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| MemoWeb 3 | Internet & Intranet Tools |
| What a tangled MemoWeb Goto
Software has weaved. MemoWeb 3, a program for collecting and viewing Web pages offline, didn’t deliver the useful functions it promised, especially the legal-research capability. The primary function of MemoWeb is to download complete Web pages, including images or sounds, so users can explore the material offline. Hyping MemoWeb’s use by lawyers, Goto Software claims the program automatically can check for changes in the law. The company says it has a search capability for key words. But after experimenting with the program for hours and several calls to tech support, I couldn’t find this search function within the program and couldn’t figure how to use MemoWeb effectively. For help, I turned to the MemoWeb user guide. Although I am tech-savvy, I had to be sure it wasn’t my fault I couldn’t understand the guide. So I had three other tech-savvy people read the guide. Each person handed the booklet back with a look of bewilderment. Learning how to use this program was difficult. When the program first opened, the program offered a tutorial for my first capture. I picked “Advanced Captures,” so I could see the different settings for what I wanted MemoWeb to download. You can set MemoWeb to capture certain file types (JPEG, WAV) or size, the total size of all captures, the resolution and more. The users’ guide or the program itself doesn’t reveal the default settings of Web page capture. Therefore, one doesn’t know without exploring whether to go to advanced options, which requires intricate knowledge of Internet workings. Goto Software says it will automatically create a subdirectory on your hard drive in which to store and sort the particular site you want, based on either the name you give it or from the default settings the program creates. Neither is true. Each time I let the program pick the directory I got an error message. When I went into my file manager and created the subdirectory first, then the program downloaded the site. I found nothing redeeming about this program, and its limited uses can be obtained from better products available on the market. |
Goto Software (514) 499-1414 www.goto-software.com $39.95 for Pro version; a Flash version is free Windows 9X or higher; 32MB RAM, Internet browser, 6MB of hard disk space. Reviewed by Bob Moss, J.D., president of Advanced Paperless Technology Associates Inc., a legal technology consulting firm in Dallas. PROS CONS VERDICT |
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