Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks?

Re:Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks? by jacquesm on Friday April 07, 2017 @07:25PM (#14064238)

I do, but I've also come to rely on a plug-in called 'scrapbook'. It allows you to cut a snippet from a webpage and save it along with the url of the original.

Very handy, and it also protects somewhat against linkrot.

I've tied it to a hotkey to copy any bit that is highlighted to the currently open scrapbook. (shift-ctrl-b) without further notifications or interaction other than the keystroke. Super quick and it doesn't get in the way of continued reading.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks? by hashhar on Friday April 07, 2017 @11:36PM (#14065154)

Firefox is looking to integrate an auto-redirect to the Wayback Machine in case of link-rot. There's a Test Pilot experiement going on and it may be extended to allow for auto-saving of bookmarks on the Wayback Machine when bookmarked.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks? by gumami on Sunday April 09, 2017 @11:04AM (#14072604)

The wayback machine chrome extension that does this pretty well https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wayback-machine/fp...

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Re:Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks? by throw2016 on Friday April 07, 2017 @10:55PM (#14065022)

I have using scrapbook for ages now, but to save entire pages. It's simple and just works. It's one of my must haves apart from Ublock-origin.

It's handy to have access to the actual webpages complete with formatting and links, but the store could get quite large if you save a lot of pages

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Re:Ask HN: Do you still use browser bookmarks? by j_s on Saturday April 08, 2017 @12:01AM (#14065235)

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/scrapbook/

Couldn't find anything intentionally similar with good reviews for Chrome.

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