[CUBE] somewhat OT: new stuff...

[Peer Bentzen]

I'd still say it's a bit like Tabbed Browsing: You encounter a page, and
then you "Scrapbook" it. Then it sits there in the Scrapbook and you can
click on it later, just as if it was a tab, only that tabs normally are at
the top of the page.

As for the need to share, I quite often have the need. An example is 9/11. I
"Scrapped" just about everything I came about in the days and weeks
following, and now I often wish I could easily share these pages with other
people when discussing those matters with them.

I agree with you in that the Scrapbook is a kind of historical archive, and
for that reason I would still consider an easy saving or backup feature a
big advantage, that if any browser would offer that, then I would happily
give up Internet Explorer.

(And sure, I were a bit extreme, I admit that, but for the sake of the
argument I thought it be okay ;-))

/Peer


On 08/01/03 18:22, "Laurie A Duncan" <laurie at cubeowner.com> wrote:

> That's a bit extreme in my opinion. I back up the entire IE prefs folder,
> which has bookmarks and history and settings and scrapbook - so it's not
> hard to back up as it is as important as everything else in that folder you
> care about. Actually, I clone my entire drive weekly, so that's not an
> issue.
> 
> And I don't need to share it. I use the scrapbook to archive things that I
> KNOW will change when I next load the page. It's for me, not for others.
> It's basically a screenshot or page capture that is great for a historical
> archive of anything on the web. Kind of like having your own personal
> Internet Wayback machine <http://www.archive.org/>
> 
> Tabbed browsing isn't really a scrapbook. It's just that instead of opening
> new windows in your browser, the new address opens in a "tab" within the
> same window, so you can switch back and forth between multiple tabs instead
> of cycling through multiple windows. It's just cleaner and visually more
> organized.
> 
> That's my 2 cents :)
> 
> Laurie
> 
> 
> On 1/8/03 11:45 AM, peer.bentzen at tin.it added a note to the human symphony
> when this was said:
> 
>> On 08/01/03 17:03, "Laurie A Duncan" <laurie at cubeowner.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Should we start a "save the scrapbook" petition?
>> 
>> 
>> Definitely!
>> The thing is I'm not sure everybody knows how great the Scrapbook is.
>> I've never tried Tabbed Browsing, but from what I understand the Scrapbook
>> not only is somewhat similar, but is MUCH BETTER than TB! You browse at your
>> hearts contend, "Scrapbook" everything you like, and then it's there not
>> only to read right away, but forever after - that is, until you delete it.
>> Or forgot to back it up. Because - alas - as with everything Microsoft (for
>> the Mac at least), it ain't easy to backup!
>> (User/Library/Preferences/Explorer/Internet Scrapbook)
>> So here's my suggestion: Make a smarter Scrapbook on Safari. One you can
>> easily backup, and one you can share, in whole or in parts, with others.
>> Also with you Windows-pals.
>> 
>> /Peer
> 
> Laurie