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I stopped trying to whitelist sites. Now I just use cookie autodelete and container tabs. Full list: - Joplin web clipper - BitWarden - Firefox containers

I stopped trying to whitelist sites. Now I just use cookie autodelete and container tabs. Full list: - Joplin web clipper - BitWarden - Firefox containers - Containerise (choose tab container based on domain name or url regex) - Cookie autodelete (in case I ever accidentally log into something in the wrong container, this cleans it up) I also modify the search bar so it only suggests locations from my bookmarks, and I use separate bookmarks for each account, eg: - gmail [user@gmail.com] - gmail [other@work.com] - aws console [prod@work] - aws console [me@personal] - github [work] - github [personal] I type "gmail work", hit return and Firefox opens it in the correct container tab, already logged in. (Honestly, who uses bookmarks any more? They just turn into a bloated to-do list, hundreds of links you'll forget about until one day you try them and the domain no longer exists) Make Google results suck less with Greasemonkey and a script that blocks junk domains (I maintain my own block list). And I have a junk Google account just for random searches etc, and I leave that logged into the "default" container tab, so I'm not plagued by Google cookie / T&C pop-ups. Other Greasemonkey scripts, eg: make Reddit suck less by using old.reddit.com. I also log into Firefox and sync this stuff across all of my browsers. Unfortunately the setting per addon do not sync so I always export text configs to a Syncthing directory any time I make a change (eg: update containerise rules, blocklists, cookie autodelete settings)

