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Posted by Pierre Paul Landry
Dec 18, 2008 at 05:22 PM
>Hi PPL,
>
>I was wondering if this could be done in IQ. Is there a specific tutorial or
>article that I should look at on the web site that further explains how this will be done
>in IQ? I am hoping that the capture would be easy and somewhat automatic. Also, would it
>work with the portable version of Firefox?
This would be a good start:
http://www.sqlnotes.net/drupal5/index.php?q=node/120
I have not tried it with the portable version of FireFox. If extensions can be installed, I don’t see why not. IQ is also portable
Posted by Ken
Dec 18, 2008 at 06:05 PM
Thank you for the prompt reply and the link, Pierre. I will review the article and see if both IQ and FF Portable can do what I need. Unfortunately, unlike my traditional PIM needs, web capture is an evolving issue for me. So, I expect that everything will be in flux for some period of time while I try to better understand my needs.
—Ken
Posted by Ken
Dec 18, 2008 at 06:06 PM
Alexander,
Do you use Linkstash? Is it stable? It looks like a great program, and it is portable as well.
—Ken
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Dec 18, 2008 at 09:27 PM
Yes, I’ve been using it for many years. It’s extremely stable and also keeps 3 rolling backups of each bookmark file that you use. I personally only use one file which is actually maintained in a virtual drive (Nomadesk) and is thus synced across my computers.
LinkStash development is not very regular (the developer seems to be focused on his other product, ClipCache, at the moment) but the program is mature. In fact, I am always impressed at how fast it runs in my machines—it’s as optimised as it gets. It makes one wonder why many more ‘modern’ applications seem to take ages.
By the way, you did mention tagging in your original post, but I missed it somehow. LinkStash supports tagging since version 2.0 (I think) and I find it very useful.
alx
Posted by Derek Cornish
Dec 19, 2008 at 07:33 AM
Ken wrote:
>I know that Surfulator can capture a complete web page, its URL, and page title, as well
>as give you a field for your own comments. But, if I just want to capture the URL, page
>title and have a field for comments, are there other programs that that can easily
>capture this data and automatically populate the correct fields like Surfulator? I
>would like to start capturing this data, but I do not necessarily want to capture the
>web pages themselves. Can Surfulator be made to do this? Or, should I be looking at
>alternate programs? I should also add that I am looking for a program that has a
>tree-like organizational structure and tagging so I can organize my data. I am trying
>to expand my PIM tools to my web surfing.
>
I think that Zoot might be able to do what you want. It’s pretty flexible. Why not try asking over on their Yahoo group?
Derek
>Thanks,
>
>—Ken