JO*  This is such a cool app.! Bought it today on a MUPromo.

Exactly what I was looking for. A godsend when you are looking for a specific webpage that you can only remember by its look and search terms didn't help.

My bookmark-collection consists of +2,500 bookmarks (pretty well sorted) an they were imported in less than 10 minutes on a MacBook Pro 2.33Ghz.

The only drawback is the manual import from Safari. But you can add a button to your favorite browser (in my case that works in Safari) where you can add bookmarks directly to Webbla.

What I haven't figured out yet is why some bookmark-icons only display a black "@"-square whereas others automatically show as thumbnails (the ones that don't show can be manually refreshed though and then correctly display the thumbnail preview). Maybe the developers can help me out. Preferences are set to "Added bookmarks are marked as check: Once per session".

I'd definetly gave it an overall 5-star-rating if automatic syncing with Safari would be included (hint hint :-) to the devs).

Keep up the great work...

Jo  
(Version 1.2.3)

MAR6473  Why is the bookmark font so blurry? This is a nice app but a few basic things like quicklook and an option to adjust the font would be really practical.   
(Version 1.3)

ANG  First, Webbla is great !

What is needed :

-foxmark sync !

-firefox sync !

-the database on multiple files (for dropbox each time i add just one bookmark it's about sync the whole database bookmark !)

-the ability to choose the size of capture screen !

-the ability to tag multiple bookmarks at once !

Thnak you  
(Version 1.3)

HOBOJOE  This is an update to my comments below. I am in no way associated with the developer, and am only being so verbose because this application is something I've been looking for for a long time.

I did hear back from the developer within the 3 days promised with helpful info. I went ahead and purchased the app, and this review is based on 1.0.2.

They got the Safari import fixed. It's manual, meaning you have to export your bookmarks from Safari, and then import them into Webbla. It keeps any folder structure you may have created in Safari, and brings in your Bookmarks Bar as well. The developer said they're hoping to include sync with Safari by 1.1.

I had nearly 5500 bookmarks (crazy...), and it did take a while for them to import into Webbla. I can't tell you exactly how long, because I walked away from my computer, and when I came back, there was a dialogue box asking for permission to tap into a keychain item for a password-protected site (Screencasts Online). I don't know how long the dialogue box was sitting there.

I would guess it took about 2 hours to process all of the bookmarks, which means the app goes to each page and gets a snapshot of it.

With about 350 left, the app did hang, pegging CPU usage at 99%, and taking up about 650 MB of RAM. I force-quit the application, and when I re-opened it, it picked up from where it hit a snag, processing the rest, CPU running around 1.5 to 2%.

I've been messing around with Webbla for a bit now, and really like it. It's perfect for my needs, which are organizing all these bookmarks I've collected like a pack rat. I'm definitely cutting it some slack for being a new release, but judging from the developer's responsiveness, I'm okay with that.

Some niggly bits to point out:

- I don't love the position of the "tags" window

- When you resize the app, the upper window runs into the title of the webpage

- I wish there was an "activity viewer" so I could see just which webpage it's processing

- I'm not seeing tool tips on some of the buttons (e.g., the buttons in the toolbar), so I'm not sure what they do

- The program sends out the spinning beach ball often, but I'm sure this will change as the program becomes optimized

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The program is responsive with all my bookmarks in there. I haven't tried exporting them back out to Safari yet, as it's going to take me a while to get these organized and cleaned up.

I can easily see this app hitting 5 stars in a couple of revisions.  
(Version 1.0.2)

HAL0THANE  This is such a fabulous app. It's beautiful, sleek, elegant, and sexy. It's a great way to manage your bookmarks (favorites) offline. What it is NOT is an application that interfaces with any of the popular social bookmarking sites, such as Delicious, StumbleUpon, and so forth. For someone who has been storing bookmarks in Delicious for 3+ years, this is essential functionality to any application I regularly use. Having said that, though, Webbla also makes a great backup repository for me. And for those who don't use social bookmarking, Webbla imitates the same functionality (most notably, tagging) for a single user. Webbla does, in fact, import one's Delicious tags and notes when importing from Delicious--making the process that much easier.  
(Version 1.3.1)

E.  This app is shaping up quite nicely. I started with the previous version and had no problem importing my thousands of bookmarks. The new bookmarklets and global hotkeys features are already second nature to me (after just one day) and really a pleasure to use. Webbla wouldn't be for everybody and it is overpriced IMO, but if you are visually oriented, give this a try - the thumbnails have jogged my memory on a daily basis :)  
(Version 1.2.1)

GRYPHONENT  If this would merge with BookIt's functionality and sync bookmarks across browsers while picking up bookmarks from browsers... then we'd be talking. But a separate app to organize bookmarks outside the browser? No thank.  
(Version 1.0)

GRYPHONENT  Great app... if only it would provide syncing with Del.ico.us! The feature has been blatantly overlooked.   
(Version 1.4.2)

EDGARCABRERA  I'm testing this application, but the tags disappear and it's impossible to use them to sort bookmarks. I'm using 10.5.6  
(Version 1.4.1)

MICHEL TRIBET  Where is, in 1.4, the CoverFlow view ? How can I activate it ? Because it seems to have disappeared from Webbla, I am really sad !   
(Version 1.4)