What's new in Linkman Pro 8.9.9.9
Jun 27, 2017
- Firefox 55-57 compatibility
- Bug fixes
New in Linkman Pro 8.9.9.2 (Jan 3, 2017)
- Faster search speed
- Faster bookmark validation
- Improved visuals
- Added attach and insert folder buttons to the "move to" window
- Linkman window will be unhidden or brought to front if the user holds down the CTRL key while using 'Add to Linkman' and 'Add all tabs to Linkman' browser functions
- When adding multiple tabs to Linkman at the same time the container folder status text is now updated correctly
- Fixed problems with moving bookmarks to folders when done within the bookmark properties window
- Autosort will now sort also right away after adding a new bookmark in the browser
- Fixed problems with adding some very long URLs from Firefox
- Improved support for latest versions of Firefox, Chrome, Opera
- Many other small tweaks and fixes
New in Linkman Pro 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 Pro 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 Pro 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 Pro 8.9.5.0 (Dec 3, 2014)
- Now you can create a diary with Linkman (Tools | Create diary). The structure of the diary (years, months, weeks, days) can be configured. Diary is available only in Linkman Pro.
- 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 Pro 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 Pro 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 Pro 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 Pro 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 Pro 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
- added ctrl + enter to show keyword list window (pro only)
- search edit (main window and search window)
- added ctrl + space to show keyword list window (pro only)
- properties window keyword field
- added ctrl + enter to show keyword list window (pro only)
- added ctrl + space to show keyword list window (pro only)
New in Linkman Pro 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 Pro 8.8.0.0 (Mar 18, 2013)
- Improved Bookmark Validation (Linkman Pro only):
- Authentication support: if user and password are set in the bookmark properties Linkman will log-in to the website during Bookmark Validation in order to check the status; if no username and password is specified a new "key" symbol will be displayed after validation
- Improved SSL/TLS support: Linkman can now connect to all https:// servers
- Linkman can now successfully check servers that do not adhere to the HTTP 1.0/1.1 specifications
- Added text explanation of validation status codes to the status bar
- Faster validation on databases with many bad (non existing) web site paths
- Better Web Icons support (Linkman Pro only):
- PNG, JPG and GIF images are now also supported
- if the web icon of a website is placed on another website with a shortcut referral to it Linkman will find the icon anyway
- Improved synchronization (Linkman Pro only):
- A warning dialog will be displayed on synchronization collision (when the database has been synchronized externally, for example by Dropbox, while you were making changes to the local database)
- On successful synchronization a notification is displayed in the Tray Icon area
- 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
- Faster and more accessible Keyword List window (Linkman Pro only):
- Keyword caching optimized for multi-core processors; shows up instantly on large databases
- Keyword button added to the left side of the search edit (both in the main and search window) to access the Keyword List quickly
- Ctrl + Enter shortcut added to the search edit to show the keyword list
- 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 Pro 8.70.0.0 (Sep 28, 2012)
- Support for web icons (Linkman Pro only):
- This feature was often requested, but not implemented until now for performance reasons. Finally we have found a way to implement it with acceptable performance. The feature can be disabled in Tools | Settings | Data (recommended for large databases with more than 20.000 links). The web icon cache is saved into a separate file with the same base filename as your database, but a different extension (.licons).
- Icons are automatically added to new bookmarks. To add icons to your existing bookmarks, use the 'Bookmark | Update web icons' function.
- 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 Pro 8.50.0.0 (Aug 16, 2012)
- General Addon overhaul to support the latest versions of the Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Opera browsers.
- Windows 8 RTM support
New in Linkman Pro 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 Pro 8.3.2.0 (Dec 21, 2011)
- 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 Pro 8.3.1.0 (Oct 27, 2011)
- Added folder history to Bookmark properties dialog
- Improved Firefox 8 compatibility
- Fixed problems with IE9 integration
New in Linkman Pro 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 Pro 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 Pro 8.1.0.2 (Aug 18, 2011)
- Updated Linkman Firefox Addon to 5.0.1 (no functionality changes)
New in Linkman Pro 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 Pro 8.0.0.0 (Mar 23, 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 Pro 7.9.0.30 (Apr 22, 2010)
- The current version (7.90) has several new features including enhanced browser integration, new keyword functions, Chrome 4.x-5.x support and improved synchronization between two computers.
