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BrainTool looks incredible. I'm on Firefox, so can't use it yet, but this is the _exact_ tool I wish was integrated into my browser. My workflow is almost alw

by frio 5y ago

BrainTool looks incredible. I'm on Firefox, so can't use it yet, but this is the _exact_ tool I wish was integrated into my browser. My workflow is almost always: 1. need to solve $problem 2. do a big Google, collating some mental state along the way 3. end up with a rudimentary understanding of $problem, with some books to grab, tools to consider, next steps to take 4. resolve $problem sufficiently _for now_ 5. leave those tabs to exist forever, repeat entire process in 6 months time when $problem comes up again BrainTool looks like the shortcircuit I need.

OJFord 5y ago
It's a bit jankier, and I suppose updates don't work (delete & recreate would do it) but it's almost built in to FF: save all tabs to folder; open all from folder.
- frio 5y ago
  Yeah, that's close, but it's not _quite_ far enough (thanks for the suggestion though :)). I've tried that in the past, but (like I said in the sibling comment), what I really want is "bookmark _with notes_". Sibling comment suggested that TST has a feature for that now, which looks really useful too.
eitland 5y ago
Not exactly the same but as a fellow Firefox user here is one of my workflows (some practical stuff at the end): - research one topic, using a Firefox instance with Tree Style Tabs, ctrl clicking each link I follow thereby opening it in a new leaf-branch, producing a tree of tabs documenting where I have been. - research another topic... and another and then a few more. - realizing after a few days I have more than 600 tabs open just in my research browser (I have one reserved for customer systems and mail, and on that I use mostly only Bitwarden, uBlock Origin and container tabs). - I select one or more trees from my research browser, export them to markdown and get a nice indented markdown list of everything, copy those into Joplin, go back to Firefox and right click to close all selected tabs. - that's it. Hints: For this to work you need Firefox, the Tree Style Tabs (TST) Firefox extension as well as one or two TST extensions. Yes, on Firefox extensions can have extensions, and no, it doesn't bog down my browsers to any significant degree. The relevant TST extensions can be found linked from the TST addon page, yes they are also Firefox extensions but they won't help much without TST I think.
- frio 5y ago
  Yeah, I used to use TST (well, Sidebery) but have recently switched it off in an effort to curb my tabs (along with session restoration; now, it's a fresh browser every time, so I actually make the effort to archive something rather than leave it to linger forever). I was unaware TST had an archive to Markdown feature though (just found the ticket in https://github.com/piroor/treestyletab/issues/1274 https://github.com/piroor/treestyletab/issues/1274) -- that's really really cool, and is something I'll try out! I think what I really want is "bookmark _with notes_", and that'd give me that, much like BrainTool would.

by frio 5y ago

OJFord 5y ago

It's a bit jankier, and I suppose updates don't work (delete & recreate would do it) but it's almost built in to FF: save all tabs to folder; open all from folder.

frio 5y ago
Yeah, that's close, but it's not _quite_ far enough (thanks for the suggestion though :)). I've tried that in the past, but (like I said in the sibling comment), what I really want is "bookmark _with notes_". Sibling comment suggested that TST has a feature for that now, which looks really useful too.

eitland 5y ago

Not exactly the same but as a fellow Firefox user here is one of my workflows (some practical stuff at the end): - research one topic, using a Firefox instance with Tree Style Tabs, ctrl clicking each link I follow thereby opening it in a new leaf-branch, producing a tree of tabs documenting where I have been. - research another topic... and another and then a few more. - realizing after a few days I have more than 600 tabs open just in my research browser (I have one reserved for customer systems and mail, and on that I use mostly only Bitwarden, uBlock Origin and container tabs). - I select one or more trees from my research browser, export them to markdown and get a nice indented markdown list of everything, copy those into Joplin, go back to Firefox and right click to close all selected tabs. - that's it. Hints: For this to work you need Firefox, the Tree Style Tabs (TST) Firefox extension as well as one or two TST extensions. Yes, on Firefox extensions can have extensions, and no, it doesn't bog down my browsers to any significant degree. The relevant TST extensions can be found linked from the TST addon page, yes they are also Firefox extensions but they won't help much without TST I think.

frio 5y ago
Yeah, I used to use TST (well, Sidebery) but have recently switched it off in an effort to curb my tabs (along with session restoration; now, it's a fresh browser every time, so I actually make the effort to archive something rather than leave it to linger forever). I was unaware TST had an archive to Markdown feature though (just found the ticket in https://github.com/piroor/treestyletab/issues/1274 https://github.com/piroor/treestyletab/issues/1274) -- that's really really cool, and is something I'll try out! I think what I really want is "bookmark _with notes_", and that'd give me that, much like BrainTool would.