Hi Adrian,

Thank you for your comments. It is definitely possible for someone who has knowledge and experience to write a program like this to be cross-platform compatible. Unfortunately, I am not one of those people. I have experience writing applications for the Windows environment, and on the Linux side of things, I stick to scripting at the command line. As I have mentioned in other comments, I write most of the applications on my site for my own use first and foremost. Since I don't use Linux, except at the command line level on my servers, I find it hard to find the resolve to build something I just won't use.

Frameworks like .NET just make it simpler, since there are many libraries to draw on that can provide functionality. Without them, you'd have to write all of that functionality yourself, increasing complexity exponentially. Since you mentioned a couple of alternate programming options, maybe you could take up the mantle on developing something like StorURL for your own use on Linux. The good news is that the application itself is rather simple, and could be replicated by most anyone with programming skills, as long as you have access to libraries to take care of low level things like database access or HTML parsing.

Good luck, and please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about how the software works for your own replication efforts.

Thank you for your feedback. I will take it into consideration for the next release.

Hello Tispu,

The source code for most of my applications, including StorURL, is not available to the public. If you are looking for the database structure to integrate with the application, it is freely accessible using the built-in database editing tool. It's a standard database format, so you can also use any SQLite 3 tools to view/edit the database.

Sorry Aldo, there is currently no method for translating StorURL. It is on the wish list, but not planned until a version 4.0 rewrite in an updated .NET framework. I'm glad you were able to run it on Windows XP, I have tried hard to keep it compatible with the widest range of systems as possible. :)

Hi Richard,

There are not any parameters for what you are asking about. If you need a silent install, you can use the Portable version and a quick batch script to automatically unzip it in the necessary directory, then have it remove the "portable" file that is included with the ZIP file. That one file missing will convert it from a "portable" install to a "system" install, where your database and preferences are stored in %APPDATA% instead of the local directory.

Hi Andreas,

If you want to open a private tab, you will need to set up a Custom browser and specify the necessary argument for loading a private tab. For example, if you want Chrome to open in Incognito mode, you'd add the -incognito parameter. If you are using Firefox, the parameter would be -private. I'm sure most of the other browsers would also work the same way.

Hi Peter,

To start up StorURL automatically on system boot, just create a shortcut to the executable in your standard Windows startup directory. The easiest way to get to it is to press Win+R on your keyboard, and in the run dialog type shell:startup.
If you want it to start up with the floating treeview already open, just append --treeview to the shortcut parameters.


Side note, I am working on a version of StorURL called StorURL Mini that is JUST the floating treeview. It doesn't have all extra features of StorURL, so it will run as sort of a companion to the full application. If you would like beta test it for me, please contact me via the contact page and I'll get you a copy.

Thank you Achim. That is a good suggestion, and I will add it to my list of feature requests.

Hi Lucas,

This sounds like the window location configuration may have been corrupted. Please check your settings.xml file for the section where the WindowLeft, WindowTop, WindowWidth, and WindowHeight settings are. Try changing the left and top to 0 and the width and height to something like 640 and 480 while the application is closed, and then launch it again. Hopefully that will put it back in the top left corner of your main screen and you can retrieve all of your data.

Hi pikachunet,

To get the treeview to run at startup, just add --treeview to your shortcut file. It will then open the treeview each time you launch the application.

What kind of keyboard shortcuts would you like to see in the treeview mode? Let me know, and I'll consider adding them to the application.

Thanks!

Hi Ann,

This is a very common request, but currently the way the database is designed, it makes it difficult to actually implement. As a quick fix, I usually recommend just naming your bookmarks with a number sequence at the beginning to sort them how you would like. I know this is not ideal, but until I re-write the back end to use a different database structure, that's the best I can suggest.

Hi John,

1. This sounds like a great feature, and I will add it to the list of things for me to add in the future. :)
2. Drag and Drop currently works from Firefox, as that my is my primary browser. If you drag the little icon next to the URL, it will allow you to drop in StorURL, then open and pre-populate the "Add new bookmark" window.
3. This is a feature I've considered in the past, but decided that it'd add a lot of complexity for something that was designed to mostly be an offline desktop tool.
4. The desktop application currently supports retrieving the icon for a bookmark from the site. It does not, however, have support to choose a custom icon. I'll add it to the list of requested features as well.

Thank you for your interest in StorURL. :)

Hi,
Same here. Export or gnerate HTML works for a selected category but not for the whole database once you have organised the bookmark categories in multi-level hierarchies. The application always crashes.

Hi William,

You do not need to export the bookmarks from Chrome to HTML in order for the import to work. You can just point StorURL directly at the Bookmarks file from your Chrome profile directory. In my case, the bookmarks file was here: C:\Users\joey\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Bookmarks

Hi Rodrigo,

There are currently no plans for mobile or Mac versions of my applications. Some of them will run on Linux using Wine though.

Hi Ger,

I am not quite sure what you are asking for with this question. StorURL is designed to import bookmarks from browsers, not export out to browsers.