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Re: Ask HN: Do you still bookmark websites?

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Post by dendrite9 »

zrobotics wrote: post #86

This is probably a bit unorthodox, but I use tab session manager [0] for firefox. I started using it mainly to be able to save an open window to return to a project, and it ended up replacing my bookmarks. My issue with bookmarks was always the friction of managing them, but for whatever reason it fits my mental model to organize by open windows. It's really nice to open up a window or group of windows related to a p…

Interesting, I may need to try this out. I tend to have a similar approach but it sometimes results in keeping tabs open for along time, or dealing with a restore previous session everytime I start up.

I keep bookmarks for specific things, sometimes ephemerally and sometimes to keep the link for reasearch, etc. Every so often I make a pass through a bunch of bookmarks and delete the ones that have rotted. Or try to point to an archive mirror if available. That process does a decent job getting rid of the junk. I do need to work on isolating my personal from my work reading when at home. I use different windows but I should be using different profiles or something.

Re: Ask HN: Do you still bookmark websites?

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Post by platevoltage »

I only bookmark sites that I go to regularly and end up on my shortcut bar, but I do use "Add to reading list" pretty often. I couldn't tell you the practical difference since I still have stuff on there from years ago, but it feels less permanent. Sometimes I just goofing around before bed and see something I want to check out in the morning.

Re: Ask HN: Do you still bookmark websites?

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Post by card_zero »

kylecazar wrote: post #81

I currently am in the bad habit of bookmarking websites and never, ever viewing my bookmarks.

What's wrong with that, though, really? I like my collection of forgotten bookmarks. I also write a journal that I almost never read. So what? It's nice to have. Collecting passing notions is nice.

Re: Ask HN: Do you still bookmark websites?

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Post by mzehrer »

kylecazar wrote: post #81

I currently am in the bad habit of bookmarking websites and never, ever viewing my bookmarks.

I don't think you should stress yourself out by viewing everything solely from a productivity perspective. I use Linkding and have bookmarks for everything that interests me. I see it more as a personal history or memory that I can refer back to. Linkding has a very good search function for this and can also be integrated into Google or SearxNG search results via a Chrome extension.

Re: Ask HN: Do you still bookmark websites?

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Post by nebyoolae »

I have browser bookmarks for things I go to frequently, but occasionally need to prune them due to actual disuse. For everything else, I used to use Pocket, but then switched to a self-hosted Wallabag interface. The UI could use a little tweaking, but it works for my purposes. There’re browser extensions to save stuff and even a decent iOS app.

That being said, I have the common problem of forgetting to actually read any of it later. I’ll have sessions where I go through it once or twice a month, cleaning out the “inbox”, but I have so many starred links I’ll probably never go back to, so I have to wonder sometimes: what’s the point?

Re: Ask HN: Do you still bookmark websites?

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Post by jdboyd »

I use a self hosted book manager. To be honest it is effectively write only memory. I assume it is still being written to the DB, but browsing them has been broken for a long time. I assume that I can fix this if I really need to find a bookmark, but so far it has been a few years. Yet, if I don't bookmark it, I just have a terrible time letting go of tabs that I think I'd like to follow up on some month/year in the future.
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