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Grimoire: Open-Source bookmark manager with extra features

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Re: Grimoire: Open-Source bookmark manager with extra features

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Post by erinnh »

skilled wrote: post #17
oulipo wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

because it's contrary to their business model? Google wants you to search for all your queries, so it knows in real time what matters to you

I don’t think that argument makes any sense. Do people who use external bookmark managers suddenly stop using search? Also, this isn’t just about Chrome.

I don't think the point is they will stop searching.

But they will search less. Which, as we have seen in the recent Google anti-trust case, is also a point Google looks at intensively when they introduce new features.

Re: Grimoire: Open-Source bookmark manager with extra features

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Post by biugbkifcjk »

skilled wrote: post #17
oulipo wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

because it's contrary to their business model? Google wants you to search for all your queries, so it knows in real time what matters to you

I don’t think that argument makes any sense. Do people who use external bookmark managers suddenly stop using search? Also, this isn’t just about Chrome.

I think the idea is they don't want people to use bookmarks at all and just search every time

Re: Grimoire: Open-Source bookmark manager with extra features

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Post by dewey »

crossroadsguy wrote: post #13

After delicious and pinboard I am done with bookmarks. You know why? Because I never access them ever again and if I do, and that is ridiculously rare, finding them elsewhere in is actually easier and faster. I am all for cute little services and one app for one need, but bookmarks for me are not a need at all. Whatever little need it has are squarely served by the browser’s bookmark service and I think all of them h…

Fully agree, I used to be the same but if I can’t find it again through a search engine it was probably not important enough. So far I was able to track down everything I wanted.

Re: Grimoire: Open-Source bookmark manager with extra features

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Post by bemmu »

duiker101 wrote: post #10
9dev wrote: post #4

Aside. I completely stopped using book marks. Everything relevant to me will be an open tab, and closed once read or no longer useful; everything not immediately relevant enough to warrant an open tab will probably not be read anyway, or the link broken once I get back to it. This has made my digital life a lot less burdensome to manage, and it also felt freeing to drop all that unorganised baggage. To all those book…

The problem is when I suddenly remember something I saw a month ago that is now relevant and I can't find it anymore. That's why I preemptively bookmark interesting stuff

In that case I search my browsing history or re-navigate to that thing with a search engine.

Re: Grimoire: Open-Source bookmark manager with extra features

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Post by devsda »

skilled wrote: post #17
oulipo wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

because it's contrary to their business model? Google wants you to search for all your queries, so it knows in real time what matters to you

I don’t think that argument makes any sense. Do people who use external bookmark managers suddenly stop using search? Also, this isn’t just about Chrome.

For many people, Google is sort of their bookmark manager.

Want to open Facebook? Search 'Facebook' and click on the link.

Want to open your bank site ? Again google bank name and click on the link.

I've see even tech people do this. The only bookmarks I've seen my colleagues use are for internal reference wikis and links which are not readily searchable.

I don't know whether this is a search or UX or people problem but the whole workflow can be improved for sure.

Re: Grimoire: Open-Source bookmark manager with extra features

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Post by helpfulContrib »

9dev wrote: post #4

Aside. I completely stopped using book marks. Everything relevant to me will be an open tab, and closed once read or no longer useful; everything not immediately relevant enough to warrant an open tab will probably not be read anyway, or the link broken once I get back to it. This has made my digital life a lot less burdensome to manage, and it also felt freeing to drop all that unorganised baggage. To all those book…

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Re: Grimoire: Open-Source bookmark manager with extra features

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Post by devsda »

bemmu wrote: post #24
duiker101 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem is when I suddenly remember something I saw a month ago that is now relevant and I can't find it anymore. That's why I preemptively bookmark interesting stuff

In that case I search my browsing history or re-navigate to that thing with a search engine.

History search is not an option when my browser is mostly in private window.

For me, Google has a mind of its own and has not been reliable in giving out related links even when I search with the exact page title from memory. Happened a lot with stackoverflow type sites.

I use Firefox bookmarks and think it has a reasonably good bookmark manager with support for tags and custom keyword searches etc.

Tip: In Firefox you can search bookmarks directly by prefixing searches with a * . It can even search bookmark tags.

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