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68040
512 MB  Posts: 950 68k - thy kingdom come, thy will be done ! 
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on: July 20, 2022, 11:27
NewNOTEPAD II makes for a fine URL Manager, as it allows you to store your links in a hierachical menu *and* open them up in a browser automagically via the URL button in the window's menu. Nice addtion for a vintage setup. 
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cballero
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1024 MB Posts: 1176 System 7, today and forever
Reply #1 on: July 20, 2022, 15:02
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Very cool indeed!  Not that many programs in this category handled URLs as well as this program, but I believe that Apple introduced web and email link awareness as an add-on for System 7.x onward? Or at the very least as from 7.1.x I'm pretty sure. This characteristic was pretty avant-garde at the time but the Internet was a huge sensation for everyone back then so I'm thankful this program's creator did not skip 68k Macs!!
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Bolkonskij
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Administrator 1024 MB  Posts: 2023
Reply #2 on: July 20, 2022, 18:03
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Interesting suggestion, need to try this one out. Especially since the Garden's page says it's Mac OS 8 and higher but usually that means it can run on at least 7.6 as well. Thanks!
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68040
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512 MB Posts: 950 68k - thy kingdom come, thy will be done !
Reply #3 on: July 20, 2022, 18:42
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Don't forget: You have to specify the full URL syntax (http:// or ftp:// or …) or it won't recognise the string as a web address.
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Bolkonskij
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Administrator 1024 MB Posts: 2023
Reply #4 on: July 23, 2022, 07:03
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Just gave it a try on 7.6.1 this morning. Works perfectly fine. According to the readme of 1.9.4, it should work on any System 7 Mac, including 68k. (coming as a FAT application) Seems like a capable notepad app. URLs work fine as 68040 described - one click on them and iCab fired up on my 8600. Interface looks ugly to me, but then tastes differ and it's the "inner values" that count :-) Deciding to try it out for some period - not as a URL bookmarker but rather as a classic notepad to jot down ideas and thoughts. Added it to the Apple Menu via an alias, so that it's fast to open up when I need to note something. Thanks for the suggestion.
Last Edit: July 23, 2022, 07:06 by Bolkonskij
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wove
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1024 MB Posts: 1363
Reply #5 on: July 23, 2022, 14:05
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Newnotepad II was developed by a Japanese author and was a shareware application. It served as my main notebook application for years. The author's page is till up: <https://www.vector.co.jp/soft/mac/personal/se030888.html> It is in Japanese and requires a newer browser. I can not read it, never could read it, but the site has been up for more than a couple decades. I always liked the concept of a notebook as a url manager. Opendoc/Cyberdog used the notebook metaphor for url management, and I like that concept. In Cyberdog and probably NewNotepad II the urls could also be local content, which made it a very handy way to organize material you were using in a project.
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68040
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512 MB Posts: 950 68k - thy kingdom come, thy will be done !
Reply #6 on: July 23, 2022, 17:11
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I already wanted to point out the differing color preferences between "our" tastes and those favored in far away Nippon - which might account for the somewhat unusual looks of this nifty piece of software. But I'm busy with my multimedia FM database templates right now.
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cballero
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1024 MB Posts: 1176 System 7, today and forever
Reply #7 on: July 25, 2022, 00:13
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68040.. what are you up to now with FMP? Did you mention you were using version three versus FMP 4.1? I would have thought that the newer the better, but that's not always the case for everything (at least for everybody that is, lol) 
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68040
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512 MB Posts: 950 68k - thy kingdom come, thy will be done !
Reply #8 on: July 25, 2022, 15:14
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The MultiMedia DBs (Filmproject Manager and Artificial Language Creator) I found were in FMP3 Format and I had to crack their passwords first, to be able to make any changes.
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