll down to Security section
  • Make sure Enable enhanced protected mode is NOT checked
  • Restart IE, the Linkman toolbar will be available again
  • Bug fixes:
  • adding a large numbers of bookmarks from the Opera addon at the same time
  • send to Linkman Explorer function will now accept folders
  • fixed URL launch with latest Seamonkey
  • improved compatibility with Thunderbird
  • fixed handling of some user defined browsers

New in Linkman Lite 8.8.5.0 (Jul 31, 2013)

  • New Linkman tutorial video (Bookmark to Youtube will be placed on Desktop after installation)
  • Added Path to Sort methods
  • "Add Bookmark from browser" hotkey looks now also for URLs/Links in Clipboard, so Bookmarks from unsupported browsers can be added
  • Added Modification Date search to Link Collector
  • All reported bugs fixed
  • New or improved web browser support:
  • Initial Safari support
  • Initial Opera Webkit (15+) support (including Addon)
  • Google Chrome 29+ support
  • Firefox 23+ support
  • Initial Avant Ultimate Support
  • Initial Maxthon Cloud Browser Support

New in Linkman Lite 8.8.0.26 (Apr 16, 2013)

  • Properties dialog: when the user is editing keywords while a keyword update/retrieval process is present in the background, the web keywords and the user input will be merged using a comma now
  • After successful synchronization Linkman Pro tray icon hint will display the filename and date
  • Added copy to clipboard button to options tab | old path of bookmark properties dialog
  • Fixed several issues with the Opera browser
  • Keyword list will display now also keywords with only 3 letters (old limit was 4 letters)
  • When the Linkman web icons data-file (.licons) is damaged, Linkman will create a new one now; the web icons can be recreated by doing a complete
  • bookmark validation in the tools menu
  • When the user changes the web path of a bookmark, the validation status icon is reset
  • Bookmark validation resume was not always working when a server send bad URL data
  • Implemented bookmark validation work-around for bookmarks with incorrectly set path anchors
  • Hotkey changes:
  • main window
  • changed swap databases hotkey from ctrl + u to ctrl + j
  • changed expand treeview from ctrl + j to ctrl + +key

New in Linkman Lite 8.8.0.16 (Apr 16, 2013)

  • Functionality Changes:
  • The Linkman tray icon will change its color to indicate a status change
  • Red Icon: normal (default) operation mode
  • Purple Icon: Linkman is loading or saving a bookmark database file
  • Green Icon: Linkman has just synchronized a bookmark file using an external synchronization service like Dropbox or Google Drive. The Icon will stay green until a new bookmark is added, or an existing deleted.
  • The last bookmark/folder selection is now stored in the lmd database instead of registry/ini file
  • Added Firefox 22 and Google Chrome 26 compatibility
  • When adding bookmark paths (for example http://www.outertech.com) from Clipboard Linkman will retrieve the bookmark name
  • Improved Powermarks import
  • Added "Start Linkman with Windows" option to Linkman Pro installer
  • Separated installer Start Menu and Desktop shortcuts into two sections
  • Bug fixes:
  • Layout problems on low resolution monitors
  • Internet Explorer 9 detection on some systems
  • Fixed a potential crash if an addon is blocking the Firefox communication queue
  • Implemented a bookmark validation work around for Jetty web servers
  • Autosave after receiving bookmark option works now also with adding via drag & drop
  • Work around for OLE error dialogs on systems with OLE registry errors
  • Some other minor fixes

New in Linkman Lite 8.8.0.0 (Mar 18, 2013)

  • Major internal changes to the optional Internet Explorer Linkman toolbar:
  • protocol changed from Named Pipes to TCP/IP resulting in better stability with large databases
  • improved Internet Explorer 10 support
  • improved Windows 8 support
  • Linkman search window can now be optionally shown by using one of the toolbar buttons
  • Specific browser can be now also configured in the properties of a folder. All bookmarks inside this folder will be launched using the configured browser.
  • Settings | Program Exit has now a privacy section, where you can configure if launch and search history should be saved
  • Improved handling of the case where the user tries to load the same database to the left and the right panel at the same time
  • Added URL.USER and URL.PASSWORD tags to export templates
  • Search function will display completion time also on non successful searches
  • Phrase search (using quotations) was sometimes not working (fixed)
  • Improved Chromium support
  • Added save date, username, and computername to status section of File | Properties (you need to save at least once with 8.80 to see any data here)
  • Many small interface improvements

New in Linkman Lite 8.7.0.0 (Mar 18, 2013)

  • Improved support for local files:
  • Shortcuts to local files can be created more easily. Select the files in Explorer, right click and use the Send to -> Linkman function.
  • Alternatively multiple files can be drag & dropped from Explorer to a Linkman window or the 'Bookmark | Add shortcuts to local files' menu function can be used.
  • Time edit fields have been added to Properties dialog status tab.
  • Improved Google Chrome import (creation date is imported now).
  • Compatibility update with the latest browsers.

