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Re:Ask HN: Why are bookmarks second class citizens in browsers? by verytrivial on Thursday August 18, 2022 @06:08AM (#32507453)
Firefox on Android seems to have just given up on bookmarks.

You can't even EDIT THEM (seriously) let alone order them in folders or pin them etc. Open, edit or share, that's it, and the last of which I think perhaps three people have ever done, and only by accident.

Re:Ask HN: Why are bookmarks second class citizens in browsers? by kamilm on Thursday August 18, 2022 @06:26AM (#32507554)
Yes, mobile Firefox was great until version ~60 something. You could install all the extensions from the store. But now there's like only 18 extensions for mobile.

But there is another way to organize bookmarks like one would expect.

_shameless plug_

You can use Websktop webapp for this. That way you'll have a fully customizable grid of bookmarks. It could look like this:

https://i.ibb.co/5T3pnXH/mobile.png

Re:Ask HN: Why are bookmarks second class citizens in browsers? by malinoal on Thursday August 18, 2022 @06:20AM (#32507513)
editing and creating bookmarks, as well as organising them into folders, as well as opening multiple bookmarks/folders simultaneously and bookmarking multiple tabs at the same time all work fine for me on Firefox on Android
Re:Ask HN: Why are bookmarks second class citizens in browsers? by verytrivial on Thursday August 18, 2022 @07:29AM (#32508019)
Weird. I have a single "Bookmarks" menu item. Opening that shows them. I can tap to open, or "X" to delete. Long-press to select (multiple) which reveals a share icon and a triple-dot with open, open in private or delete. That's it. There is no edit or move operation.

(I noticed adding to a folder appends, and for a while was carefully shuffling between folders to sort, then realized they'd given up on bookmarks so I should too.)