I've been searching the net to look for a good way to export my browser favorites to a Sharepoint 'Links' list. Compatibility with WSS 3.0/MOSS 2007 is a requirement.
Maybe I used the wrong search paramaters, but I couldn't find what I was looking for. I did found a project named SharePointFav that allows someone to add the current page's URL directly to a Sharepoint list. Very interesting and a nice feature for my own application.
What are the benefits of saving favorites in a Sharepoint list:
- Centralized location;
- Links are portable and available from every internet PC;
- Collaboration, share interesting links with others;
- Links are searchable;
I developed an application that basically does the same as SharePointFav. Right-clicking a page in Internet Explorer brings up a dialog that allows the user to save the URL to Sharepoint. The URL and page title are retrieved from IE.
But my application does more. It also shows all your local IE favorites (by reading the .URL links in your favorites folder) and you can check which favorites you like to export to the Sharepoint list. The URL and page title are retrieved from the internet shortcut.
I'm planning to release this software in the near future. But before I do so, I would like to implement a feature called 'tagging'. I realized that I (and others) have so many favorites that it becomes a chaos. By tagging each favorite and assigning it to a category, I hope this organizes things better.