Link Commander 4.2

I know I am not the only one using more than just one Web browsers, and I am also aware of the fact that most people have a huge collection of favorite links, but what happens when you end up searching something inside your bookmarks library and find only broken links? And how in the world can one keep bookmarks synchronized between its browsers as easy as possible? These questions, together with other ones that I won't write here, have a lot of answers, and Link Commander seems to be one of the best ones I have found so far, so let's check it out!


Setup

Link Commander's last version is 4.2, and if you want to know it all, then it's 4.2.2.1047 for you. While the unregistered version will cease to function properly after 30 days, you can enjoy all the features of the full program during that period. After the trial period expires, the save and export features of the program are disabled. Priced at $29.95, Resort Labs' program can be quite a bargain for those that need it, but that's what we shall see a bit later.












Now... the setup package has 5.3MB in size, and the program proved to be very easy to install, with only one thing that worth being mentioned at this point - I was very pleased to notice an Overview screen during the installation. Sometimes, reading this information can make you realize that you don't need a program just before installing it, but since only a few really read the information displayed during the setup process... let's move on!Interface

As you start the program for the first time, a wizard pops up, and its task is to help you grab the bookmarks available on your system and import them into Link Commander, but we'll talk about it in the next section. For now, I want to tell you that the main window of the application looks great, and there are also plenty of skins to try out, but beyond this "extravagance", everything is well organized and set in place, yet really easy to use and customizable. The elements of the interface can be easily hidden and revealed, resized, and moved around, but that's what you need to discover and enjoy by yourselves. I only show you the path, as usual, so now let's get down to business!

Features

Despite the fact that is supports a wide range of browsers by default, and can be configured to work with additional ones manually, Link Commander is browser-independent, so you can simply use it to maintain and organize your favorite sites, as well as for browsing purposes. How's that? Well, it's simple - this program includes a capable built in browser with the tabs feature that works just fine, and I don't need to say more about it!











As you can see in the screenshots above, the New Collection Wizard does its job the right way, helping you to get started in no time. While very effective to create your first collection, this wizard can be used in the future too, when adding new bookmark collections to your portofolio.

Individual bookmark collections can be easily managed, and I really enjoyed the List View mode of the Collection pane, which allows you to view your current collection just like browsing the file structure of a hard drive. Of course that this can easily turn into a nightmare if your bookmarks are not properly organized, and the first step towards "order and discipline" is to drop duplicates and dead links.












To open the Find Duplicates tool, simply press Ctrl+Alt+D, or use the item located in the Tools menu. With my average sized bookmark collection (about 300 links, I guess), the search took a bit more than expected, but the results were very good. Once you have manually re-checked and deleted duplicates, go to the Verify menu and choose Verify All. Whoops! My computer seems to be almost frozen at this time, but I'll wait... after all, I am not cleaning my huge bookmarks collection every day! In the end, it was much faster than I expected, and the search didn't find any broken links. Whatta nice way to end my day!Add some powerful search capabilities to the above, as well as excellent support for manual integration with a virtually unlimited number of external applications and you get the idea... If you're one of those bookmark-freaks, Link Commander should be what Total Commander is to those classic file management fans!

The Good

I consider this program to be pretty fast, decently priced and full of very useful features. Its looks are great, since all the skins included are really nice (with only one or two exceptions), and the Help file is very detailed and easy to understand.

The Bad

While using the program, it crashed once, but I wasn't able to make it crash again, no matter how hard I tried. I wish it would have been to import bookmarks from Maxthon and Avant automatically too.

Conclusion

I know some people may go "Pfff, I don't need this!", but even I wasn't really crazy about bookmark management and synchronization... until now, so everyone can change. I know it's a bit early to think about this, but I think I'll add Link Commander on my Christmas presents list, and that should say it all, so click the download link below and don't forget to get back here and share it all with us!

Developer: Resort Labs
Price: $29.95
Trial Link: Download