Outline of what's new in 2.x.

Version 2.1.0 -- April 23rd 2010

• You can bookmark not only websites, but documents, files and folders too. These bookmarks can be searched and tagged just like regular bookmarks.
• If you bookmark a document, opening the bookmark opens the document with the associated program.
• If you bookmark a program file, opening the bookmark starts the program.
• If you bookmark a folder, opening the bookmark opens the folder in Windows Explorer.
• The dead link checker also checks document, file and folder bookmarks. If you delete the file, the link checker reports it as not found.
• Import and export bookmarks from one LinkStash file to another. This enables you to export a subset of bookmarks. Bookmark passwords are not exported.
• When you import bookmarks, they're merged so that duplicate bookmarks are not created in the same folder. If a bookmark exists, it's simply updated with details from the imported bookmark.
• When LinkStash makes a backup, you can choose to save the backup to a storage device such as a USB flash drive. To do this click Tools, Options, Advanced, then click the Backup button.
• LinkStash makes several backups of the bookmark file because one backup is not enough. The number of backups can now be increased or decreased.
• Backups can now be configured each time LinkStash auto saves - instead of just when you exit. It's useful if you rarely exit LinkStash. To avoid unnecessary backups, auto backup is performed when the recent backup is a day or more old.
• Backup performance improved.
• LinkStash can now start and stop with Google Chrome.
• Works with latest version of Chrome (4.1.249.1064.)
• Add version resource to lsmon.exe.
• The beep sound that you hear when a search results in no matches can now be turned off.
• If a bookmark has notes, an exclamation mark appears in the tab title of the properties dialog box to make you aware without the need to click on the tab.
• Ctrl+A in the notes tab selects all text.
• Toolbar buttons for dead link check (visible by default) and Chrome browser. Right-click the toolbar and click Customize to customize it.
• Fix for the find box sometimes receiving input focus when it shouldn't.
• Fix dead link check ignoring the exclude setting when re-checking previous failures or checking the open folder.
• Fix 'empty deleted bookmarks on exit' not saving the changes.
• Removed support for Windows 98, minimum required is Windows 2000.

Version 2.0.13 -- September 3rd 2009

• Fix incompatibility when adding bookmarks from Chrome 2.0.172.43.
• Fix MRU (Most Recently Used) file list not loading files with relative path names.
• Paths in options browser tab reports an invalid file location when it's valid.
• Add Czech translation.
• Add German translation.

Version 2.0.12 -- January 12th 2009

• Add experimental support for Google Chrome browser.
• Add Spanish translation (GUI and Help.)
• Show the localized Print Dialog instead of it always being in English.
• The tooltip for the Tag toolbar button displays the wrong accelerator.
• Fix bug with sync not deleting folders in IE Favorites.

Version 2.0.11 -- August 1st 2008

• When entering suspend mode power-management LinkStash will now automatically sign out.
• Better support for relative paths in portable mode. This change means you may need to re-open the bookmark file if it's not found the first time.
• The most recently used file list (at the bottom of the file menu) now shows more of the path instead of just the file name.
• Allow import of comments on multiples lines in a Firefox2 bookmark file.
• Fixes bug with non-ASCII chars appearing as garbage when viewing an exported HTML bookmark file in a browser.
• Fix the Help button in the Password Required dialog failing to launch Help.

Version 2.0.10 -- April 13th 2008

• Add Brazilian Portuguese language GUI.
• Add Chinese (Simplified) language GUI.
• Add Chinese (Traditional) language GUI.
• Update French language GUI.
• Add Italian language GUI.
• Add Korean language GUI.
• Fix bug importing Mozilla/Firefox/Netscape bookmarks where it's possible the bookmark name is incorrectly imported.
• Fix crash when the bookmark InfoTip displays a lot of text.
• Minor tweaks.

