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Re: Ask HN: Why are bookmarks second class citizens in browsers?

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Post by mynameismon »

m0guz wrote: post #90

I don't know how people think Firefox has feature-rich bookmark manager, probably never used a browser that cares about power-users. Firefox can't even open Bookmark manager in a new tab, whole bookmark feature hasn't improved in 15 years. Vivaldi has the best bookmark management in UX/UI. > i want to be able to quickly load common favourite news sites & blogs. Right click on a tab > Bookmark all tabs. Vivaldi create…

You also forgot the Speed Dial. Allowing you to populate (what essentially becomes your) New Tab Page with the bookmarks of your choice. Greatly helps reduce the time taken after a browser restart to get going

Re: Ask HN: Why are bookmarks second class citizens in browsers?

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Post by mynameismon »

dfgsdfgwef wrote: post #127
mackrevinack wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i think if there was any browser to add something like raindrop natively it would be vivaldi. they seem to do a lot things differently than other browsers

Vivaldi don't have tags hence useless when it comes to bookmarks.

You can use nicknames as tags, atleast that's what I do. Most of my actual bookmark management is actually done in Zotero though.

Re: Ask HN: Why are bookmarks second class citizens in browsers?

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Post by xpil »

imaginaryNumb3r wrote: post #93
m0guz wrote: post #90

I don't know how people think Firefox has feature-rich bookmark manager, probably never used a browser that cares about power-users. Firefox can't even open Bookmark manager in a new tab, whole bookmark feature hasn't improved in 15 years. Vivaldi has the best bookmark management in UX/UI. > i want to be able to quickly load common favourite news sites & blogs. Right click on a tab > Bookmark all tabs. Vivaldi create…

I second Vivaldi. The people I know who tried it never went back.

I have been using Vivaldi for years now, on mobile (Android). Gave up after their recent update. Why? Because they changed the layout of the "reload" button. Previously, I could simply double-tap the "V" menu to reload the current tab. Now I have to either pull down (which is not always feasible) or find the "refresh" button in the far left part of the "V" menu, because double-tapping now brings the settings screen. Not sure what genius in their UX dept thought that opening the settings screen is more important than re-loading the current tab but they should change it back.

Re: Ask HN: Why are bookmarks second class citizens in browsers?

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Post by Jaruzel »

I run a remote 'home page' that lets me add/remove links via a web-form (it's written in PHP). I have this home page set on all my machines/browsers. That was I'm in total control of my 'bookmarks', and their are not trapped on a particular machine or inside a proprietary sync system.

Re: Ask HN: Why are bookmarks second class citizens in browsers?

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Post by j_4 »

mg wrote: post #28

I don't know about Chrome, but in Firefox: Chrome now hides the bookmark bar by default Not sure if it is the default, but my Firefox bookmark bar is always visible load common favorite news sites & blogs or load a window with all my productivity SaaS sites. Shift+Click on a bookmark folder does that pick up where i left off on a research rabbit hole Right-Click on one of the open tabs, click "select all tabs", right…

Middle click on a bookmark folder will work as well, opening the tabs in the same window, which is what I want to do most of the time. Shift-click opens them in a new window.

Re: Ask HN: Why are bookmarks second class citizens in browsers?

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Post by vintagedave »

francisfeng wrote: post #135

That’s why I build Anybox: To pick up where built-in bookmark manager left off. If you’re on the Mac, you should give it a try. https://anybox.app

Looks great. The front page doesn't mention which browsers it integrates with: is it Safari only, or does it plug into Firefox and Chrome too?

But it's a subscription!

Bookmarks are data. I don't want to have my bookmarks under the control of something that will lose them or make them inaccessible any time.

Re: Ask HN: Why are bookmarks second class citizens in browsers?

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Post by msravi »

eternityforest wrote: post #130

Why are bookmarks done the way they are currently done at all? A bookmark is generally not highly private. It would be reasonable to sync it as one syncs their notes. It is the kind of thing one may wish to annotate in various ways. Instead of bookmarks what I really want is markdowns files that describe my relationship with that site. I want a split screen text editor on my phone that edits the notes field in that f…

Completely agree. This is what I do:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32506923

Re: Ask HN: Why are bookmarks second class citizens in browsers?

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Post by francisfeng »

vintagedave wrote: post #138
francisfeng wrote: post #135

That’s why I build Anybox: To pick up where built-in bookmark manager left off. If you’re on the Mac, you should give it a try. https://anybox.app

Looks great. The front page doesn't mention which browsers it integrates with: is it Safari only, or does it plug into Firefox and Chrome too? But it's a subscription! Bookmarks are data. I don't want to have my bookmarks under the control of something that will lose them or make them inaccessible any time.

It has browser extensions for Firefox, Chrome and Edge. Not just Safari.

Anybox has lifetime option. It stores data on CloudKit and has many ways to export your data. I will never take user data hostage.

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