SahAssar 5y ago
> Honestly, who uses bookmarks any more? They just turn into a bloated to-do list, hundreds of links you'll forget about until one day you try them and the domain no longer exists Use a service like pinboard and they instead turn into a searchable archive of things you like, archived so that they don't disappear/change. Sorta like a curated personal search engine.
- ad404b8a372f2b9 5y ago
  I've always thought it a shame how primitive the history and bookmarks are in Firefox. They don't seem to have evolved at all in 20 years apart from the ability to sync them across devices.
  - hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago
    > I've always thought it a shame how primitive the history and bookmarks are in Firefox. While I agree with you, since you added "in Firefox", actually Firefox lets me do more with my bookmarks than Chrome.
    - ad404b8a372f2b9 5y ago
      Fair point, I didn't mean to disparage Firefox it's just the only one I've ever used.
    - zacharybk 5y ago
      Firefox fixed this for you. They bought pocket and turned it into a paid product. https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/news/mozilla-acquires-pocket/ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/news/mozilla-acquires-po...
  - l8rlump 5y ago
    In Firefox I feel I can probably do away with bookmarks because of the address bar autocompletion. I think they used to call it the awesome bar, but I haven't heard that term for many years. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/address-bar-autocomplete-firefox?redirectslug=awesome-bar-search-firefox-bookmarks-history-tabs&redirectlocale=en-US https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/address-bar-autocomplet...
- luismartinezs 5y ago
  What's this pinboard service you mention?
  - SahAssar 5y ago
    https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/ It's run by idlewords here on HN, who also gives great talks and writes on https://idlewords.com/ https://idlewords.com/
- klibertp 5y ago
  I want an offline solution for this. What's the point of saving content from the Internet on the same Internet? You lose your connection and immediately lose access to all the saved content. So, does anyone know of any solution like this, but running locally instead? I tried Recoll, and both the FF extension and the query engine were... unpolished, to say the least... EDIT: mentioned in another comment Web Clipper + Joplin looks really nice!
  - NylaTheWolf 5y ago
    Raindrop.io and Pocket can save articles on the Premium plan and Raindrop does it automatically it seems, it does have a few limits though. Wallabag costs money but you can self host it. I heard it's good!
    - klibertp 5y ago
      Thank you! For anyone else wondering: Raindrop costs 35 euro per year (but has a limited free version) and Wallabag starts from 3 euro per year, and has options for 5 and 25 euro, but I'm not sure if this influences functionality or is simply a way of donating money to the project.
      - NylaTheWolf 5y ago
        I mean I know AlternativeTo lists it as paid.
  - sturakov 5y ago
    I would personally recommend https://github.com/rhizome-conifer/conifer https://github.com/rhizome-conifer/conifer The intent is a webrecorder for the internet. It records all js libraries, loads videos, and all else. Once stored, you can review a snapshot at that point in time. They have a service option, webrecorder.io, but this one let's you store directly locally.
  - Farow 5y ago
    I'd recommend [SingleFile](https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile) for saving web pages, [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/ https://obsidian.md/) for taking notes and [Syncthing](https://syncthing.net/ https://syncthing.net/) for syncing between devices. Combining these can let you access any saved pages or notes on any device.
jmnicolas 5y ago
> (Honestly, who uses bookmarks any more? They just turn into a bloated to-do list, hundreds of links you'll forget about until one day you try them and the domain no longer exists) I still do but I absolutely agree with you. I'm still looking for a replacement though.
wngr 5y ago
Containerise is a must when using containers in FF, it's just so much more ergonomic to use. This should eventually be included within FF.
Spionbil 5y ago
Bookmarks are still great as shortcuts via keywords & %s searches in pages that are otherwise clunky or don't support the kind of search you'd want to do.
Macha 5y ago
> I type "gmail work", hit return and Firefox opens it in the correct container tab, already logged in. (Honestly, who uses bookmarks any more? They just turn into a bloated to-do list, hundreds of links you'll forget about until one day you try them and the domain no longer exists) Do you just have a google container, or have you managed to make it so that gmail can only be opened in a "personal" and "work" context and bookmarks open it in the right tab? That's been my big frustration with using container tabs to seperate purposes/accounts like this.
- raffraffraff 5y ago
  I have containers for personal, projects, shopping and a bunch more. Within work I have several containers (prod, test, dev) as there are different accounts for those - AWS for example
  - Macha 5y ago
    Are you manually allocating your work gmail to one container and personal gmail to another, or are you only logging into one at a time, or have you managed to automate this somehow?
    - raffraffraff 5y ago
      It's automated via the containerise addon, which can match url regexes. Google Regex, which works for a bunch of G-suite stuff (Gmail, Docs etc) @.*\.google\.com.*username@gmail\.com.*$ A bookmark link for Gmail that works with that regex would be: https://mail https://mail google.com/u/?authuser=username@gmail.com Edit: What? Of fuck off HN, how the fuck are you supposed to post unformatted text? Ok, got it. I'm not translating the horrible YouTube url though.
selfhoster11 5y ago
> Honestly, who uses bookmarks any more? They just turn into a bloated to-do list, hundreds of links you'll forget about until one day you try them and the domain no longer exists Exactly! I use tabs for that very thing. I have over four hundred tabs open in multiple windows, and counting! (Please send help.)
- Calamitous 5y ago
  Ha, my co-workers choke every time I share my screen and they see my tabs. Then they learn that they’re just seeing one window out of twelve.
- NylaTheWolf 5y ago
  oh my god im so glad im not the only one. my ADHD makes this so bad
- raffraffraff 5y ago
  I have 86 tabs open in Firefox in my phone right now
  - onlywicked 5y ago
    Mine started to show infinity now.

SahAssar 5y ago

> Honestly, who uses bookmarks any more? They just turn into a bloated to-do list, hundreds of links you'll forget about until one day you try them and the domain no longer exists Use a service like pinboard and they instead turn into a searchable archive of things you like, archived so that they don't disappear/change. Sorta like a curated personal search engine.

