URL Manager Pro 3.0 - Release Notes

Release Notes 3.0.6

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New features in version 3.0.6:

URL Manager Pro 3.0.6 is now aware of the so-called Toolbar Bookmarks or Toolbar Favorites when exporting and importing bookmarks to and from web browsers. This means that when you, for example, Import your Safari bookmarks into URL Manager Pro and then export them again to Explorer, your Toolbar Bookmarks will be shown in Explorer as Toolbar Favorites.

URL Manager Pro 3.0.6 lets you export your bookmarks to XML XBEL bookmarks format. The command File menu Grab All command is now supported for Safari, letting you grab all URLs on a Safari web page.

Important bug fix in version 3.0.6:

URL Manager Pro 3.0.6 fixes a memory leak related to the new 'global bookmarks menu' of version URL Manager Pro 3.0.5.

Download URL Manager Pro 3.0.6 (Mac OS X and Mac OS 9)

New features in version 3.0.5:

URL Manager Pro 3.0.5 adds a global bookmarks icon menu in the upper right corner of the Mac OS X menu bar in ANY application, while URL Manager Pro is running and a bookmark file is open. In the screenshot below, you can see the green bookmark document icon and its associated bookmarks menu. Use the Add Bookmark command to bookmark the current web page.

Secondly, URL Manager Pro now supports Linux bookmark files. URL Manager Pro supports reading the XML Bookmark Exchange Language (XBEL). Just choose File Open in URL Manager Pro to import these files. These files should have an .xml or .xbel file extension.

Thirdly, Shared Menus now support color labels, reflecting the color label of the bookmark.

New features in version 3.0.4:

Import and export of Safari's bookmarks
Import and export of Camino's bookmarks
You can add bookmarks for Safari web pages via:
- Control-Click on URL Manager Pro icon in Dock
- URL Manager Pro Bookmarks menu->Add Web Page
- Dragging hypertext links to URL Manager Pro windows
Added Safari to Preferences->Internet
The Mac OS X 'Shared' folder is supported as a location for the Cabinet
Dragging a bookmark to the Mac OS X Desktop and vice versa preserves the bookmark name
Camino (previously named Chimera) supports Shared Menus.
OmniWeb 4.2 fully supports Shared Menus.

New features in version 3.0.3:

Fixes an annoying effect where the font size of bookmark names would switch to a smaller size when you would inline edit it.
Fixes a crash on Mac OS 9.1 with CarbonLib 1.4 or lower.
Added support for Apple Mail. You can now choose the command Email Bookmark from the Contextual Menu.

New features in version 3.0.1:

You can specify your preferred screen font and size for your bookmark windows
While you move over the note icons of bookmarks, your note text is displayed in a help tag (see screenshot above)
Your shared bookmarks menu items show the URL of the bookmark in a handy help tag while you pass over them (Mac OS X only)
The Cabinet and the Read Daily command where added to the Mac OS X Dock menu
Supports the Mac OS X Services menu (choose Add Bookmark in Apple Mail, for example)
Added support for Chimera. Chimera does not support Shared Menus yet, but you can access and launch your bookmarks by control-clicking the URL Manager Pro icon in the Mac OS X Dock
The Add Bookmark window lets you specify the destination folder of your new bookmark
Shared Menus Component was redesigned to support future browser compatibility with Netscape, Mozilla and Chimera
Mondriaan updated for Jaguar
Some bugs were fixed (Mac OS X related)

What's new in 3.0

URL Manager Pro runs native on Mac OS X. It also runs on Mac OS 9.0 and higher with CarbonLib 1.1.

In particular, the Shared Menus feature has been rewritten from the ground up to support Mac OS X. Shared Menus have been rewritten resulting in increased performance, usability and stability.

Shared Menus give you access to your URL Manager Pro bookmarks from within your web browser. Download URL Manager Pro

Main new features:

Mac OS X : Mac OS X native: uses sheets, anti-aliased text, and is bundled
Dock Menus : You have access to all your bookmarks via the Dock (use Control-Click on the URL Manager Pro icon)
Global Hot Key : You can use a hot key to cycle through your bookmark documents, Shared Menus and Dock menus
File Recent menu : A new sub menu in the File menu lists the last 10 documents you opened
OmniWeb : Support for import and export of OmniWeb's bookmarks
Opera : Support for Opera. Opera supports Shared Menus.
Help Book : Use the command from the Help menu to read the new User's Guides
Mac OS X Extras : Mac OS X menu extra (Mondriaan) and CMM Plug-in Add Bookmark
Localized : Localized in Japanese, German, French, Italian and Spanish.

Note: moving to Mac OS X, the locations of your 'Startup Items' and 'Cabinet' folders have changed. Although the old locations still work, it is now advised you create a folder named 'Bookmarks' in your 'Documents' folder and put your 'Startup Items' and 'Cabinet' folders in your 'Bookmarks' folder of your 'Documents' folder. You may also use the new preference Select Startup Bookmark file.

I have a FAQ web page which can help you with the conversion to URL Manager Pro 3.0. Please read it carefully.

Mac OS 8 users are advised to use version URL Manager Pro 2.8.

Download

You can download URL Manager Pro 3.0 from the download page.

How to Purchase

The URL Manager Pro 3.0 costs $25 or €25. You can purchase URL Manager Pro via Kagi, PayPal or eSellerate.

Upgrade Policy

The upgrade for URL Manager Pro 2.x users to URL Manager Pro 3.0 is $11.95 or €11.95.

Users who do not have Mac OS X or don't want to upgrade to 3.0, can keep using URL Manager Pro 2.8, which is a free upgrade to all users of URL Manager Pro 2.7. It runs on Mac OS 8.1 and higher.

URL Manager Pro Upgrades can be purchased via:

In Europe (besides Kagi, eSellerate and PayPal):

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