Re:Ask HN: Why are bookmarks second class citizens in browsers?
by jeroenhd on Thursday August 18, 2022 @03:23AM
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What do you mean by "despite the weaker security"? Did I miss something about a security hole?
Re:Ask HN: Why are bookmarks second class citizens in browsers?
by plaguepilled on Thursday August 18, 2022 @03:46AM
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Firefox's sandbox is a little underwhelming on Linux: https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/firefox-chromium.ht...
Re:Ask HN: Why are bookmarks second class citizens in browsers?
by jeroenhd on Thursday August 18, 2022 @04:26AM
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Interesting, thanks for sharing. I will stick with Firefox despite all this because I don't trust Google and Microsoft with my data but this is good to know.
With how many exploits Google needs to patch each release it's a little surprising how many security measures seem to get bypassed regularly for them to have any effect.
Re:Ask HN: Why are bookmarks second class citizens in browsers?
by imaginaryNumb3r on Thursday August 18, 2022 @03:58AM
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there's many other browsers which simply don't have their own engine. For my taste, Vivaldi is the best choice for power users.
When I'm browsing, I don't want links in the top bar to tempt me to context switch, so my bookmark bar is off and my left hand rests next to my keyboard. If I want to navigate to a site, I either type in the URL if I remember, or hit Ctrl+B to pull up my bookmarks. I put the bar on the right hand side so it doesn't move the starting position of page text, and select using topic based folders (usually within a top-level folder). The whole process is very comfortable. Often I'll be lazier than that and just prefix with a * to directly pull up the link via search.
Its honestly so far ahead of everything else, I feel like I'm on another planet when people say they prefer Chrome for productivity.