ad404b8a372f2b9 5y ago
I've always thought it a shame how primitive the history and bookmarks are in Firefox. They don't seem to have evolved at all in 20 years apart from the ability to sync them across devices.
- hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago
  > I've always thought it a shame how primitive the history and bookmarks are in Firefox. While I agree with you, since you added "in Firefox", actually Firefox lets me do more with my bookmarks than Chrome.
  - ad404b8a372f2b9 5y ago
    Fair point, I didn't mean to disparage Firefox it's just the only one I've ever used.
  - zacharybk 5y ago
    Firefox fixed this for you. They bought pocket and turned it into a paid product. https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/news/mozilla-acquires-pocket/ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/news/mozilla-acquires-po...
- l8rlump 5y ago
  In Firefox I feel I can probably do away with bookmarks because of the address bar autocompletion. I think they used to call it the awesome bar, but I haven't heard that term for many years. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/address-bar-autocomplete-firefox?redirectslug=awesome-bar-search-firefox-bookmarks-history-tabs&redirectlocale=en-US https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/address-bar-autocomplet...
luismartinezs 5y ago
What's this pinboard service you mention?
- SahAssar 5y ago
  https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/ It's run by idlewords here on HN, who also gives great talks and writes on https://idlewords.com/ https://idlewords.com/
klibertp 5y ago
I want an offline solution for this. What's the point of saving content from the Internet on the same Internet? You lose your connection and immediately lose access to all the saved content. So, does anyone know of any solution like this, but running locally instead? I tried Recoll, and both the FF extension and the query engine were... unpolished, to say the least... EDIT: mentioned in another comment Web Clipper + Joplin looks really nice!
- NylaTheWolf 5y ago
  Raindrop.io and Pocket can save articles on the Premium plan and Raindrop does it automatically it seems, it does have a few limits though. Wallabag costs money but you can self host it. I heard it's good!
  - klibertp 5y ago
    Thank you! For anyone else wondering: Raindrop costs 35 euro per year (but has a limited free version) and Wallabag starts from 3 euro per year, and has options for 5 and 25 euro, but I'm not sure if this influences functionality or is simply a way of donating money to the project.
    - NylaTheWolf 5y ago
      I mean I know AlternativeTo lists it as paid.
- sturakov 5y ago
  I would personally recommend https://github.com/rhizome-conifer/conifer https://github.com/rhizome-conifer/conifer The intent is a webrecorder for the internet. It records all js libraries, loads videos, and all else. Once stored, you can review a snapshot at that point in time. They have a service option, webrecorder.io, but this one let's you store directly locally.
- Farow 5y ago
  I'd recommend [SingleFile](https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile) for saving web pages, [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/ https://obsidian.md/) for taking notes and [Syncthing](https://syncthing.net/ https://syncthing.net/) for syncing between devices. Combining these can let you access any saved pages or notes on any device.

jmnicolas 5y ago

> (Honestly, who uses bookmarks any more? They just turn into a bloated to-do list, hundreds of links you'll forget about until one day you try them and the domain no longer exists) I still do but I absolutely agree with you. I'm still looking for a replacement though.

wngr 5y ago

Containerise is a must when using containers in FF, it's just so much more ergonomic to use. This should eventually be included within FF.

Spionbil 5y ago

Bookmarks are still great as shortcuts via keywords & %s searches in pages that are otherwise clunky or don't support the kind of search you'd want to do.

Macha 5y ago

> I type "gmail work", hit return and Firefox opens it in the correct container tab, already logged in. (Honestly, who uses bookmarks any more? They just turn into a bloated to-do list, hundreds of links you'll forget about until one day you try them and the domain no longer exists) Do you just have a google container, or have you managed to make it so that gmail can only be opened in a "personal" and "work" context and bookmarks open it in the right tab? That's been my big frustration with using container tabs to seperate purposes/accounts like this.

raffraffraff 5y ago
I have containers for personal, projects, shopping and a bunch more. Within work I have several containers (prod, test, dev) as there are different accounts for those - AWS for example
- Macha 5y ago
  Are you manually allocating your work gmail to one container and personal gmail to another, or are you only logging into one at a time, or have you managed to automate this somehow?
  - raffraffraff 5y ago
    It's automated via the containerise addon, which can match url regexes. Google Regex, which works for a bunch of G-suite stuff (Gmail, Docs etc) @.*\.google\.com.*username@gmail\.com.*$ A bookmark link for Gmail that works with that regex would be: https://mail https://mail google.com/u/?authuser=username@gmail.com Edit: What? Of fuck off HN, how the fuck are you supposed to post unformatted text? Ok, got it. I'm not translating the horrible YouTube url though.

selfhoster11 5y ago

> Honestly, who uses bookmarks any more? They just turn into a bloated to-do list, hundreds of links you'll forget about until one day you try them and the domain no longer exists Exactly! I use tabs for that very thing. I have over four hundred tabs open in multiple windows, and counting! (Please send help.)

Calamitous 5y ago
Ha, my co-workers choke every time I share my screen and they see my tabs. Then they learn that they’re just seeing one window out of twelve.
NylaTheWolf 5y ago
oh my god im so glad im not the only one. my ADHD makes this so bad
raffraffraff 5y ago
I have 86 tabs open in Firefox in my phone right now
- onlywicked 5y ago
  Mine started to show infinity now.