Computers: Internet: On the Web: Web Applications: Bookmark Managers Directory

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• Backflip - Automatically organizes personal bookmarks into a searchable hierarchical directory.
• BibSonomy - A social bookmark and publication sharing system that supports BibTeX.
• Blinkpro.com - Bookmarks may be sorted into folders, and shared with the public. Supports importing of links and features a point-awarding program for visiting recommended sites.
• BlinkTo - Allows to customize the appearance of each bookmark.
• BlogMarks.net - A social bookmarks manager that allows categorization via custom tags. Offers several tools to share content, including synchronization with a weblog.
• Bookie - An experimental application which keeps all your bookmarks on a central server so that you can access bookmarks from anywhere on the web, using a variety of clients.
• Bookkit - The service features update tracker, link validation, and a browser synchronizer plug-in.
• Bookmark Commando - Checks to ensure links are still valid.
• Bookmark Factory - Access your bookmarks from any browser on any computer. Includes a bookmarklet for quick filing.
• Bookmark Online - Free bookmark management service available in French and English.
• Bookmark Tracker - Tree-style interface allows exporting to browsers and e-mail.
• Bookmark-manager.com - Organizer for bookmarks, calendar, diary and knowledge.
• Chipmark.com - Free bookmark manager to access and share your bookmarks online.
• Favorites Manager ASP - A server-side, multiuser, web application that provides all the visual tools needed for the creation, editing, import and export of a hierarchical collection of links.

Bookmark Definition

Noun

Singular bookmark

Plural bookmarks

bookmark (plural bookmarks)

1. A strip of material used to mark a place in a book.
2. (computing) A record of the address of a file or Internet page serving as a shortcut to it.

Bookmark (Computers) Encyclopedia Article

Internet bookmarks are stored Web page locations (URLs) that can be retrieved. As a feature of all modern Internet web browsers, their primary purpose is to easily catalog and access web pages that a user has visited and chosen to save. Saved links are called "favorites" in Internet Explorer, and by virtue of the browser's large market share, the term favorite has been synonymous with bookmark since the early days of widely-distributed browsers. Bookmarks are normally visible in a browser menu and stored on the user's computer, and commonly a folder metaphor is be used for organization. In addition to bookmarking methods within most browsers, many external applications exist for bookmark management.

Bookmarks have been incorporated in browsers since the Mosaic browser in 1993. Bookmark lists were called Hotlists in Mosaic and in previous versions of Opera (see this image for an example); this term has faded from common use. Other early web browsers such as ViolaWWW and Cello also had bookmarking features.

Bookmarks are a fundamental feature of web browsers, but some users have expressed frustration with bookmark collections that become disorganized and have looked for other tools to help manage their links. These tools include browser synchronizers and desktop applications.

With the advent of social bookmarking, shared bookmarks have become a means for users sharing similar interests to pool web resources, or to store their bookmarks in such a way that they are not tied to one specific computer or browser. Web-based bookmarking services let users save bookmarks on a remote web server, accessible from anywhere.

Newer browsers have expanded the "bookmark" feature to include variations on the concept of saving links. Mozilla Firefox introduced live bookmarks in 2004, which resemble standard bookmarks but contain a list of links to recent articles supplied by a news site or weblog, which is regularly updated via RSS feeds. Bookmarklets are small scripts stored as bookmarks that can be clicked to perform a function.

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