WebMon for Windows

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• Brilliant. Still gets good reviews after 7 years.

  crisocoOctober 1, 2010

  Pros

  Small footprint of 532kb. The most customisable alert system I have seen. Lists can be sorted alphabetically. Alerts remain on screen for 8 seconds or permanently until clicked and closed. The usual email options. Wide range of reference settings.

  Cons

  Support and development not available any longer.

  Summary

  I have tried nearly all the well known add-ons for Firefox and several stand alone programs but this knocks the socks off the competition and considering it is no longer supported or developed it is really amazing. It has a multitude of preferences ??? Update Alerts, Error Alerts, Update Logging, Connections, Proxy Server, Visual Settings, Web Browser, Default Interval, Automation, Miscellaneous. The Update Alerts can display a popup or not and you can even have it show at various positions on the desktop. The alert can be via popup for 8 seconds or permanently show until right clicked and closed. Single left click will open the alert URL and close the popup. Even an icon in the desktop notification area of Windows XP will show if an alert has been found and if that is not enough you can even run a command, send an email alert or play a sound alert. Brilliant! URL?s can be automatically sorted alphabetically or by status or moved manually using the < or > keys. There are also a host of automation and miscellaneous settings to customise it to suit your requirements. I particularly like how the page content to be checked uses search starting and ending words within the html page of the web site, or the page can be just left to find any update. Interval check times can be specified.

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• Simple and best way to monitor web changes.

  Zatoichi-CCMay 18, 2007

  Pros

  Simple, right-to-the-point program. I have been using it for over 4 years and love it.

  Cons

  None.

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• Easy to use and it works

  ZoleecaFebruary 17, 2007

  Pros

  It says that pages are updated when they arent because you didnt specify the content to check exactly. Lots of webpages uses sessions to identify the visitor, and every time you access the page it is changed and displayed in the page's source (php genereated html source). This is why it says the page is updated. <p>If you correctly configure it works nicely, but it cant check password protected pages - unless you use IE.

  Cons

  Sometimes you need to use your HTML knowledge - if you have.

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• Crashes but otherwise not bad

  omnipotent32January 14, 2007

  Pros

  Allows the ability to check on a per minute basis. Fairly intuitive to use.

  Cons

  This program has crashed quite regularly. Usually when I leave my computer alone for awhile I come back with it using 100% of my resources and freezing. I would also like it if there was a built in change tracker (so I know what changed) and possibly an email message that can be sent to let me know something has changed.

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• Works, but gives address violations

  jsneeringerJune 15, 2006

  Pros

  Seems to work, and it's free.

  Cons

  Whenever I try to open it or try to change the preferences, I get a message about an address violation. It does appear to be working, but I can't change the preferences. Maybe I should re-install it. Also, e-mail notifications would be very nice, but what do you want for free.

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• Updates are inaccurate

  GrahfJuly 28, 2005

  Pros

  It's a good concept.

  Cons

  Says pages are updated when they are not. This completely voids the whole point of having this.

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• Excellent

  msuxgMay 23, 2005

  Pros

  It's small, it's easy to use, it does what it says it will. I like it.

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• Outstanding website monitoring tool.

  blahtskSeptember 18, 2004

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  I highly recommend it.

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• Handy Little Program. Works Great!

  November 7, 2003

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• This is good. Reviews below are for another product

  October 24, 2003

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  Check this out. Dont know why the outwar reviews are below :s

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