From pranders@mail.sdsu.edu Thu Sep 9 09:35:32 1999 Received: from mxu4.u.washington.edu (mxu4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.08) with ESMTP id JAA16300 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 1999 09:35:32 -0700 Received: from mail.sdsu.edu (root@mail.sdsu.edu [130.191.25.1]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.08) with ESMTP id JAA17902 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 1999 09:35:31 -0700 Received: from patrick ([130.191.240.129]) by mail.sdsu.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA29801 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 1999 09:35:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19990909093030.00a5d100@mail.sdsu.edu> X-Sender: pranders@mail.sdsu.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 09:31:52 -0700 To: waphgis@u.washington.edu From: Patrick Anderson Subject: Re: WAPHGIS: your favorite www tool? In-Reply-To: References: <005301befad6$2b984f60$7b790518@olmpi1.wa.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Laura, thanks for the info on webforia downloaded it already works nice as usual, your on the ball Patrick At 08:52 AM 9/9/99 -0700, you wrote: >Friends: > >I'm one of thos wired librarians Dick is talking about. > >I like to use Hotbot and Google for my search engines. I find these very >useful for locating public health information. > >I HATE bookmarks because I never have time to go back to the site. Mine >are all really well organized in my Netscape \Users subdirectory, but, >alas, never used. > >Instead, I'm using a really nice program called WebForia to organize not >only bookmarks (those few for which Webforia can't grab the page), but >also whole Web pages. Typically what I do when I'm researching a new topic >is to do a search using my favorite search engines, then if the pages I >find are useful, I create a "library" on that topic and capture the whole >Web page. That way I can use the material off line to read and reflect. >The libraries go right into the class module on my Zip disk so they're >right there when I need them. > >One of the advantages of Webforia is that is also has a nice reporting >program that enables you to structure the output very nicely. I also >really like the feature of being able to capture a site with lots of links >to other sites, then use Webforia as my browser to visit those sites for >capture. The program organizes the sites alphabetically by title and you >can change the title in your version if you happen to come across a brain >dead Webmaster who doesn't use appropriate titles for his/her pages. > >I also like being able to create a library on a topic and then being able >to create folders under that topic. The program also enables you to put >the next clipped item right into the last used library/folder. This is >very useful if you are researching one topic exclusively. But you can also >choose which library you want to put the new material in or create a new >library/folder easily. > >You can do research on any topic using this tool. I know one guy who is >doing geneology with this tool and also keeping track of racing sailboats. >Others use it to track religious Websites or for keeping track of sites >dealing with their hobbies. And yes, the program will update pages for you >and will convert bookmarks from your browser into clipped pages. > >I got together with some other Webforia users for lunch last week and we >all agreed that we really like the program. We also provided the company >with suggestions for improvement. The company is quite responsive to >suggestions for improvement. > >The main page is located at: http://www.webforia.com/ > >The site has a useful Guide to Web Research located at: >http://www.webforia.com/research/guide.asp . > >I thought the price was quite reasonable: $79.95 if you pay by credit card >on their site and download the program. If you want the program on CD it >costs: $84.90 + shipping. > >Standard Disclaimer: I do not own stock in the company, nor have I been >paid to talk about this program. I use it and really like it. Actually, I >LOVE it for the kind of work I do. > >Regards, > >Laura >larsson@u.washington.edu >listowner: PHNUTR-L, PHNURSES, PNWHEALTH, PHSW, HSR-L + >http://depts.washington.edu/hserv/hshome.html >http://depts.washington.edu/hsic/hshome.html >"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and >write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. " Alvin Toffler > >On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Richard E. Hoskins wrote: > > > Dear fellow GISers: > > > > Four items: > > > > 1. I use Webferret as well as Copernic. Very good search tools. See below. > > Anyone got any favorites? > > > > 2. Also I am looking for some clever way to organize and keep track of my > > bookmarks. Surely there has to be something better than what is supplied in > > IE or Netscape. > > > > 2.1 and ... how to you sort the folders? 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