Don't. Link rot is harsh. Something like wallabag saved so much content for me that is otherwise now lost.
Ctrl+s > ctrl+d.
No link rot + it's available without internet.
Bookmarks.txt is a concept of keeping URLs in plain text files
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Re: Bookmarks.txt is a concept of keeping URLs in plain text files
#22Don't. Link rot is harsh. Something like wallabag saved so much content for me that is otherwise now lost.
Scrapbook was (is?) great, since it does everything bookmarks do plus saves a copy of the page just the way it currently looks and makes that available in the browser.
I switched to saving pages using SinglePage instead, that saves the current page as a single stand-alone HTML file. It loses the bookmark-like features, but I can sort those saved files easier in my file system to keep them like any other downloaded documents on various topics. Each file also by default has a comment near the top with its original URL, so it would be easy to write a script to find all of those and build something like bookmarks.html.
Re: Bookmarks.txt is a concept of keeping URLs in plain text files
#23I never really used browser bookmarks until I discovered Firefox's bookmark keyword feature [1]. It basically eliminates the search step. For example, I set "pr" to the GitHub pull request page. Just press Alt + D to focus the address bar, type the keyword, and hit Enter. [1] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/bookmarks-firefox#w_how...
I configured Firefox to only ever auto-complete to bookmarks or open tabs, never some random thing from my browser history. That also makes it very easy to find specific pages and I do not have to memorize any tags.
Re: Bookmarks.txt is a concept of keeping URLs in plain text files
#24Given that the aim is to still visit the URL, this appears to be browser bookmarks with extra steps. I am not seeing an advantage to the external storage mechanism and the overhead it brings. Browsers have been doing an excellent job of managing bookmarks, you can tag and search for them from the address bar itself which is very convenient.
Well, actually I could see a use for this in specific context and use cases, for instance if you happen to have different dev environments you're able to just move from machine to machine while keeping all the bookmarks in the repository. If you organise them you can even reference them from the codebase, or the documentation to avoid clutter. The format is simple and dumb enough so that a simple bookmark.txt can be…
You don’t have bookmark sync in your browser?
Re: Bookmarks.txt is a concept of keeping URLs in plain text files
#25I have become somewhat disillusioned with maintaining a list of bookmarks, as I often discover that the URLs are no longer functional when revisiting pages that have been bookmarked for an extended period.
Re: Bookmarks.txt is a concept of keeping URLs in plain text files
#26can we just use markdown and sync with obsidian?
I use buku: https://github.com/jarun/buku
And Syncthing to sync with all my devices.
Re: Bookmarks.txt is a concept of keeping URLs in plain text files
#27Bookmarks are something I have grown tired of. From the days of del.icio.us, I started collecting bookmarks and it kind of trickled along almost until Pinboard went on life support (or something else if you'd prefer to call that). The thing is - I just saved bookmarks, I never really utilised them ever, to find something, to go back to. I can remember once or twice and either I couldn't find anything among my bookmar…
For some people, they have no need for bookmarks. For other people, bookmarks may be useful but the implementation is not. Reading the author's description made me realize how unbookmark-like bookmarks actually are. The current implementations are somewhat akin to creating a list of books that you like at the library. It's not so much a pointer to the information you found useful, as it is a list of books you found u…
I see your point. Also, maybe to add to it, I should have been rather judicious in collecting bookmarks.
And — possibly to also literally keep them inside the browser’s default bookmarks/favourites whatever browser one uses. Not on some fancy service with AI and what not.
Re: Bookmarks.txt is a concept of keeping URLs in plain text files
#28I have become somewhat disillusioned with maintaining a list of bookmarks, as I often discover that the URLs are no longer functional when revisiting pages that have been bookmarked for an extended period.
Use archive.org for permalinks?
Re: Bookmarks.txt is a concept of keeping URLs in plain text files
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, actually I could see a use for this in specific context and use cases, for instance if you happen to have different dev environments you're able to just move from machine to machine while keeping all the bookmarks in the repository. If you organise them you can even reference them from the codebase, or the documentation to avoid clutter. The format is simple and dumb enough so that a simple bookmark.txt can be…
You don’t have bookmark sync in your browser?
Is there a reliable standard to do this across browser vendors and versions and not have to rely on a proprietary cloud implementation on somebody's server?