Pocket: It gets worse the more you use it

Re:Pocket: It gets worse the more you use it by mostlylurks on Saturday July 08, 2023 @11:53PM (#36651363)

With the exception of syncing the list between devices (a feature I personally can't imagine myself needing or wanting, though I can definitely see why others would), these things are basically what tabs are for. You open things up in tabs to read them later, and you can also search tabs (a feature supported by firefox, at least, not sure about other browsers) and categorize them (their order and grouping into separate windows). Tabs also have the benefit of being extremely convenient, whereas there's a whole lot more friction involved in using any other option, like bookmarks, or things like pocket.

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Re:Pocket: It gets worse the more you use it by jasaldivara on Sunday July 09, 2023 @12:09AM (#36651427)

Maybe if you have big amounts of RAM and never turn off your computer nor close your browser.

I like being able to read my bookmarks a week, or even a month later.

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Re:Pocket: It gets worse the more you use it by mostlylurks on Sunday July 09, 2023 @12:22AM (#36651481)

> Maybe if you have big amounts of RAM

Browsers these days have settings which automatically unload tabs to make sure you don't run out of RAM. I personally don't run into issues with 16GB of RAM, so I don't have those settings enabled.

> and never turn off your computer nor close your browser. I like being able to read my bookmarks a week, or even a month later.

Browsers allow persisting the set of windows and tabs you have open across sessions, so this isn't an issue. I probably have a few hundred tabs open at any given moment across a few subject-specific windows, some of those tabs several months old, and I close my browser and shut down my computer all the time. Firefox simply restores the windows and tabs when I open it, so it all works out just fine.

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Re:Pocket: It gets worse the more you use it by Lammy on Sunday July 09, 2023 @01:34AM (#36651847)

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/auto-tab-disc...

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Re:Pocket: It gets worse the more you use it by gxnxcxcx on Sunday July 09, 2023 @11:32AM (#36655304)

about:unloads

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Re:Pocket: It gets worse the more you use it by phito on Sunday July 09, 2023 @01:34AM (#36651850)

Oof that won't work for me, I can't stand having 1-2 stale tabs open. It feels like clutter and I instinctively close them.

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Re:Pocket: It gets worse the more you use it by jacquesm on Sunday July 09, 2023 @08:44AM (#36654029)

You'd really hate my browser state. While on a project I can easily have a few hundred tabs open for days.

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