Answers to questions about Bookmark Buddy

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Unless indicated otherwise, these questions & answers also apply to URL Organizer 2.

How do I configure Bookmark Buddy to work with my web browser?

When you first install Bookmark Buddy (v3.5.5 and later) it automatically selects optimal settings for any of the following browsers already installed on your computer:

If you install a browser after installing Bookmark Buddy, go to Bookmark Buddy's browser preferences and click on Look for installed browsers.

Mozilla Firefox

For Bookmark Buddy to open bookmarks in a new tab you will need to change a setting in Firefox: go to the Tools menu and select Options; click on Tabs; by Open links that open in a new window in select New tab. It is a limitation in Firefox that bookmarks will only open in accordance with this preference, ignoring Bookmark Buddy's instruction to Open in new window or Open in frontmost window. The best compromise is to set the Firefox preference to open bookmarks in a new tab, then when you want to re-use a tab, drag a bookmark onto it (see below).

Yahoo

As the SBC Yahoo! browser is not generally available, compatibility with Bookmark Buddy is untested. To transer your bookmarks, you must first export them to a Netscape bookmarks file:

Log into Yahoo.
Click on the Y! Bookmarks button and select Edit/Import Bookmarks.
Click on the link Export Bookmarks.
Follow Yahoo's instructions for exporting your bookmarks.
In Bookmark Buddy, select Import from the File menu, then select Netscape/SeaMonkey/Camino/Firefox v.2/Mozilla Bookmarks as the format and locate the exported bookmark file.

Other browsers

Please contact me if you would like support added for any browser not listed above.

Drag and Drop

You can drag and drop bookmarks between Bookmark Buddy / URL Organizer and any web browser: click on a bookmark title and drag it onto the web browser window; or click on the URL in the browser's address bar and drag it onto Bookmark Buddy / URL Organizer. (You can use the application hot key to bring Bookmark Buddy / URL Organizer to the front as you drag a bookmark.)

Configuration settings for URL Organizer

Browser	DDE Name	Comments
BroadPage	broadpage	'Open in frontmost window' and 'Fetch from any window' not supported.
Internet Explorer	iexplore	Fully compatible
Maxthon	mozilla or iexplore	'Open in frontmost window' and 'Fetch from any window' not supported.
Mozilla	mozilla	'Fetch from any window' not supported
Mozilla Firebird	mozilla firebird	'Fetch from any window' not supported. Note that the DDE name is two words.
Mozilla Firefox	firefox	'Fetch from any window' not supported.
MyIE2	mozilla or iexplore	'Open in frontmost window' and 'Fetch from any window' not supported. Now called Maxthon (above).
NeoPlanet	neoplanet	'Open in frontmost window' and 'Fetch from any window' not supported.
Netscape 4.x	netscape	Fully compatible
Netscape 7.x/8.x	netscape6	'Fetch from any window' not supported. Note that the DDE name is netscape6.
Netscape 8.x	Netscape Browser	'Fetch from any window' not supported.
Opera	opera	Fully compatible

All other browsers tested support only dragging and dropping bookmarks to/from URL Organizer (see above).

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