Re:I closed a lot of browser tabs
by globular-toast on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @06:48AM
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Maybe. For some reason many people just don't use bookmarks at all. The question is why don't they use them. Have they tried but found it broken? Or have they never tried?
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I don't use bookmarks. I rely on history. If I want to find something, I'll type relevant keywords and the page shows up. It works without using bookmarks. I usually memorize parts of urls or title without effort, if I didn't have that I guess I would need bookmarks.
I think bookmarks would be good for building lists. Like recipes. But I'm not organized well enough to do this.
Careful, Browsers don't keep infinite history.
I don't use them because I have to know which pages are important enough to bookmark when I come across them first, rather than when I need them later.
Usually I rely on finding something in my history. If I need to get around to it at some point, I'll keep the tab open and I'll get around to it when (if ever) I'm closing a bunch of tabs in a row, which takes relatively little effort. If I bookmark it, it'll just sit there and I'll never think of it again.