Webjimbo - 2.2.7

First of all, anyone who leaves negative comments or reviews without having used the actual product is a complete moron IMHO.

I don't ordinarily post feedback or reviews. When I purchase software, I just expect it to work as advertised. Maybe it's just me? Well, Yojimbo and Webjimbo wouldn't be an exception to this rule, but I feel compelled to attempt to dispel the nonsense in the two posts below.

I purchased Yojimbo way back in early 2007. I use it just about every day. My biggest problem with it is my own laziness and using it as a temporary repository for various things and not being diligent about going through my junk. Otherwise, it's a terrific program that "works as advertised". It's stable and does exactly what the programmers say it does, and it does it very well.

I'm not sure how long Webjimbo has been out, but I installed it today and am very impressed. A simple setup and you're in business. I tested it out on three major web browsers: Firefox 3.0.5, Safari 3.1.2, Camino 1.6.6. Webjimbo worked as advertised on these three browsers, with no problems other than the security certificate reports as invalid. Easy work around, I believe this is caused by the redirection, but again, easy fix. Webjimbo is an amazing addition to Yojimbo. You can create new items, edit existing items, delete, etc. Changes you make through the web browser interface are immediately made in the actual program and vice versa. Definitely a useful program. Again, it does exactly what the programmers say it does and it does it well. I still have to test it at work through the corporate firewall, but if I can access it from work, I will buy it. $30 is admittedly on the high end for shareware, but Bare Bones software puts out excellent products.

Also, the comment by tabaks that your data is unencrypted is not true. If he had taken the time to actually use the product, he would have realized this. When you connect to your mac, you are connecting via https through flyingmac.com. Additionally, whatever passwords you have saved in Yojimbo are masked in Webjimbo as well.

As for the comment by ncs51. I agree that syncing with Mobile Me is very useful. Especially if you sync your documents and such. The nice thing about Yojimbo is that the program can act as a repository for a variety of data that you might not ordinarily store (clutter) up your home directory with. The ability to access this wide assortment of data via a browser interface from anywhere in the world is useful to those of us that find Yojimbo useful. As an example, I use Yojimbo to save interesting articles that I find on the web. If I were at work and wanted to show a friend that article, I'd be screwed if I didn't remember where I found it. With Webjimbo, I can log into my account and access the article that I saved in Yojimbo. Of course you could argue that you could do the same thing with Mobile Me, but again, for those of us that use Yojimbo as a repository for various data to keep our home directory fairly uncluttered, this is a useful tool. Just my .02...

In closing, I must say this is a well designed program. Thanks to the developers for putting out such a good product.