Overview


You spend your days browsing the internet, making great finds and then you lose track of the websites. Never Fear! ForgetMeNot will be your Internet Research Assistant and keep them for you.


ForgetMeNot organises your finds into Collections, that you can share with others and between your devices. You can tag your Collections and Tabs to create a Folksonomy that will bookmark the key subjects that you are researching. The tags automatically populate ForgetMeNot’s SideBar menu and with one click you can find all the Windows and Tabs that are associated with a particular tag.


ForgetMeNot is also a Window and Tab manager. From one place, you can see all your open Windows and Tabs - you can open, close, duplicate, minimise Windows and close and move Tabs both within and between Windows. So, no matter how many Windows and Tabs you have open, you can manage them easily with ForgetMeNot.


There's an annual charge to use ForgetMeNot which is roughly equivalent to the cost of 2 cappuccinos. If you decide to use Cloud Storage, there's a small additional charge.


ForgetMeNot works with both Firefox and Chromium based browsers, including Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Vivaldi.


Tutorial



Guide


Installation


To install ForgetMeNot in a Chromium browser, go to the Chrome Web Store and add the extension. Once ForgetMeNot has been installed, click on the Extensions icon in the toolbar and “pin” ForgetMeNot to the toolbar; the ForgetMeNot icon will then appear in the toolbar. Clicking on it will bring up ForgetMeNot in a new Tab.


To install ForgetMeNot in Firefox, click here.

Managing Browser Windows and Tabs



The screenshot above shows ForgetMeNot's Windows panel which allows you to manage your Browser Windows and Tabs. The tan coloured title bar of the panel summarises the number of Windows and has three icon controls:

  1. The Launch control launches a new Window.
  2. The Close control closes all Tabs and Windows (apart from ForgetMeNot!).
  3. The Expand All control expands all Windows and the Tabs within each Window. After expansion, the control changes to a Collapse All control which will collapse all Windows and Tabs.
  4. The Expand control expands all Windows; if an individual Window has been previously expanded, the Tabs will be shown otherwise not. After expansion, the control changes to a Collapse control which will collapse all Windows but not the Tabs within each Window.

In the screenshot, the Windows panel shows 5 Windows, 4 of which are collapsed and one that is expanded, showing its Tabs. The title bar of each Window contains a running total of the Tabs in the Window (e.g. 10 Tabs in the expanded window) and a number of icon controls:

  1. The Close control closes the Window.
  2. The Save control saves the Window to a Collection.
  3. The Duplicate control opens a new Window with the same Tabs.
  4. The Focus control brings the Window into focus.
  5. The New Tab control creates a new Tab in the Window.
  6. The Paste control adds the last Tab copied to the clipboard to the Window.
  7. The Minimize control minimises the Window. The control then toggles to a Restore control which restores the Window.
  8. The Expand control on the far right of the panel expands the Window; After expansion, the control changes to a Collapse control which collapses the Window.

When expanded, a Window panel shows all the Tabs in the Window. Each row shows the Tab icon and title and has the following icon controls:

  1. The Close control closes the Tab.
  2. The Copy control copies the Tab to the internal clipboard.
  3. The Paste control adds the last Tab copied to the clipboard as the next Tab.
  4. The Focus control brings the Tab into focus.

Saving a Window to a Collection



The screenshot above shows the dialog that allows you to save a Browser Window so that it appears in the “Collections” panel. As well giving the Collection a name and a description, you can add tags that describe the content of the Collection; when you place the cursor in the tag field, you can either select an existing tag or to create a new tag, type in the text and press return. The tags are used to form the entries in the side menu (see section below).

When you press the Save button in the dialog, the new entry will be added to the Collections panel.

Managing Collections



The screenshot above shows a Collections panel which displays 5 Collections that have been saved; only the Italian Recipes Window and Italian Recipes Collection are expanded.

The tan coloured title bar of the panel summarises the number of saved Collections and has a number of icon controls:

  1. The Delete control deletes all Collections.
  2. The Cloud Backup control saves Collections to Cloud Storage.
  3. The Cloud Restore control restores Collections from Cloud Storage.
  4. The View Cloud control allows you to view and delete Collections you have in Cloud Storage.
  5. The Expand All control expands all Collections and the Tabs within each Collection. After expansion, the control changes to a Collapse All control which will collapse all Collections and Tabs.
  6. The Expand control expands all Collections; if an individual Collection has been previously expanded, the Tabs will be shown otherwise not. After expansion, the control changes to a Collapse control which will collapse all Collections but not the Tabs within each Collections.

For more information about backing up and restoring files, see section below.

