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Re: Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?

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Post by hashhar »

jacquesm wrote: post #24

I do, but I've also come to rely on a plug-in called 'scrapbook'. It allows you to cut a snippet from a webpage and save it along with the url of the original. Very handy, and it also protects somewhat against linkrot. I've tied it to a hotkey to copy any bit that is highlighted to the currently open scrapbook. (shift-ctrl-b) without further notifications or interaction other than the keystroke. Super quick and it do…

Firefox is looking to integrate an auto-redirect to the Wayback Machine in case of link-rot. There's a Test Pilot experiement going on and it may be extended to allow for auto-saving of bookmarks on the Wayback Machine when bookmarked.

Re: Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?

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Post by hashhar »

socialentp wrote: post #90
pharrlax wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>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.

I completely agree it's easy to memorize without text. I even lump them into logical groups using the vertical separator favicon from this site: http://separator.mayastudios.com

If you're using Firefox you have native separators for bookmarks.

Re: Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?

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Post by ehnto »

I use bookmarklets to perform tasks on sites to make them more readable. Actual bookmarked websites is less common but I have a few. Normally it is for short term "I will forget this otherwise" sites that get removed when I no longer need them.

Re: Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?

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Post by kakarot »

AceyMan wrote: post #128

I treat URLs like any other document: I click+drag the favicon off the address bar and drop it in the target folder in explorer (file browser in Windows), which creates a dot-url shortcut. Why keep resources in a unique silo? You wouldn't keep all your PDFs/Word/rtf/&c in a " manager app", so why do URLs have to be kept in one? Also, this way they all get backed up since I keep all work docs on my network drive. I'm…

The problem is that major browsers don't offer a way to offer a view into this data model. The integration is important for an efficient workflow.

Re: Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?

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Post by hashhar »

pmoriarty wrote: post #93

I have thousands of bookmarks, and gave up putting them in to folders years ago. Now I just tag them with every relevant keyword that I can think of when I make the bookmark, and search them that way. Firefox's bookmark manager is very primitive, though, and I've long been meaning to migrate my bookmarks over to org-mode in emacs, where I have much more powerful searching, metadata, editing, linking, commenting, rest…

What would you like to seem improved in the bookmark manager?

I'm currently working on the ability to rename the bookmarks inline in the tree instead of the input boxes on bottom in the Bookmark Manager (the one you get from Ctrl+Shift+B or Ctrl+Shift+O).

Re: Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?

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Post by mcnaughtonrules »

AceyMan wrote: post #128

I treat URLs like any other document: I click+drag the favicon off the address bar and drop it in the target folder in explorer (file browser in Windows), which creates a dot-url shortcut. Why keep resources in a unique silo? You wouldn't keep all your PDFs/Word/rtf/&c in a " manager app", so why do URLs have to be kept in one? Also, this way they all get backed up since I keep all work docs on my network drive. I'm…

Makes alot of sense

Re: Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?

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Post by hashhar »

robertlf wrote: post #111

I've always lamented the fact that the major browsers don't make it easy to see how old your bookmarks are and provide a way to highlight and delete ones that you haven't clicked on in awhile.

You were saying... http://imgur.com/a/vFobm

See the column headings. These values even sync across devices on Firefox.

Re: Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?

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Post by kakarot »

I use a single line favicons across my bookmarks bar and remove all text from them. They are organized by color in a rainbow-like fashion.

It looks beautiful and works well. I just have to maintain a mental map of what general color a website's icon is and while my mouse is gravitating in that direction I'm mentally retrieving the actual icon. It's a great visual memory exercise in the beginning but eventually you wonder how you did it any other way.

Re: Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?

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Post by hashhar »

theonemind wrote: post #103

I use firefox. It's easy to bookmark things by clicking the star. I almost never pick them from menus, but you can limit awesomebar searches to bookmarks by typing "[asterisk]", so I can find, say, all of the interesting github projects I've ever bookmarked by typing "github [asterisk]"

I've got to say the Awesome Bar should have a first run demo of some kind. Once I got familiar with it I can't go back to anything else. Firefox has too many features for it's own good and it's sad so few people know about them.
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