WebResearch Professional for Windows

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffJuly 23, 2015

WebResearch Professional professes to assist and organize online researching and note-taking efforts. The interface is well designed and organized for ease of use, but you should be aware of a few caveats, so don't purchase before trying.

Although the publisher says WebResearch will install seamlessly to both Internet Explorer and Firefox, it didn't load to Firefox's toolbar in our tests, which may be because WebResearch isn't yet compatible with the latest version of the browser. It did load in IE and opened a tutorial, even though IE isn't our default browser.

The small toolbar doesn't take up much space, and its buttons functions are easy to understand. We liked the online tutorial, which made mastering the tool a snap. However, when we saved an item--whether it was an entire Web page, a graphic, or a selection from a page--the processing time was longer than we expected; in fact, a couple times we thought the program had locked up, only to see that the program was functioning, although slowly.

The interface for managing the saved items was easy to use, thanks to its being based on the familiar paned e-mail client design. Manipulating items was easy to do, and we didn't encounter any glitches in this portion of the tool. However, the slowdowns we experienced with the Save functions and the failure to load to Firefox keeps us from providing a high recommendation. The 30-day trial limit is adequate, but the price may be a bit steep for some folks, particularly if they encounter the same problems we describe here.

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WebResearch Professional for Windows

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GENERAL

Release: January 15, 2008

Latest update: July 23, 2015

Version: 2.8.3700

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 2000
Windows 10

Additional Requirements: Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista

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Total Downloads: 1,016

Downloads Last Week: 0

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User Reviews

3/5

2 User Votes

Used to look very promising....
Luap777September 19, 2008
Pros
Integration with browsers.
Cons
Inconsistent functionality of features over time. Raw data locked up in password protected database.
Summary
I've used this product for several years. In the beginning, I was very happy with it. I told all my friends about it. It seemed perfect. Over time, they made changes that broke functionality I depended on and used. Instead of them figuring out how to make it work, it was easier not to do it at all I guess. (Saving linked webpages on my local harddrive). If they hadn't been so concerned about password protecting their access database (where documents are saved), someone else could have written some code to do this ;) hint hint. Couldn't be done through the API since the API used their underlying save mechanisms. My BIGGEST problem with them is that they deleted the customer forum on their website. To me, this is a gigantic slap in the face for your customers. Why did we all bother typing our posts there if they'd just be deleted? They also want you to pay to upgrade to V3 if you want it to work in IE8. I'm a programmer, the changes to make their add-on work in IE8 aren't THAT difficult. It's just a way to force an update. I can understand forcing an update for new features, but this is asking you to update just to use the very product (once you update to IE8). I've since moved on to other options.
10 times better than bookmarks for doing web-based research.
dasturexAugust 11, 2006
Pros
Save whole web pages or selected bits (clippings) of web pages permanently into a database. Create multiple databases, organise clippings within a database into folders. Clippings retain links back to original web pages. Export a set of clippings to a .CHM (Windows HTML Help) file. Save directly from IE or Firefox using toolbar add-ins. There's even an Outlook add on so you can save clippings from e-mails, although I haven't tried this. <p> <p>I didn't even know this type of software existed until a came accross their website by accident. I tried it and immediately asked my employer to buy it for me. <p> <p>Before buying however a did a quick search to see if there was anything similar. I found a few packages, but from a (superficial) review I found nothing that seemed to match the features and/or professional implementation of Web Research Pro. <p> <p>If you do a lot of web research this tool could revolutionise the way you work. I really recommend it - give it a try.
Cons
Nothing I don't like about it although I've made a suggestion which they responded to positively straight away.
Summary

Developer’s Description

Capture, collect, analyze, and save information from various Web sites.

With WebResearch you can capture information during Web browsing for later offline usage. In addition, you can import local files (like PDF or images) and scan documents for creating your personal knowledge database. WebResearch has numerous features to organize, share, and reuse your collected documents.

Version 2.8.3700 increases performance.