In the screenshot, the Collections panel shows 5 saved Collections. Each row contains the name of the Collection, the number of Tabs in the Collection and a number of icon controls:

  1. The Delete control deletes the Collection.
  2. The Cloud Backup control saves the Collection to Cloud Storage.
  3. The Share control allows you to share the Collection with other users.
  4. The Launch control launches a new Browser Window that has all the Tabs of the Collection.
  5. The Paste control adds the last Tab copied to the clipboard to the Collection.
  6. The Edit control brings up a dialog form that allows you to change the name, description and tags of the Collection.
  7. The Expand control on the far right of the panel expands the Collection; After expansion, the control changes to a Collapse control which collapses the Collection.

When expanded, a Collection panel shows all the Tabs in the Collection. Each row shows the Tab icon and title and has the following icon controls:

  1. The Delete control deletes the Tab.
  2. The Copy control copies the Tab to the internal clipboard.
  3. The Paste control adds the last Tab copied to the clipboard as the next Tab.
  4. The Edit control brings up a dialog form that allows you to change the name, description and tags of the Tab.

Updating Collections


When you save a Window to a Collection or you launch a Collection as a Window, the title of the Window will be changed to show that it is “Linked with Collection”; in the screenshot above, you will see that the Italian Recipes Collection is linked to one of the Browser Windows.

If you add or delete tabs within the Window and want to save the changes, the Save dialog will show all the changes and allow you to select which changes you want to save.

Dragging and Dropping Tabs


As well as using the Copy and Paste icon controls discussed above, you can drag and drop Tabs both within Windows and Collections or between Windows and Collections. When you drag a Tab either from a Collection to a Window or vice versa, a new Tab will be added. When you drag a Tab in an Window either to a new location in the same Window or to another Window, the Tab will be moved; likewise, when you drag a Tab in a Collection either to a new location in the same Collection or to another Collection, the Tab will be moved.

Application Menu


The menu bar at the top of the screen has a number of controls:

  1. The Sidebar menu control displays a side bar menu, populated by the tags you have created.
  2. The Search control allows you to search for a word in both Windows and Collections.
  3. The Messages control allows you to retrieve Collections shared with you by other ForgetMeNot users.
  4. The Help control opens this website.
  5. The Settings control opens a dialog where you can change settings.
  6. The Account control shows you the status of your account and allows you to buy more Cloud storage.
  7. The Logout control logs you out of ForgetMeNot.

Tags and the Sidebar menu



The screenshot above shows a sidebar menu which is triggered when you press the menu icon on the top left of the menu bar. The entries in the menu are the tags that you associated with Collections and Tabs using the dialog forms discussed above. When you click on a menu entry, the text will automatically be entered into the search box of the menu bar and a search will be triggered.

Search


You can search all Windows and Collections either by using the left hand side menu or by entering a search term directly into the search box of the menu bar. When a search is triggered, a search results panel will open and display all matching Tabs; the Windows and Collections panels will be filtered so that only Windows and Collections that match the search term are displayed.

The screenshot below shows all the Windows and Tabs that contain the search term Jamie Oliver.



Collections in the Cloud


You can backup your Collections to Cloud Storage. There are a number of reasons why you might want to do this:

  • Firstly you might want to share your Collections between different machines and with friends or colleagues.
  • Secondly, the more Collections that you hold in ForgetMeNot, the more memory you will use; you can save your Collections to Cloud Storage, delete them locally and restore them when you want.
  • Finally computers fail and so saving your library of Collections to an external drive means that you will not lose it in the event of computer failure.

When you want to back up a Collection that you have previously saved, ForgetMeNot will automatically detect the changes and allow you to choose what is saved. Likewise, if you decide to restore a Collection that is already in your Collections panel, ForgetMeNot will automatically detect the changes and allow you to choose what is restored.

Layout


The layout of the panels within the user interface of ForgetMeNot can be adjusted. A vertical splitter allows you to resize the Windows and Collections panels. There is also a “maximise” control at the top right of both panels which allows you to maximise a Window. When the Search Results panel is open, there is a horizontal splitter between the search results panel and the Windows and Collections panels that allows you to resize the search results panel.

The layout changes you make are automatically saved.

FAQ


1. Multiple instances of ForgetMeNot


Though it is possible to run multiple instances of ForgetMeNot in different Browser Windows, changes made in one instance of ForgetMeNot are not synchronized to other instances; you have to refresh the tab in which ForgetMeNot is running. Therefore it is best to run ForgetMeNot in just one Browser Window.

Privacy Statement



ForgetMeNot by default only saves Collections to Browser local storage on your machine. ForgetMeNot only copies data to the Internet if you decide to buy Cloud Storage. ForgetMeNot uses Cloud Storage solely for the purpose of saving and restoring Collections; it makes no other use of the data.

Contact



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