Too many times I have changed computers and have lost all my favourite bookmarks. Very popular now are social bookmarking programs where you'll never lose your bookmarks (unless the provider's server and backup crash) and you can share them with your friends.

I have tried several and honestly, I can't stand the damn hassle of having to sign up, wait for the verification email, login, add bookmarks (yes, even with a bookmarklet). There must be a simpler method of maintaining bookmarks.

Portable Bookmarks is a portable bookmark manager (bug-free, says my Norton) that sits in your computer. It works online as well as offline for you to organise and store your bookmarks and it syncs with your Firefox, IE, and other browser bookmarks to compile them all into an integrated bookmark store called a Collection.

I finally got my bookmarks organised using Portable Bookmarks, collecting not only my old IE ones, but also the new ones in Firefox. It was that pretty, easy, and fun to use. Here's what it looks like:


Image credit: Portable Bookmarks
Here's what I love about it:

* Beautiful, usable interface design. What is a pleasure to look at will entice you to use it more. The top navigational buttons are logical, eye-catching, and functional. It comes with a whole bunch of skins! No need to download if you're itching to dress it up.

* Fast to use - no lag whatsoever compared to browser managers. Plus, it allows batch link addage to folders. No folder? It'll create one for you. How cool is that?

* State of the art Search. You can search live via text (as you type in the words), date, and by verification, which leads me to...

* Ability to verify links. Useful when you need to sift out the old to make space for the new.

* It can store multiple Collections. This is especially ideal when you want to sort work, project, and personal bookmarks.

* Logically functional. Launches when you start computer and you can click links directly to appear in your preferred browser, an option you can choose to disable if you please.

All in all, customisable and very usable. A great add to any browsing experience. Download and try it out today.

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