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Re: Betula – federated bookmarking software for the independent web

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Post by FireInsight »

JoshTriplett wrote: post #49
FireInsight wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My main problem is similar: - I want tags in my bookmarks. - Firefox no logger supports tagged bookmarks. - -> I need to use a third-party service (Raindrop) for bookmarking. - Common web searches in the Firefox address bar do not search my bookmarks at the same time, as they would normally. I need to directly use Raindrop to search specifically from my bookmarks. - -> I might save useful things but forget about them…

> - Firefox no logger supports tagged bookmarks. How so? You can still set tags on bookmarks, and those tags get matched by text you type in the address bar to determine what bookmarks to show you. > Common web searches in the Firefox address bar do not search my bookmarks at the same time, as they would normally. Yeah, that's something I would love Firefox to add: a local search index for full-content search of ever…

Oh, I'm sorry, I mixed it up. Firefox no longer supports bookmarks with descriptions, which I would also like to have. Firefox on desktop has tags, but the mobile version doesn't.

Re: Betula – federated bookmarking software for the independent web

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Post by purple-leafy »

danilax86 wrote: post #5
purple-leafy wrote: post #3

Looks great, there doesn’t appear to be an associated browser extension. What are the thoughts on a browser extension alternative of this?

Betula has a bookmarklet, a special link which allows you to add a link to your betula directly by using a bookmark in your web browser. It automatically opens a Save link page, parses URL, Title and even description if there is one or you selected some with a cursor.

That’s cool I saw that, bookmarklets are awesome. Have made a few in my time

Re: Betula – federated bookmarking software for the independent web

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Post by ww520 »

joshu wrote: post #38
ww520 wrote: post #29

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Same problem here. I have thousands of bookmarks and have no quick way to find out what I have. The bookmarks just get lost in the nested folders. I built a browser extension for myself to show all the bookmarks on one page, making it easy to access them and to search them. I called it One Page Favorites. Basically all my bookmarks/favorites on one page. Edit: Also it’s the first time for me to try to do an extension…

this is literally why i invented tagging

Tags are good. Does the browsers have a standard way to access them? I know Firefox has something. Not sure about Chrome/Edge/Safari. I know some people just annotate the title with tags during bookmarking, like [tag1 tag2]. Searching would definitely hit on those.

Re: Betula – federated bookmarking software for the independent web

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Post by ww520 »

sodimel wrote: post #35
ww520 wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same problem here. I have thousands of bookmarks and have no quick way to find out what I have. The bookmarks just get lost in the nested folders. I built a browser extension for myself to show all the bookmarks on one page, making it easy to access them and to search them. I called it One Page Favorites. Basically all my bookmarks/favorites on one page. Edit: Also it’s the first time for me to try to do an extension…

I had the same problem for my bookmarks, but I (kinda) answered it using 2 ways: Random link (when you don't know what to search but want to visit a (curated) cool link), and search (search in title, link, tags, description). On the paper it works great, if only you can tags those links and write a comprehensive description using keywords you'll remember. But in real life, it's something like this: https://links.l3m.…

Thanks! My main need is to recall all the relevant browsing information when needed. I have hundreds of tabs opened and thousands of bookmarks. Sometimes I vaguely remember visiting a site in the past but don't recall the exact website and it wasn't bookmarked. So I went full force with feature creep (why not) and put all the open tabs, bookmarks, and visit history on one page. Seeing the full list in front of me makes it easier to browse and search.

Edit: By request, here're the links to the extensions.

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/one-page-favorites/...

https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/one-page-f...

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/one-page-favo...

Re: Betula – federated bookmarking software for the independent web

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Post by snapplebobapple »

renegat0x0 wrote: post #43

Bookmark managers that I have found: - https://grimoire.pro/ - https://bookmarkos.com/ - https://wakelet.com/ - https://raindrop.io/ - https://booky.io/ - https://www.knowies.com/ - https://carrylinks.com/ - https://www.zotero.org/ - https://pinalist.com/ - https://web.ggather.com/ - https://lasso.net/ - https://onekeep.com/ And the last one, is mine: https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive My bookmark manage…

Theres also linkwarden. I wish linkwarden could sync select collections to/from browser bookmarks, that would make it perfectvia thier plugin

Re: Betula – federated bookmarking software for the independent web

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Post by gradientsrneat »

danilax86 wrote: post #36
andrei-akopian wrote: post #27

What's wrong with browser bookmarks?

Not every browser has tags. If you use different browsers on your pc and phone, it’s hard to have bookmarks synced

Looks like Firefox for Android doesn't have tags, even though Firefox for desktop does.

Re: Betula – federated bookmarking software for the independent web

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Post by tetrisgm »

renegat0x0 wrote: post #43

Bookmark managers that I have found: - https://grimoire.pro/ - https://bookmarkos.com/ - https://wakelet.com/ - https://raindrop.io/ - https://booky.io/ - https://www.knowies.com/ - https://carrylinks.com/ - https://www.zotero.org/ - https://pinalist.com/ - https://web.ggather.com/ - https://lasso.net/ - https://onekeep.com/ And the last one, is mine: https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive My bookmark manage…

I browsed yours as I like the idea of scraping g wha ti capture. Couldn't see any screenshot or figure out if there's an android app though

Re: Betula – federated bookmarking software for the independent web

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Post by 1oooqooq »

rsolva wrote: post #46
1oooqooq wrote: post #25

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ironically i didn't went that route because it would be a pain to add content from both computers and mobile... turn out i now think maintaining a static html or md page on a remote server is less work than dealing with all the bs of thise things. including the bookmark Managers built into browsers which are all garbage to retrieve links

Firefox is actually decent for retrieving taged links, you just type * in the address field and it will only show you results from your bookmarks. It has become my second brain. I have written more about my use of the built-in bookmark manager in earlier comments if you are interested. My only real gripe with Firefox is that the mobile client lacks the option to add tags. So frustrating!

it is crap and you know it. it barely search the title. not url. not description or tags. which they add and remove from the add bookmark dialog every blue moon. btw i don't know which weird version your using because the current one doesn't have tags even in the desktop. maybe you didn't notice last random change

Re: Betula – federated bookmarking software for the independent web

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Post by 0x073 »

renegat0x0 wrote: post #43

Bookmark managers that I have found: - https://grimoire.pro/ - https://bookmarkos.com/ - https://wakelet.com/ - https://raindrop.io/ - https://booky.io/ - https://www.knowies.com/ - https://carrylinks.com/ - https://www.zotero.org/ - https://pinalist.com/ - https://web.ggather.com/ - https://lasso.net/ - https://onekeep.com/ And the last one, is mine: https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive My bookmark manage…

I use raindrop. First started a own project but sometimes you need just something that just works.

Re: Betula – federated bookmarking software for the independent web

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Post by renegat0x0 »

tetrisgm wrote: post #57
renegat0x0 wrote: post #43

Bookmark managers that I have found: - https://grimoire.pro/ - https://bookmarkos.com/ - https://wakelet.com/ - https://raindrop.io/ - https://booky.io/ - https://www.knowies.com/ - https://carrylinks.com/ - https://www.zotero.org/ - https://pinalist.com/ - https://web.ggather.com/ - https://lasso.net/ - https://onekeep.com/ And the last one, is mine: https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive My bookmark manage…

I browsed yours as I like the idea of scraping g wha ti capture. Couldn't see any screenshot or figure out if there's an android app though

Sorry, no android app. Currently everything is through web interface.
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