Version 2.0.9 -- March 3rd 2008

• Improve synchronizing of bookmarks when updating LS from IE.
• Fix bug when copying a LinkStash bookmark containing a non-ASCII URL (e.g. a Chinese URL) can't be pasted correctly.
• Fix bug in portable mode where settings containing special chars may not read correctly.
• Fix bug in portable mode where some Unicode strings are not decoded correctly.
• Fix bug that prompts you to convert the bookmark file each time it's opened if no changes were made to it after the conversion.
• Fix bug where arbitrary entries appear in the FindBar history combobox in portable mode under certain circumstances.
• Fix bug where tip of the day doesn't display is portable mode.
• Fix bug where pasting Unicode text directly into the main window (which creates a new bookmark) isn't decoded as Unicode.
• Keep track of the standard toolbar configuration version so new default buttons can be added in future releases without having to reset the toolbar.

Version 2.0.8 -- December 17th 2007

• Add a compression option to advanced tab to change the compression level of the saved bookmark file.
• Improved performance when saving bookmarks files that have lots (e.g. 30,000+) of bookmarks.
• The following files are no longer part of the portable archive: lsgrab.exe and lsshow.exe - they are not required in portable mode.
• After entering the serial name/number the thank-you message now displays the product type purchased (LinkStash or LinkStash Family Pack.)
• When running in portable mode without a serial number a message displays appropriate text instead of saying trial expired.
• Setup wizard option 'start with browser' should default to unchecked in portable mode.
• Windows Vista users will no longer see an "unidentified program" warning when launching the uninstaller from outside of Control Panel.
• Fix issue with LinkStash portable, it shouldn't remove the LinkStash entry from Start Menu|Startup group.
• Fix crash when re-creating a new bookmark file under certain situations.
• Fix crash when LinkStash creates the bookmark file for the first time under Windows 98 only.
• Fix bug where it was impossible to exit LinkStash without saving the bookmark file in certain situations.
• Fix issue with portable mode not remembering its settings on some systems. A side effect is that everyone must re-enter their settings (including the serial number) one more time in portable mode.
• Other minor tweaks.

Version 2.0.6 -- Major Update -- November 2nd 2007

• Bookmark URL checker (dead link check.)
• Sync with IE favorites.
• Allow tags (keywords) to be added to bookmark properties.
• Portable version to run on portable drive (e.g USB pen drive.)
• Bookmarks can be assigned specific browsers to open with via bookmark properties.
• Add Back and Forward history commands to select the previous folder.
• Add comment field to folders.
• Add notes to bookmarks, notes are like comments but for longer text.
• Compress the bookmark LNS file by approx 80% in size (tests show a 100k lns file shrinks to 20k.)
• Allow bookmark properties to be reset/edited: visit count, date visited and date added.
• GUI to customize (add, delete, rename) predefined tags.
• International (Unicode) language support for all text fields.
• Columns can be added or removed from the bookmark list.
• When exporting IE Favorites the Date Added is exported as the creation date.
• When importing IE Favorites the creation date is imported as the Date Added.
• Export options: include bookmark comments to be exported.
• Password: when auto-submit password is enabled allow user to specify number of tabs to reach the password field from the username field.
• IE integration can be turned on/off in tools|options.
• Option to empty deleted bookmarks on exit (general tab.)
• Statistics showing number of folders, bookmarks, unique/duplicate URLs, how many passwords (if signed in) etc..
• Allow Tags to be assigned to bookmarks via the bookmark pane.
• Change rating range from 0-100 to 0-10.
• Add Rating submenu to bookmark pane right-click menu, all selected bookmarks are affected.
• Send bookmarks by mail as an HTML file attachment (LS1 only allows File|Mail of a LNS file.)
• Add shortcut keys (accelerators) to the menu items: New Folder (Ctrl+G) and New Bookmark (Ctrl+B).
• Better looking images for disabled toolbar buttons.
• Search criteria can be saved as a preset and recalled with a single click.
• Add Find to folder pane right-click menu.
• Add option to search folder comments.
• Add option to search tags.
• Improve FindBar by adding a combobox to search: OpenFolderOnly, AllFolders or IncludeSubfolders (like CC3.)
• AutoFind should not throw up a message box when no results are found because it grabs focus from the search text box.
• The search text box background will turn red to alert the user that autofind has no results.
• Make AutoFind (search as you type) the default search method.
• Add a "Folder" column to the search results list.
• Search results folder has it's own column layout so is unaffected by changes made to column widths/positions/etc in other folders.
• Sort by Highlight.
• Each folder remembers the column it is sorted by, even between sessions.
• Folders automatically sort by name, instead of having to select sort by name each time.
• Option to encrypt the whole bookmark file allowing access only with master password.