New in Linkman Pro 7.8.0.12 (May 19, 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
- Query results can be exported using Templates (Pro version only)
- Added PARENT.KEYWORDS and PARENT.COMMENT Tags to Export Templates (Pro version only)
- Increased the size of keywords edit area in URL properties window
- Ascending/Descending option in Autosort
- When adding URLs you get the option to edit a URL if it already exists
- Query Results font is now configurable (Tools | Settings | Interface)
- Added more URL Launch options to context menus
- If Linkman is hidden "Add and Edit to Linkman" will restore focus back to browser
- New option to add browser links to the top of the database (Tools | Settings | Receive URLs)
- Tools | Settings | Interface | Show Treeview lines turns also Query Results lines on/off
New in Linkman Pro 7.7.1.12 (Jan 15, 2009)
- Firefox 3.1 compatibility and integration enhancements;
- Added feature to Internet Explorer to add all Tabs at once to Linkman;
- Over 20 new mouse and keyboard Shortcuts;
- Improved USB Stick installation;
- User Interface tweaks and speedups;
- Query search improvements: and search is now active by default
New in Linkman Pro 7.7.0.4 (Jan 7, 2009)
- Firefox 3 integration;Improved Internet Explorer Integration;several Tweaks and Bug Fixes
New in Linkman Pro 7.5.1.0 (Oct 15, 2008)
- URL Validation can retrieve missing URL names
- Links can be added to Linkman using Internet Explorer Right-Click menu
New in Linkman Pro 7.3.0.1 (May 5, 2008)
- Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox 3 support
- Installer option to install Linkman on a removable drive (e.g. USB stick)
- Firefox import/export preserves RSS feed and Icon information
- URL Validation can retrieve custom metatags
- Resizable URL Edit area in the main window
- File locations of Export Templates, Daily and Fast Links can be changed in the GUI
- "Move to" dialog (Main menu, Shortcut menu, URL properties dialog)
- Several smaller improvements and bug fixes
New in Linkman Pro 7.1.0 (Jul 27, 2007)
- Search and Replace (Edit menu)
- Almost instant queries on very large databases (100.000 links)
- Optimizations for Dual and Quad Core processors
- All types of local files and folders can be added to and launched from Linkman Databases
- Option to make Query background colors brighter (Treeview | Properties)
- Option to collapse all folders after load (Settings | Data)
- Several minor bugs fixed
New in Linkman Pro 7.0.1 (May 23, 2007)
- Desktop Toolbar
- Windows Vista support
- Internet Explorer 7 & Firefox 2 support
- numerous smaller improvements
New in Linkman Pro 6.8.0.79 (Mar 21, 2007)
- Internet Explorer Toolbar for fastest browsing ever
- Retrieves keywords and descriptions from web pages
- Improved page change detection
- User defined rating system
- Netscape 7, Opera 7, Firebird, Netcaptor, Avant, SlimBrowser and MyIE2 support
- 2 User defined memo fields
- Several Query improvements
- Duplicates and Launch history in Status Query
- Configurable URL validation frequency
- Improved support for Netscape bookmarks
- New Export Template sections and tags
- Export Templates can write to multiple files
- Imports any separated value files
- Folders can be added to Fast Links
- Support for local files and folders
- Autosort
- New option to use registry instead of ini file for settings
- New option to autosave after URL addition from browser
- New option to hide to tray icon after URL launch
- Launch in new window with function
- Tip of the day dialog
- Improved error handling
- Windows XP theme support
- Saves window dimension for every desktop resolution
- Over 50 minor tweaks and improvements