What's A QuickLinker?
QuickLinker is an application which enables you to save frequently used links.
It's designed to be used as a browser start page, so that when you open up your browser all your favourite links are a single click away. You can use QuickLinker in any browser, on any device, from any location. You can even share links with other users of the system.
Features
QuickLinker has a built-in searchbox, so you can sidestep the middleman and go straight to your search results.
There's a communal area where you can browse shared links, and you can leave messages for other users on the system.
The layout is fully customisable with a variety of themes to choose from, and you'll have your own CSS file for complete control.
Why Do I Need One?
Maybe you don't. If you already have a browser start page that does what you want, then there's no reason to change.
Not much of a sales pitch, is it?
Chances are you use the Web regularly, and a large part of the time will be spent searching for stuff. If you're looking for the same stuff day after day, there's a surprising amount of time to be saved by having that stuff close to hand.
There's a host of alternative methods for quickly finding the link you need. Most folks use the auto-complete feature of the browser: if it's in the browser history, the URL bar will get you there pretty fast. Many of us have bookmarks or favourites saved, and if you have them organised you can get there pretty fast too.
There are integrated widgets for browsers which put a search box right there in the interface, and most let you select from a bunch of popular data sources like Wikipedia and YouTube. Heck, there are browser extensions that can even tell you what the weather's like.
So why would you want to change?
One click can make a difference
Let's take a search as the first example. You're having a conversation with your significant other and a matter of contention arises: only the Internet can settle the argument.
- Open a browser (click)
- Click in the Google search box (click)
- Type the search terms (tippety-typety)
- Click the dropdown containing the data sources (click)
- Select Wikipedia (click)
- Hit return (or click the magnifying glass)
Now admittedly there are many variations on this theme - maybe you already had Wikipedia selected from your last search - but in this particular scenario there are four clicks involved, and not just clicks but moving the mouse and refocussing attention on the tasks.
Here's an alternative scenario:
- Open a browser (click)
- Type the search terms (tippety-typety)
- Click the Wikipedia search button (click)
Two clicks. With QuickLinker it's that simple.
Find the lady, find the lady
If you use your browser's bookmarks feature - sometimes called favourites - you'll probably be in one of two camps:
- you have subfolders set up in which you categorise and organise your favourite links
- you have a single list of all pages you've ever bookmarked - the "spare room" of favourites
Either way, finding a link potentially involves quite a bit of searching, not to mention navigating flyout menus or expanding categories.
With QuickLinker your links are right there on the page. You can order them alphabetically, you can order them manually, you can quickly search through them. You can show as many as you like, and the rest will be tucked neatly behind an expanding panel.
Where Can I Get One?
Well, as soon as coding is completed, right here. Stay tuned.