Version 1.7.3 -- July 4th 2007

• Fix bug under Vista where start/stop with web browser option didn't work with Internet Explorer.
• Fix bug under Vista where highlights dialog box lists some fonts twice, with an @ and without.
• Fix potential error message in the installer under Vista: "failed to expand shell folder constant userdocs."
• Improve system tray icon appearance.
• XP theme ignored because of missing common control dependency in manifest.
• Remove artifacts from various small (16x16) icons.
• Export as Netscape file should not export the root folder as a subfolder.
• Fix crash when opening an LNS file that was saved with a newer or older version of LinkStash.
• Reduce memory requirements of LSMon.
• LinkStash installer no longer supports Windows95 (minimum OS required: Win98/NT4.)

Version 1.7.2 -- January 20th 2007

• Fixed a crash when exporting as HTML or Netscape/Mozilla Bookmarks.

Version 1.7.1 -- January 2007

• Fixed typos in Tools|OpenWith menu item accelerators.
• Added Spanish language.
• Added French language.

Version 1.7.0 -- December 2006

• Compatibile with Internet Explorer 7 tabs.
• Improved Firefox 2.0 compatibility.
• Added shortcut keys (accelerators) for opening bookmarks with specific browsers.
• Changed the default bookmark password hotkeys to be more compatible with Internet Explorer 7.
• The FindBar text box is now slightly longer.
• The Options|Browser tab now shows the long path names instead of the short version.
• Fixed a bug where the SignIn dialog box wouldn't display on top of Internet Explorer in certain circumstances.
• Fixed a bug where clicking Cancel in the SignIn dialog box resulted in LinkStash submitting a blank password.
• Fixed a bug in the Options|Browser tab where a blank error dialog box could be displayed under certain circumstances.
• Fixed a bug in the FindBar where any leading or trailing spaces would be removed.
• Fixed a bug in the Options|Browser tab where it could report 'Filename does not exist' error message when Firefox is the Windows default browser.

Version 1.6.16 -- December 2005

• Fixed a bug that could cause a runtime error during uninstallation.

Version 1.6.15 -- December 2005

• Added support for Firefox 1.5.
• Added Spanish language.
• Fixed a bug where pressing enter on a bookmark launched it twice.
• Fixed a bug that didn't allow spaces to be typed when using autofind.
• Bookmark rating column includes a border around the maximum range to give a better visual indication of the rating.
• Other minor fixes.

Version 1.6.11 -- June 2005

• Added support for Netscape 8.
• Fixed a bug with Auto Find where typing overwrites the text in the find box when searching.
• Fixed a bug with searching when the Search Subfolders setting is unchecked it produced incomplete results.
• Fixed a bug with printing where a bookmark that did not fit on the end of a page was not printed at the start of the next page.
• Fixed a bug with the page setup bottom margin.
• Fixed a bug with Invert Selection (Edit menu) where it did nothing.
• Note: This version of LinkStash supports Netscape version 7 and newer, if you must use an older version of Netscape then please download a previous version of LinkStash.

Version 1.6.10 -- December 2004

• Fixed a bug when opening a LinkStash bookmark with Opera, the first time Opera is started in this way it did not show the page.
• When importing an Opera hotlist, LinkStash starts with a more appropriate folder (this tracks recent changes made in Opera.)
• When importing Netscape/Mozila bookmarks, the Mozilla Firefox bookmark file is now added to the list of bookmark files to import.
• When importing bookmarks, non-ASCII characters (i.e. ó) in bookmark names or descriptions are displayed correctly.
• When adding a bookmark the "last visit" date is now set to match the date the bookmark is added, and the "number of visits" is 1.
• The Import Netscape Bookmarks Dialog has been redesigned and is now resizable.
• Fixed a bug with user registration failing when running under a "Limited" user account.

Version 1.6.8 -- March 2004

• Added support for Mozilla Firefox browser, which replaces Firebird.
• Optimizations have reduced the executable file size by 10%

Version 1.6.7 -- January 2004

• FindBar improvements:
  • Search history (previous searches are remembered.)
  • Clear all search history.
  • Locate a bookmark when double clicking a search result (instead of opening it.)
  • Search by folder name.
  • Search by folder complete path name.
• Improved the speed of FindAll.
• Fixed bookmark drag and drop, it's no longer possible to insert a bookmark above or below a folder in the folder list.
• Fixed a bug requiring a user to sign in to send a password even though the security setting for a bookmark password is None.

