I use the bookmark toolbar in Firefox, but I delete the text and leave the favicons so that I can fit ~50 bookmarks in one row. I also have folders containing bookmarks for particular categories, like "Work", "Stuff to watch", etc.
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Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?
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Re: Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?
#62I use them in Chrome all the time, I have thousands — I basically search them as kind of a personal google... for those "Oh I remember reading an article about that once, let me find it"
Re: Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?
#63Definitely! I still keep the bookmarks bar visible on Chrome and Firefox to have quick access to my favorite and most visited pages. All of the links have abbreviated names to fit more on the bar. #1 is Hacker News, of course. I also still 'star' interesting links and categorize them into folders. Very handy to have Chrome sync the bookmarks across all of my machines.
>All of the links have abbreviated names to fit more on the bar.
I started deleting the names entirely and it was life-changing. Text wastes so much space on the bar and you can memorize the favicons very quickly.
Re: Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?
#64I used to use and painfully maintain them for reference materials but they proved to be less useful than just reGoogling, so I stopped. ReGoogling isn't great either, I'd like an easy to use PKB but I wouldn't want it to be directly built into my browser.
Re: Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?
#65Ironically, I just cleared out my chrome bookmarks today. Found it far too difficult trying to find the correct folder hidden in a long list of old/dead folders/links. After I purged, I stumbled upon the chrome bookmarks manager browser extension that makes the process of adding a bookmark much easier as you can type to search (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bookmark-manager/g...)
Re: Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?
#66No, I created a simple Ruby script that stores them in a text file and lets me easily search them at the command line. Syncs through Dropbox so I have it on all my machines :)
Re: Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?
#67Still use bookmark.
create folder inside folder (folderception).
Also, I used mozbackup, to backup my profile (all of them, including configuration, bookmark, history, etc).
I used firefox for my primary browser.
Re: Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?
#68I use bookmarks, I just don't keep them in the browser anymore. I have individual ones scattered throughout my filesystem tree by topic or function, mixed in with documents and whatever other files. Much better having just one hierarchy to search through for stuff.
Re: Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?
#69No, and I judge pretty harshly anyone who does. A few shortcuts/bookmarklets on the bookmark bar is acceptable.
Re: Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?
#70Yup. I use Safari on my Mac and everything syncs nicely between my devices care of iCloud. I use folders within the bookmark bar to organize things.