Tourl version 080316
changelog:
- trims all forbidden characters from editbox text before saving .url
- shows messagebox if error while saving
- updated tourl_replacement_actions_instruction.txt

Tourl can now be downloaded at http://nod5.dcmembers.com/tourl.html

Can someone with Vista tell me if Tourl works as it should there?

This is a good idea app103!

It got me thinking... I'm looking for some way to have very quick access to a list of advanced searches on a whole set of bookmarks. Launchers like FARR can be used for that (that's what I'm using right now) but a specialized bookmark toolbar could be even faster for some purposes. So in addition to the regular folders on the toolbar (each folder acting as a dropdown menu for all bookmarks within it), there could also be some dropdown menus that list the results from advanced searches on a large set of bookmarks (Example: one dropdown meny lists the 20 most recent bookmarks with tag ____ in the name and with domain ___ in the URL).

The Firefox 3 betas are just amazing so I'm getting even closer to ditching Maxthon for Firefox (old habits die hard...). In that process I've found some new add-ons. One such great find is Drag & DropZone Searching  http://www.captaincaveman.nl/firefox-extensions-drag-and-dropzone-searching.aspx



It is somewhat similar to  Drag de Go https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2918 (which does not work with FF3b5 yet). Both react to you dragging some text from a page and then dropping it. Drag de Go uses directional dropping; its reaction is based on what direction you drop the text in relative to the drag starting point. Drag & DropZone instead uses a grid of dropzones shown when dragging. An advantage with Drag & DropZone is that you won't have to memorize the various drag actions since you see them on screen.

Both add-ons are great for quick searching. I wish Drag & DropZone would expand the concept further though. I'd like to be able to use it's drop actions for more than searching, like copying to clipboard, saving to some file and in general passing the dropped text (and perhaps also page URL, title and so on) to external scripts.