Html Bookmark Compare

For users who have various web browsers or multiple user profiles for browsers, having different bookmarks in different profiles can be difficult to organize. HTML Bookmark Compare offers a way to load HTML files two at a time into the application and compare them, then copy over the bookmarks into the other file.

The application is easy to use, loading each HTML file takes only a few clicks and, as long as users know where the files are in their directories, they should have no trouble. Unfortunately, the application is limited in what users can actually do with files they have loaded. Users can copy over bookmarks easily enough and even run an automated comparison check to determine which bookmarks are missing from another. Any other form of editing though is not really possible.

The ability to delete a bookmark or rename one, or edit a file in some real form would greatly improve the usefulness of the application. The application also lacks basic contextual menus, right clicking the bookmark does nothing, instead every feature must be accessed through other menus. This poor design has the affect of making the application feel inefficient and cumbersome to work with.

The application’s UI is mostly empty, most of the space is reserved for the two bookmark panes and nothing else. There are no buttons or icons, no way to quickly access what the application has to offer. The application also lacks basic hotkeys for any of its functions, even simple hotkeys like opening a file don’t work.

The interface is far from user friendly and some basic improvements such as icons or buttons, or even some file browsing options would go a long way. The features themselves are not clear either, they do not emphasis or point out which file they are copying from or to, which makes using the application more guess work than precise use. Clearer labeling in the menus or specific menus for each panel would significantly improve its interface.

To summarize, the application does compare different bookmark files, it displays them well enough and clearly, but that is all. The ability of the application to copy bookmarks to different files is undermined by poor menu design and unclear descriptions of the program’s functions. The lack of any HTML editing capability or just basic bookmark renaming means the application is extremely limited for anyone wanting to do more than just look at two separate files simultaneously.