Version 1.6.4 -- 26 November 2003

• Fixed a bug where sorting by date (date added or date visited) produced incorrect results.
• Fixed a bug where in some cases multiple instances of LinkStash could be run, resulting in multiple tray icons.

Version 1.6.1 -- November 2003

• Added Restore to the File > LinkStash File menu to restore from a backup.
• Added error reporting when exporting IE Favorites fails (for example filename length is over the file system limit.)
• Added Save To My Order to the View > Arrange Bookmarks By menu, which saves the current order to My Order.
• Added Import Here to the folder list right-click menu, which imports bookmarks to the selected folder.
• Added a right-click menu to the bookmark list column header to change the arrangement.
• Added support for the Mozilla Firebird web browser.
• Improved the Help file with the addition of an Index tab.
• When backing up on exit, the backup is made only if the most recent backup file is older than 1 day.
• Fixed a bug that allowed the root bookmark folder to be collapsed when using Collapse All From Here.
• Drag and drop sorting when not sorted by My Order is now more intuitive.
• Minor GUI improvements.

Version 1.5.0.23 -- August 2003

• Added an option to the Sign In dialog that automatically signs out when then screen saver is running.

Version 1.5.0.21 -- April 2003

• Fixed a bug that did not clear the fields in the Add Bookmark dialog when adding multiple bookmarks.
• Minor GUI changes.

Version 1.5.0.20 -- March 2003

• Improved folder drag and drop to provide a visual hint of the target folder.
• Improved the general options layout.
• Improved the duplicate checker dialog layout.
• Improved folder auto collapse and expand: clicking on an already expanded and unselected folder is no longer collapsed.
• The expanded or collapsed state of a pasted folder is restored instead of always being pasted as a collapsed folder.
• Buttons no longer flicker when resizing dialog boxes.
• Fixed a bug that could cause an exception if a folder is deleted with the right-click menu.
• Fixed a bug that could cause an exception when adding a bookmark from IE.
• Fixed a bug with the Rename a bookmark with a click on a selected bookmark affecting the status of the Display bookmark InfoTip option and vice-versa.
• Fixed a bug with various File Open dialog boxes not being shown under Windows98, i.e. Import Opera or clicking a browser in browser options.
• Fixed other minor bugs.

