No, I run a local MoinMoin instance with database in Dropbox and arrange different topics in pages there, including links.
Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?
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Re: Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?
#322Also I use Diigo it's a very cool and intuitive tool so I highly recommend it: https://www.diigo.com
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#323I use them for workflow markers. Things I do everyday, like review pull requests, check specifications, access dashboards.
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#324I use wiki's, because "links" only make sense in a given context, so at work I add the noteworthy links in the local wiki, and for my personal use I keep a series of text files of notes on particular subjects, where I add links.
I do however use bookmarks on my laptop to point to locally installed document such as the full python library doc, in order to be able to access those when offline (eg: in a train).
Re: Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?
#325Unfortunately yes. And they are a mess. I have different bookmarks in Safari and Chrome, and on desktop and mobile. I have them synced between devices but the UI for navigating them is completely different and this doesn't help me so much.
I have so many Chrome bookmark folders that I don't know where anything is. The only way to find one is to just search in the Bookmark Manager. It sucks.
It also doesn't help that my preferred browser on different devices is a different browser.
I hope you are asking this question because you want to do something about this State of Affairs. I would gladly enjoy a good service that solves this problem in some innovative way that my brain cannot come up with.
Re: Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?
#326yes, I have a limited set organised into what I'm doing at work.
The only personal ones I have are news websites and a lunchtime reading folder.
Re: Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?
#327I have a ton of bookmarks, but I use them passively. From my experience, Firefox is the undisputed king of making sure anything you type in the address bar will be instantly checked against your bookmark collection. For instance, maybe I'm looking for a PostgresSQL tutorial. I start typing "postgres" and one of the bookmarks I forgot about from several months back appears. This approach has ended up saving me a lot o…
For instance, maybe I'm looking for a PostgresSQL tutorial. I start typing "postgres" and one of the bookmarks I forgot about from several months back appears.
Same here. Sometimes you find something really useful but you forget to bookmark (or in my case: add to pinboard). Then a few days later I realize and after a couple of minutes googling to no effect I start typing the parts I remember and FF narrows down until I find it. It also let me search for stuff that google at least until recently would ignore.
Re: Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?
#328No. Not for many years
Re: Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?
#329I miss delicio.us.
I miss del.icio.us more
Re: Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?
#330Yeah just because I've been lazy and haven't finished my chrome extension that I've been off/on working on to deal partially with this. I research random crap and like to store that information into one of my servers. I've got the basic read/write down. I'm having a problem with the stupid window disappearing when it's not focused, this is intended/not something I'm going to get around. So I have to work on using background-process/page and cookies (I have yet to use cookies)