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Re: I closed a lot of browser tabs

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Post by conceptualspace »

cookiengineer wrote: post #16

Isn't this tab fatigue of every user not more a hint that bookmarking is broken? I mean, no matter how I bookmark a website, omnibar is absolutely useless in every browser when it comes to re-discovering your bookmarks via keywords that you remember. Sometimes I bookmark the same URL multiple times, because the Browser is too stupid to realize that a #generated-hashbang or a ?utm_source is a generated tracking parame…

that's the inspiration for my browser extension, Yet Another Speed Dial. it works as the new tab page but basically i use it as a visual bookmark manager. i find it way easier to scan my bookmarks as thumbnails to find what i want. it's open source and supports all the major browsers, check it out!

https://github.com/conceptualspace/yet-another-speed-dial

Re: I closed a lot of browser tabs

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Post by conceptualspace »

wly_cdgr wrote: post #167
rsync wrote: post #165

Why can't we just have: about:tabs ... which would be a plain text listing of all the URLs of all the tabs you have open ? You could just copy and paste it to a file or whatever. No fancy bookmarking scheme needed. Instead, we need to dig several directories deep into /Library (or whatever, depending on your OS) and then use JSON tools to export ... I've already lost most people. Go search for "how can I export tabs"…

I get not wanting to install a third party extension just for this, but it would be a simple weekend project to write one to do this yourself (and install it locally to avoid the extension store shitshow)

i made one and it supports mobile. it's also open source :)

https://github.com/conceptualspace/tablist

Re: I closed a lot of browser tabs

#173

Post by andruby »

raffraffraff wrote: post #71
dredmorbius wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Very much this. I've attempted (largely unsuccessfully) to try to use Pocket (also a Mozilla product) to address this. The problem with Pocket is that it gets worse the more you use it. From four years ago: https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/5x2sfx/pocket_... A couple of those issues have been addressed. There's now "find in page" on the Android app, and editing tags is very slightly improved. But overall,…

It's weird. The exact same problem affects to-do apps and note taking apps. I'm pretty sure it was a HN post I recently read where the problem of to-do apps was discussed. People go through phases: discover an app, start with a clean slate, get a better night's sleep because you get to write down all the things you're definitely going to do , work your way through x% of the list, gradually accumulate a list of things…

Good explanation of something that I've felt and discussed a few times before.

I've stopped using todo apps and just write the daily/weekly list of high-prio items in my paper notebooks. That way it doesn't accumulate a bunch of items that'll I'll likely never get too. The most important things will resurface anyway.

I feel much better not dragging along a list that keeps growing. Sure, that means I'll sometimes forget or be late or need reminding, but from my perspective, that's an acceptable trade-off.

Re: I closed a lot of browser tabs

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Post by Scarbutt »

cookiengineer wrote: post #16

Isn't this tab fatigue of every user not more a hint that bookmarking is broken? I mean, no matter how I bookmark a website, omnibar is absolutely useless in every browser when it comes to re-discovering your bookmarks via keywords that you remember. Sometimes I bookmark the same URL multiple times, because the Browser is too stupid to realize that a #generated-hashbang or a ?utm_source is a generated tracking parame…

Don't bookmark tags solve this problem for you? firefox only though.

Re: I closed a lot of browser tabs

#175

Post by rsync »

wly_cdgr wrote: post #167
rsync wrote: post #165

Why can't we just have: about:tabs ... which would be a plain text listing of all the URLs of all the tabs you have open ? You could just copy and paste it to a file or whatever. No fancy bookmarking scheme needed. Instead, we need to dig several directories deep into /Library (or whatever, depending on your OS) and then use JSON tools to export ... I've already lost most people. Go search for "how can I export tabs"…

I get not wanting to install a third party extension just for this, but it would be a simple weekend project to write one to do this yourself (and install it locally to avoid the extension store shitshow)

rsync.net will pay USD $500 for about:tabs to exist in mainline firefox with no extension required.

It couldn't be simpler - you type about:tabs into the URL bar and you get a non-html plain text listing, one URL per line, of all the tabs you have open. Maybe a line break inbetween browser windows so you can tell tabs from one window apart from tabs in another ?

Just email info@rsync.net to claim this.

Re: I closed a lot of browser tabs

#176

Post by rsync »

conceptualspace wrote: post #172
wly_cdgr wrote: post #167

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I get not wanting to install a third party extension just for this, but it would be a simple weekend project to write one to do this yourself (and install it locally to avoid the extension store shitshow)

i made one and it supports mobile. it's also open source :) https://github.com/conceptualspace/tablist

Great.

Get it into mainline firefox and please take our money (see above).

Re: I closed a lot of browser tabs

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Post by CodesInChaos »

For me the one-tab extension solved my tab addiction (I accumulated >7k over several years). It saves the tabs, so my fear of losing that data doesn't kick in. But I don't actually have to look at the closed ones and they don't consume resources.

Re: I closed a lot of browser tabs

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Post by [deleted] »

tomsmeding wrote: post #132
ttctciyf wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I don't remember URLs with /some/post/id/123.html. I remember headlines When I open a new window[1] in Firefox and start typing in the address bar, I get matches based on the page title not just on the url. For example, I open a new window and type "brow" and the matches I get include "I closed a lot of brow ser tabs | Hacker News" (see image[2].) So I rarely if ever use bookmarks, I can almost always find what I'm…

> I use customise to put the "open new window" icon onto my buttons, next to the address bar. Note that ctrl-shift-N opens a new window.

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Re: I closed a lot of browser tabs

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Post by platz »

dredmorbius wrote: post #38
cookiengineer wrote: post #16

Isn't this tab fatigue of every user not more a hint that bookmarking is broken? I mean, no matter how I bookmark a website, omnibar is absolutely useless in every browser when it comes to re-discovering your bookmarks via keywords that you remember. Sometimes I bookmark the same URL multiple times, because the Browser is too stupid to realize that a #generated-hashbang or a ?utm_source is a generated tracking parame…

Very much this. I've attempted (largely unsuccessfully) to try to use Pocket (also a Mozilla product) to address this. The problem with Pocket is that it gets worse the more you use it. From four years ago: https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/5x2sfx/pocket_... A couple of those issues have been addressed. There's now "find in page" on the Android app, and editing tags is very slightly improved. But overall,…

you could run my self-hosted bookmarking site locally (which includes basic notes) https://github.com/jonschoning/espial

Re: I closed a lot of browser tabs

#180

Post by nikisweeting »

dredmorbius wrote: post #38
cookiengineer wrote: post #16

Isn't this tab fatigue of every user not more a hint that bookmarking is broken? I mean, no matter how I bookmark a website, omnibar is absolutely useless in every browser when it comes to re-discovering your bookmarks via keywords that you remember. Sometimes I bookmark the same URL multiple times, because the Browser is too stupid to realize that a #generated-hashbang or a ?utm_source is a generated tracking parame…

Very much this. I've attempted (largely unsuccessfully) to try to use Pocket (also a Mozilla product) to address this. The problem with Pocket is that it gets worse the more you use it. From four years ago: https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/5x2sfx/pocket_... A couple of those issues have been addressed. There's now "find in page" on the Android app, and editing tags is very slightly improved. But overall,…

ArchiveBox is built to solve most of those issues, but it's not great at categorization beyond tagging (e.g. no nested folders or stuff like that).
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