Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer suffer from the same problem when it comes to bookmark management. Aside from parking your top five bookmarks on either browser's Favorites bar, diligent organization is the only real remedy for this condition. If you bookmark lightly, Netscape and Explorer may serve your purposes admirably. But there are alternatives. This month, the Shareware Roundup looks at five fundamentally different URL managers that offer considerable improvements for the discriminating bookmarker.
Some pages beg to remembered for all eternity.
LinkPad offers a quarantine zone to help you sort it all out. Double click on an item in LinkPad's list and its icon changes, making it easy to distinguish between the new and unvisited and the old and moldy. At first glance, LinkPad may seem like a ripoff of the NotePad, which also allows you to drag and drop to your heart's delight. But unlike its namesake, LinkPad is an efficient list builder. The program also doubles as a scratch pad for phone numbers and e-mail addresses.