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Legal but Sleazy Download Scams: Softonic

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:41:02 -0700

I just received a message from a customer who was wondering why Bookdog was not acting licensed after she "purchased" a license from this Bookdog download page published by Softonic. On that page, you'll see that there are three "choices" to…

"License Key" instead of "Serial Number"

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:41:02 -0700

I just spent the last 20 minutes changing my server scripts and database to record 'licenseKey' instead of 'serialNumber'. I am so happy. The latter was a vestige of my days with eSellerate, who use this completely inappropriate term, and I've…

Firefox "Livemarks" vs. Safari "RSS"

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:41:02 -0700

I just received an inquiry from a user wanting to know why when he synchronizes Firefox bookmarks to Safari, his/her "livemarks" become static folders containing whatever feeds were current at the time of the sync.

I've never been able to find an…

Google Bookmarks, Google Notebook

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:41:02 -0700

I noticed a few months back that Google™ has now, more-or-less "officially" stopped developing Google Bookmarks, by encouraging users to use the newer Google Notebook instead. (Log in to your Google Bookmarks and you'll see the promo for Google…

Smart Folders

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:41:02 -0700

The Dilemna of "Smart" Folders

The smart folders in Firefox 3 are not like other folders that contain bookmarks. They are in fact javascript bookmarklets that contain a query specification. Other browsers don't have anything like them, and at this…

The Pains of Reorganization

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:20:02 -0700

Yes, the eight days have seen four Bookdog updates. In preparation for future forking and expansion of the "bookmarks managment" line, I needed to do alot of housecleaning and reorganization. Despite my best efforts, some regressive bugs had to…

Fixing Keychains Broken by Leopard

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:09:02 -0700

I had been using early versions of Leopard to test Bookdog but not for "actual work". Today, after receiving reports from 2 users of Bookdog trouble with Leopard, I upgraded my Main Mac (an Intel Core Duo Mac Mini) to Leopard and found that my…

Confirmed: Our Congressman is a Good Guy

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:09:02 -0700

Since I did pretty well coding support for del.icio.us bookmarks tonight, I rode my bike over to the Santa Clara City Hall for our Congressman Mike Honda's Town Meeting. He conducts about three of these, during each Congressional recess (twice a…

Shiira Bookmarks

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:06:11 -0700

In response to user requests, I'm beginning to look at supporting Shiira in Bookdog. I installed the latest, Shiira 2.2, but I notice several confusing things about the way it stores bookmarks.

When you click in the menu "Show Bookmark Panel", you…

Shiira Epilog

Sat, 18 Aug 2007 22:41:11 -0700

Well, Shiira support is done. I'd like to again thank Makoto Kinoshita for open-sourcing the Shiira source code which made it possible to complete the task in less just a few days (and also for bringing Shiira's user Forum back online). Actually,…

A "Snow Day" at work in San Jose...

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:40:38 -0700

In contrast to the rest of the world, the weather in San Jose has been consistently cool and beautiful this summer. But Sheep Systems engineering lost a couple hours of development time yesterday as the driver of a truck pulling a 53-foot van got…

Networking Made A Little Easier

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:21:38 -0700

Maybe I'm the only person in the world who gets confused when it's time to network my Mac to another Mac. In the left pane of the Finder, you've got the Blue "Network" globe, the Gray "Network" globe, and then inside of them you've got "My…

Google Uploading Fixed...ready for WWDC

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:44:38 -0700

Many thanks to Nick T. for reporting that Google™ broke uploading (saving) of Google Bookmarks, probably yesterday. The issue is now fixed - download the latest version (4.2.4) and the "Error 400 Bad Request" should no more be seen.

It was…

Chief Bookdog has fans!

Mon, 14 May 2007 11:15:38 -0700

Thanks to Karen of Star Isle Beardies in Maine for letting me know that her three bearded collies ("beardies") approve of the job being done by our Chief Bookdog.

The Road Ahead for Bookdog

Thu, 10 May 2007 22:15:38 -0700

I have a long list and a short list of things we plan to do with Bookdog. Here is the short list, as of today.....

Localization. Although Bookdog was localized to German, French, Italian, Japanese and Spanish last year, the new features are in…

Considering online bookmarks storage?

Wed, 09 May 2007 17:09:29 -0700

Many Bookdog users have told me that they are beginning to use online social bookmarks storage services such as Yahoo's del.icio.us™ and Google Bookmarks™ instead of keeping their bookmarks on their hard drives. It makes sense, because while the…

Demo the Dog

Wed, 02 May 2007 09:37:26 -0700

Two years ago, when all Bookdog did was sort Safari bookmarks, it made sense to require a purchase before those lovely alphabetized bookmarks could be saved.

Today, however, Bookdog has so much more to offer that I think users will need some time…

Cookies and Keychain

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 06:30:01 -0700

Bookdog shares the Apple URL Loading System with Safari, so if you've logged in to Google in Safari and checked "Keep me logged in on this computer", Bookdog can access Google without entering a password.

After several days studying Google's…