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Ask HN: How do you keep track of articles you want to read?

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Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of articles you want to read?

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Post by slaymaker1907 »

I like to use tiddlywiki to keep track of stuff like that. It is super flexible and it is easily self hostable. Therefore, I don't have to worry about some startup going out of business but I still have the benefits of advanced features like tagging, full text search, etc.

Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of articles you want to read?

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Post by mpetrovich »

I add articles to Instapaper using the Chrome and iOS extensions. Then in Instapaper I highlight key phrases/takeaways which get automatically added (via IFTTT) to a new Evernote note for each article. I periodically review these notes to reinforce the takeaways (ie. spaced repetition).

Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of articles you want to read?

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Post by ajeet_dhaliwal »

robertAngst wrote: post #19
ajeet_dhaliwal wrote: post #14

I open them in a new tab and come back to them when ready. This ensures I’ll actually read them relatively soon. Bookmarks would be forgotten about by me and some more involved method seems like overkill.

What if I have 6 chome windows each with 10-30 tabs?

The original question is asking about a few articles he/she wants to read later, if you have 180 articles (6 * 30) you want to get back to you’d probably we wise to use an alternate system. Personally I am familiar with the problem the original question asks about and that’s how I find it frictionless to handle. If it’s getting to such a large number as you describe I doubt I’d ever come back to reading them because I’d notice something new I’m interested in too and keep adding to the list.

Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of articles you want to read?

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Post by BerislavLopac »

robertAngst wrote: post #19
ajeet_dhaliwal wrote: post #14

I open them in a new tab and come back to them when ready. This ensures I’ll actually read them relatively soon. Bookmarks would be forgotten about by me and some more involved method seems like overkill.

What if I have 6 chome windows each with 10-30 tabs?

Switch to Firefox, with the option to load tabs only when they're in focus. Your computer will be very grateful for that.

Re: Ask HN: How do you keep track of articles you want to read?

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Post by BerislavLopac »

severine wrote: post #42
beagle3 wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Switch to firefox. I have one window with over 1000 tabs, and it all takes just 4GB virtual, 2GB resident. Older versions gave me the incentive to sort things out by slowing down with many tabs or taking too much memory. Now, I unfortunately just accumulate :( At the current rate, I'll likely never get down to 0, as I find more interesting things per day than I can read....

Also, if you still have memory/performance problems, these two addons make a noticeable difference: - LoadTabOnSelect: Load new tabs on selection. This addon will prevent new tabs from automatically loading, instead loading them on selection. The intended usage of the addon is to facilitate power-users who open many tabs before viewing, but dislike auto-playing videos (and other annoyances). https://addons.mozilla.or…

> LoadTabOnSelect

As this is a built-in feature of Firefox, I'm curious if there are any additional benefits this addon provides?

Edit: Oh, I'm a bit slow, apparently this prevents loading a tab even on the initial click (the built-in option only prevents it on startup). Thanks, looks useful!

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