From rhoskins@home.com Thu Sep 9 09:23:19 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 JAA67590 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 1999 09:23:18 -0700 Received: from mail.rdc1.wa.home.com (imail@ha1.rdc1.wa.home.com [24.0.2.66]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.08) with ESMTP id JAA15763 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 1999 09:23:18 -0700 Received: from c501552a ([24.5.121.123]) by mail.rdc1.wa.home.com (InterMail v4.01.01.00 201-229-111) with SMTP id <19990909162317.YEPC22396.mail.rdc1.wa.home.com@c501552a> for ; Thu, 9 Sep 1999 09:23:17 -0700 Message-ID: <002401befadf$87d3ac80$7b790518@olmpi1.wa.home.com> From: "Richard E. Hoskins" To: References: Subject: Re: WAPHGIS: your favorite www tool? Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 09:22:36 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 I knew I could flush her out - I just looked at the site for WebForia http://www.webforia.com/ and see they have a free trial version. If several hundred people start downloading we will make their day! Once you are wired up to WebForia you might want to check out the URLs under Laura's signature If anyone tells me how to kill my Caps Lock key short of really killing it I'll send you a big beautiful map of the health jurisdictions in WA state. (I know this would be real useful in New Zealand) Richard E. Hoskins rhoskins@home.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Laura Larsson To: Cc: mlwarren ; Mark Oberle ; Mike Mohrman Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 8:52 AM Subject: Re: WAPHGIS: your favorite www tool? > 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? Mine are always in some near > > random order > > > > We have some very wired librarians in this listserve, maybe they have > > ideas? > > > > 3 .And I am looking for an alternative to Windows Explorer. > > > > 4. And really finally, the question remains: how does one disable the "caps > > lock" key. I have asked 4 listserves with no solution that works except to > > pry it off. This has a GIS application. In ArcView striking the caps lock > > key and a number or a function key can sometimes shut it down! 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