Daily Reviews Team, 2002-05-18 01:10:10

     It seems that such a large software corporation as Microsoft deliberately leaves something to be desired in its products so that smaller software developers can spend their days improving Microsoft software with tiny add-ons and plug-ins. Internet Explorer is the most obvious choice for even an amateur programmer to try their luck and improve its usability and interface. When professionals start thinking if they could make IE better, we, humble users, get to learn about such products as HydraLinks.
     HydraLinks is an Internet Explorer add-on that lets you have a kind of scrapbook inside the browser itself. It works with version 5.01 and above. The program creates its own icon on the main toolbar, its own window and is generally present by one or more tiny floating browser windows on top of the windows with the sites you are currently browsing.
     The program's windows look pretty and can be changed with other skins. The My List window lets you instanly save links to pages and images while not clugging up your Favorites folder. You can save the list of links and transfer some or all of them to Favorites later. You can also email selected links at a click of a button - and the program will never disgrace itself by loading your email client or asking your password. Try this great IE add-on today and browse the net with comfort!

Daily Reviews Team, 2002-03-10 01:10:10

     Do you think Internet Explorer developers missed out something when they were planning the famous browser and it's not quite so easy to use? Some people agree with this statement wholeheartedly when they get to know various add-ons and improvers for Internet Explorer. Among these add-ons and enhancement tools HydraLinks stands out.
     HydraLinks is a program that adds more features to your Internet Explorer. Bad news for those who stick to older versions of this browser - HydraLinks works with IE 5.0 and above. The program installs its icon in the system tray and also a button on the IE toolbar (this one will not appear automatically but should be manually added through the 'customize toolbar' window).
     The main idea of the program is to let you navigate without constantly pushing 'Back' and 'Forward' buttons and adding pages to Favorites (which is a pain once you have more than a couple of dozen bookmarks already). It pops up a tiny window where you can save links, anchors and images with a single click and return to them later. Among the most prominent features there are ability to transfer groups of links from this tiny window directly to Favorites folder, open links in a pop-under window and open several links at once, cascading or tiling up the windows. The program can be considered as a smart and handy scrapbook integrated into IE. Try it today and see it for yourself.