Booky: Beta 2 Released

A long while has passed since the first beta version of Booky became publicly available so it's with great joy I can announce the next release. You can get your hands on the new version at the Booky project page (Windows only).

Booky is a bookmark manager which allows you to store and search your favorites by tags rather than browse a huge folder hierarchy as is (unfortunately) the standard in current browsers. It sits in the system tray and thus works independently of your browser choice.

The new version is much improved and is now what I would call a stable program. The first difference one will encounter is the addition of an installer. This is a very simple installer, one I aim to improve a lot in the future when I learn more about the WiX toolset. Continuing with the more obvious improvements, a number of nifty features have also been added to the interface, including a drop-down menu for matching tags and a context menu for the systray icon for quickly relaunching bookmarks. Apart from that, a number of smaller fixes to the interface and stability fixes have been introduced.

For a look at what the next version of the program will bring, I plan on improving the installer in a number of ways (e.g., integrate the installation of the .NET framework) and to introduce an options dialog for different settings and bookmark exporting.

Don't forget to report any bugs or other feedback you may have to withoutprecedence@gmail.com.