New in Linkman Lite 8.5.0.0 (Mar 18, 2013)

  • General Addon overhaul to support the latest versions of the Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Opera browsers.
  • Windows 8 RTM support

New in Linkman Lite 8.4.0.0 (Mar 2, 2012)

  • Firefox 11 support
  • Faster URL launching in Firefox 6-11
  • New search options: Besides #n (for example #3) to find bookmarks/folders with a specific rating, you can now use also > n (for example >1) and 3 will show all bookmarks/folders with the keywords news and a rating greater than 3.
  • Search and Properties dialogs can be configured to display at mouse cursor:
  • Button in Properties dialog.
  • Menu option in Search dialog.
  • Improved privacy settings: saving of search and launch history can be disabled in the Search dialog launch menu.
  • Added more shortcuts (see Hotkeys and Shortcuts section of the tutorial)
  • Fixed drag & drop issues with some left-handed oem mouses
  • When adding new bookmarks, Linkman will not overwrite user entered descriptions anymore
  • Improved support for systems with more than two monitors

New in Linkman Lite 8.3.2.0 (Mar 2, 2012)

  • Firefox 9 and 10 (Beta) compatibility including Firefox 9 and 10 Addon (works also with 3-8)
  • Internet Explorer 9.0.4 support

New in Linkman Lite 8.3.1.0 (Oct 26, 2011)

  • Added folder history to Bookmark properties dialog
  • Improved Firefox 8 compatibility
  • Fixed problems with IE9 integration

New in Linkman Lite 8.3.0.0 (Oct 14, 2011)

  • Firefox 7 and 8 (Beta) compatibility including Firefox 7 and 8 Addon (works also with 3-6)
  • Initial Windows 8 support
  • Browser command line parameters can be set in Settings | Browser
  • After unhiding from tray area Linkman will restore the cursor to the last focused position

New in Linkman Lite 8.2.0.0 (Aug 18, 2011)

  • Firefox 6 compatibility including Firefox 6 Addon (works also with 3-5)
  • Added password generator to Bookmark properties dialog
  • Added a button to search dialog to quickly switch the Stay On Top status

New in Linkman Lite 8.1.0.2 (Jul 16, 2011)

  • Updated Linkman Firefox Addon to 5.0.1 (no functionality changes)

New in Linkman Lite 8.1.0.0 (Jun 24, 2011)

  • Firefox 5 compatibility including Firefox 5 Addon (works also with 3.6 and 4.0)
  • Chrome 13 compatibility including Google Chrome 13 Addon (works also with 10-12)
  • You can limit search to specific bookmark ratings using #rating, e.g. a search for manager #3 will display all bookmarks that contain the keyword manager and have a rating of 3
  • Search & replace can be performed also on selected items only
  • Linkman will display a confirmation dialog if you try to launch more than 30 links at once
  • Several user interface tweaks and 2 bug fixes

New in Linkman Lite 8.0.0.0 (Mar 24, 2011)

  • Firefox 4 Addon (works also with 3.6)
  • Improved Internet Explorer Addon: works with UAC enabled, added compatibility for Internet Explorer 9
  • Google Chrome Addon (all versions)
  • Opera 11 Addon
  • Bookmark properties dialog can be resized
  • The initial focus of Bookmark properties dialog can be configured (Options Tab)
  • Alternate combobox display for numeric user defined data fields
  • Query Favorites can be created in search window (Linkman Pro)
  • In searches AND NOT can be substituted with a - sign for example:
  • A search for: foo -bar is the same as: foo and not bar
  • Replace dialog: use * to delete fields (Linkman Pro) for example:
  • Enter * as new text, do not enter anything as new text
  • Enable Keywords Checkbox
  • Click Replace All and all Keywords content will be deleted
  • Added Time to Date display in search results
  • Added "Page changed" Date/Time column to Search results
  • Rearranged some Hotkeys due to user suggestions (see Hotkey list for details)
  • Improved search experience on very large databases (100.000 links and more)
  • Many tweaks and some bug fixes

New in Linkman Lite 7.9.0.0 (Mar 8, 2010)

  • Firefox has now optional Linkman buttons in the main toolbar. Rightclick the Firefox toolbar and select customize.
  • Firefox can now be configured to launch links into existing tabs. Tools | Settings | Launch URLs.
  • Chrome 4.x-5.x support (including import)
  • Toolbar buttons available in two different sizes
  • Improved support for sharing Linkman links between two computers.

New in Linkman Lite 7.8.0.10 (Mar 20, 2009)

  • Added more Buttons to Firefox integration, Improved Printing: QueryPrint, Userdef fields, configurable margins, Query option to search for whole words only (default off), Query option to autocomplete search terms (default off), Added date support to Powermarks import