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Reasons why I bookmark pages: 1. I meant to type Ctrl+W and missed slightly 2. I meant to type Ctrl+F and missed slightly 3. I meant to type Ctrl
by h2s 14y ago
Reasons why I bookmark pages:
1. I meant to type Ctrl+W and missed slightly
2. I meant to type Ctrl+F and missed slightly
3. I meant to type Ctrl+C and missed slightly
My bookmarks are a mish-mash of random pages on which I accidentally pressed Ctrl+D, nothing more. I think I'm a particularly anomalous edge case on this particular issue because as a web developer I tend to flit around between browsers constantly so no single-vendor syncing service is ever going to be useful to me.
I try to curb what I call my "data hoarding" tendencies too. If I start bookmarking things for real, I tend to fall into a harmful pattern of bookmarking too many things. Next I start fretting over whether they're organised correctly, whether they're named clearly and so on. I've found it's better for my productivity if I just rely on the address bar autocompletion.
It's always cool to read about this kind of usability work though. Mozilla is still king in my book!
- Karunamon 14y ago>no single-vendor syncing service is ever going to be useful to me. Ever tried Xmarks?
- RobAley 14y agoI likewise use different browsers often during development, mainly for testing and exploring browser specific options, but use Firefox for my main browser and bookmarking etc. When I want to access a bookmark in, say, Chrome, if the page is open in firefox I simply drag globe icon next to the URL from Firefox and drop it onto chrome. If it isn't already open, I show all bookmarks and drag and drop the bookmark from there.
- icebraining 14y agoInstead of having to make sure we have them organized, browsers should just index their content and provide good search. Indexing engines are more than fast enough nowadays.