Version 1.5.0.19 -- March 2003

• Folders can be organized in to any order by drag and drop. Previously, the folder list was permanently sorted alphabetically.
• Bookmarks can be organized in any order with the new command View > Arrange Bookmarks By > My Order.
• Password support for bookmarks has been added.
• Bookmark passwords are stored securely using encryption.
• Authentication through a master password ensures privacy and security of encrypted information.
• Added hotkeys for typing the user name, password and custom text fields of a bookmark.
• Searching has been improved:
  • Added Edit > Find All to display complete search results in a Search Results folder.
  • Added Auto Find All and Auto Find Next to automatically search as you type.
  • The search text is now space delineated. For example, searching for "xrayz software" matches a bookmark that contains either "xrayz" or "software".
  • Logic settings allow you to search for bookmarks that are partial or complete matches.
  • Specific fields, such as URL or Comment, etc., can be excluded/included from the search.
  • Subfolders can be excluded/included from the search.
  • A search can be started from the beginning for new searches (i.e. when the search text has been changed.)
  • Three clicks in the Find textbox highlights all words in the box.
• Deleted bookmarks are moved to a Deleted Bookmarks folder (hold Shift down while deleting to delete permanently.)
• Most dialogs are sizable, including the Add Bookmark Dialog.
• You are no longer asked if you want to add a duplicate bookmark. Instead the Add Bookmark Dialog is displayed and a URL Already Bookmarked button appears. Clicking it will bring up a Check Duplicates Dialog.
• Bookmarks can be exported to an HTML file.
• Highlights for bookmarks and folders are chosen with the right-click menu, instead of having to go through Bookmark Properties.
• Highlights can be applied in bulk. Highlights are now applied to all selected bookmarks.
• LinkStash can now maintain multiple backups of the LinkStash file, using file rotation.
• Added Display Bookmark InfoTip for n seconds option to general options page.
• Added Backup (with rotation) the bookmark file on exit option to advanced options page.
• Added Auto Save the bookmark file every n minutes option to advanced options page.
• Favorites can now be dragged from Internet Explorer and dropped into LinkStash.
• Bookmark ratings now appear alongside graphical bars for improved visualization.
• Added an Apply button to the Bookmark Properties dialog. This button applies changes while the dialog is visible.
• Pressing the Tab key switches activation between the folder list, bookmark list and the find bar if, it's visible.
• Added new Print and Info Bar tokens:
  • %21 Full path name of bookmark, i.e. "My folder/Software/Shareware".
  • %22 Parent name only of bookmark, i.e. "Shareware".
• Added File > Save Copy As to save a copy of the bookmark file with a new name.
• Added Automatically expand and collapse folders to general options page that, when checked, expands one folder at a time.
• Added Tools > Open All In Folder (and folder right-click menu) to open all bookmarks in the selected folder.
• Added Sort by Name to the folder list right-click menu to alphabetically arrange subfolders.
• Dragging and hovering over a folder results in the folder expanding.
• Added support for Netscape7, Mozilla and NetCaptor.
• When exporting bookmarks to Internet Explorer Favorites, you can now choose to delete any existing Favorites.
• Import/Export Internet Explorer dialog now remembers its settings.
• Added View > Refresh (F5) to refresh the window contents.
• The Add Bookmark dialog is now sizable. Size and position are now remembered.
• Improved Opera Hotlist importing to tolerate bad formatting.
• Imported bookmarks are imported into the root LinkStash folder instead of being imported to an "Imported browser-name" subfolder.
• Duplicates URLs are checked when importing bookmarks. An existing LinkStash bookmark will have its details updated to match that of the imported bookmark.
• File > Backup now performs a save and backup of the bookmark file.
• Rearranged folder right-click menu.
• The root folder can no longer be collapsed.
• Folder conforms more to Internet Explorer behaviour:
  • When right-clicking a folder, the folder is not selected.
  • When pasting, the pasted folder is always collapsed.
• File > Import > Opera skips the redundant step that asks you to select an Opera hotlist. Instead it goes straight to the open file dialog.
• Fixed a bug that caused actions to be performed on folders instead of the expected bookmark pane.
• Fixed various drag and drop bugs, such as when dropping a folder on to its parent caused it to disappear.
• Fixed a bug with bookmark sorting that sometimes swapped positions of identical entries.
• Fixed other minor bugs.

Version 1.1.0.14 -- February 2002

• Added support for printing bookmarks. This is available by clicking Print (File menu.)
• Added a Page Setup tab to Options. This is available either by clicking Options (Tools menu) and selecting the Printing tab, or more directly by clicking Page Setup (File menu.)
• Added an option to show grid lines in the bookmark pane. This is set up in the General tab in Options (Tools menu.)
• Added a tip of the day at startup.
• Added bookmarklets to LinkStash's stock bookmarks. Bookmarklets allow you to modify the way you see someone else's web page.
• Added a Tip of the Day menu item to the Help menu. It shows the next tip of the day.
• Fixed a bug where double tooltips were displayed in the standard toolbar.
• Fixed a bug that resulted in no duplicates being found when checking for duplicates via menu item Duplicated URLs (Tools menu.)
• Fixed a bug where Netscape was not being detected as the last active browser window when grabbing URLs.
• The toolbar is no longer displayed using true-color under Windows95.
• Uninstalling LinkStash now gives you the option of deleting any bookmark files you have created in the installation folder or in My Documents.
• Added a Support menu item to the Help|XRayzOnTheWeb menu.
• Improved importing of Netscape bookmarks.
• When exporting bookmarks as Netscape format, the comment field is now exported.
• Renamed Arrange Icons By (View menu) to Arrange Bookmarks By.
• When the text has been changed in the Find Bar text-box, the search will now start from the first bookmark (I.E. from the root folder) when Find Next is clicked.

Version 1.0.0.5 -- January 2002

• Initial release.