In this blog post we cover
- Hookmark 6.13,
- Hookmark Pal 1.2 and 1.3,
- a sneak preview of Hookmark 7 and upcoming integrations,
- Artisanal software’s Winterfest vs. Enshittification
- Our next Office Hours (webinar)
Hookmark 6.13 now available
Hookmark 6.13 is now available as an in-app update for users with a valid Updates license.
This release improves how web bookmarks are stored in DEVONthink and fixes issues with the context window in Apple Notes, as well as with Hookmark’s badges.
For full details, please see the release notes.
Hookmark Pal 1.2 and 1.3
Hookmark Pal 1.2 has been released with further refinements to subscription logic.
Hookmark Pal 1.3 will introduce an iOS/iPadOS share-sheet action for Hook to Copied Link, making it much easier to hook links while working on your mobile devices.
We have a list of enhancements planned for Hookmark Pal, but please let us know on the Hookmark forum what changes you’d most like to see—this helps us prioritize our work.
Hookmark 7: sneak preview
We’re working on some major new features for Hookmark 7. Here are two highlights:
Clean My Links™
This new setting cleans links you copy and hook. Enabled by default—even for Hookmark Lite users—it removes tracking parameters added by services such as Amazon, X, LinkedIn, and Facebook. The result is cleaner, shorter, more private, and more shareable links.
Hookmark Pro users will be able to define their own regular expressions for link cleaning.
Hook a web page to a new clean PDF
You’ll be able to hook a web page to a newly generated, clean PDF of that page. Hookmark will generate the PDF and hook it to its source, automatically bookmarking both sides of the link.
And there’s plenty more to come in the Hookmark 7 series.
Upcoming software integrations
We’re continually improving our integrations—our current script collection is now at version 400.
Coming soon:
- Support for the new Omni Link URL schemes for OmniOutliner and OmniGraffle (currently in The Omni Group’s TestFlight builds)
- Support for the Neovim hyper-extensible Vim-based text editor
- Improved support for ReadKit 3
- Better support for Scrivener, including non-English languages
If enabled, these updates are delivered silently and automatically to your Hookmark apps—no restart required.
Artisanal software’s Winterfest vs. Enshittification
I’ve been reading Cory Doctorow’s book Enshittification, and I must say I’m aghast. I was aware of some of the harmful behaviors in which big tech companies engage, but this comprehensive account really takes the cake. I’m particularly looking forward to the sections on what we can do about this troubling state of affairs.
The beauty of artisanal software is that it cannot resort to enshittification.
Hookmark takes the high road—forever, pursuing the ideals of the Manifesto for Ubiquitous Linking which I wrote and has been signed by many artisanal Mac app developers, and you can sign it too.
Winterfest is the artisanal Mac software winter festival curated by Mark Bernstein. This year’s theme is artisanal intelligence.
Andy Brice asked “Is the golden age of Indie software over?”, and Mark Bernstein responded in a manner with which I agree.
Winterfest runs until January 7. You can get 25% off a selection of great artisanal software—such as Tinderbox, DEVONthink, and even Hookmark Pro and Hookmark Updates licenses.
Webinar: Using Hookmark for lawyers (and others)
Please join us for Hookmark Office Hours on January 15, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Pacific Time. 👉 Zoom link
I’ll demonstrate how Hookmark can be especially useful for lawyers—for example, when used with Daylite, DEVONthink, and PDF deep linking. I’ll also show applications for content developers and explain how Hookmark can be used alongside a contact management system. There will be plenty of time for questions.
Check the Hookmark blog a few days before the webinar for posts that will be directly relevant to the session.
Following Hookmark (and me)
Please consider following:
- Hookmark on Mastodon or X
- Me on the Fediscience Mastodon server or on Substack
You can also subscribe to the RSS feed of the Hookmark blog.
Substack is where I’ll be doing most of my long-form writing going forward—especially work that isn’t narrowly focused on Hookmark.
Valedictions
We wish you a cognitively productive and enjoyable