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> Do people really use their desktop bookmarks on their phones, and how? Sure. I routinely add things to Pinboard, and check it on mobile. I often look up thin
by imiric 4y ago
> Do people really use their desktop bookmarks on their phones, and how?
Sure. I routinely add things to Pinboard, and check it on mobile. I often look up things I found interesting, but don't remember the link. Finding categories of things using a combination of tags, and being able to drill down further by adding more tags, is very powerful and convenient.
I never understood how tab pinning in a certain browser is manageable for hundreds or even dozens of sites, where any sort of syncing across browsers or platforms becomes a chore. I use 4 browsers on 3 operating systems on a daily basis, and wouldn't be able to function without a central storage for bookmarks.
- pmontra 4y agoI can see how that would be difficult. I use only one laptop, one OS and one main browser. Sometimes I open Chrome to test things but I close it right away. No need for anything there. When I change laptop, not very often, I copy the mozilla directory to the new machine.
- lproven 4y ago> I use 4 browsers on 3 operating systems on a daily basis, ^^^ This! ^^^ I use Waterfox for general web stuff and Chrome for Google Apps, on Linux and macOS; Firefox and Edge when I have to use Windows. I have 2 work laptops, and 3 main home laptops; all dual-boot 2+ OSes; and a desktop iMac. It's a lot of stuff to keep in sync, and Mozilla's Firefox Sync is not much help because it does't talk to the Chrome-based majority of browsers. XMarks was wonderfully useful but it's gone. So this is of significant interest to me.