Organise bookmarks with TidyFavorites

Apologies for the lack of articles recently – I’ve been a very busy chap!

I’m an incessant horder of websites; every time I see something vaguely useful, I bookmark it into one of my many folders, and if I think it’s really useful, I also keep a copy of it in one of my Windows folders. Both of these have their flaws, of course. Bookmarks can be cumbersome, since the lists consist of text; and the folder method is time-consuming, since I need to navigate through directories to find a website. A solution to my quaint methods has appeared in the form of ‘TidyFavorites‘ (Being a proponent of British-English spelling, I despise missing out the ‘u’ in this product’s name!)

After downloading an installing, buttons are then usually automagically added to your browser. If not, you’ll simply need to customise your toolbar to add them; this is usually done by right-clicking on the toolbar and choosing the right option. These consist of the ‘favourites’ button, and the ‘add to favourites’ button. Clicking the former will take you to a page where you can add visual bookmarks, and organise them into tabs and folders. The the latter adds it to the sidebar of the aforementioned favourites page, ready for you to plonk it wheresoever you wish. If you wish, you can then customise the snapshot to make it more identifiable to you.

A search function would be nice, since it’s inevitably going to get difficult to tramp through piles and piles of tabs and folders of website screenshots to find the one you’re looking for. The principle of the software seems to be a good one though. It should be easier to look through organised screenshots of your favourite websites than lists. It should also be noted that the beta of Apple’s Safari 4 does a similar thing with is bookmarks; but the fact that the browser lacks anything other than speed and eye candy should be enough to put you off. TidyFavorites allows you to add the visually organised bookmarks to a more capable browser.

I can’t explain it any better than the below video does. If it tickles your fancy, download from www.tidyfavorites.com. It’s compatible with most major browsers; Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera, but currently lacking in a Chrome version.