Bookmarking - what do you do these days

[engine]

There are so many ways to save a link, a site, or something for further reading and investigation. The good old bookmark link in a browser works, but can become cumbersome.

What methods do you use?

[not2easy]

I just organize my browser bookmarks into topics, in folders and some with subfolders. Since I started way back when, it would be a real project to weed through them though. If it is a link I found that could interest someone else, I save a couple of text files by topic, listing sites related to places or services of interest, with a date so I can sort by date or name. I can say that the browser never seems to run out of room for more, so sorting them helps - and they're searchable via the browser.

Sorry, no new magic ideas. Hoping to find some here.

[engine]

Yes, magic ideas would be great. :)

I do use traditional bookmarks, but I do find it a little clumsy, and browser-related. Organising bookmarks between office machine, laptop, and mobile is a challenge.

Many years ago I used Compass bookmark tool way back last century. lol

I use batch files for certain projects where I need to open a number of links all related to that project.
Here's a simple example of what oi mean; The batch file opens all social media accounts for a specific project.

In the simple example above, I open other pages/sites and software that relate to that project.

I'm open to other ideas, tips and trick.

[lucy24]

I never clear my browser history--I’m the only person using this computer--so all I ever have to do is type a few letters and the browser spits out a list of suggestions. Or, of course, a single letter if that letter happens to be “x”. (The same system applies to email, but there I have to type two letters, because for some reason everyone I email regularly has a name starting in J.)

On the tablet, the two sites I visit most often are permanently open in tabs.

[engine]

> only person using this computer
Fair enough.

>permanently open in tabs.

Yes, I do that on the tablet: Some open for months.

[tangor]

Tend to have too many bookmarks ... about twice a year I delete chaff to keep the wheat. What I am finding in recent years is fewer and fewer sites worth bookmarking (nothing new or groundbreaking...)

[lexipixel]

Yes, magic ideas would be great. :)
@engine

Years ago I hand coded an HTML file that's now hundreds of colored <div> elements to organize all my bookmarks.

I set my browser's HOME (and "new window" / "new tab") to that file.

I add new, and keep frequently used links in blocks near the top -- move them down or delete as needed.

I have years of backups of the file -- through many OS and browsers its been totally portable -- one of the first files I load on any new machine.

Works like magic for me.

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[lucy24]

Years ago I hand coded an HTML file that's now hundreds of colored <div> elements to organize all my bookmarks.

Oh, I think I once did something similar--mainly to facilitate browser-switching--though I think I used nested lists.

[not2easy]

You can export your browsers' bookmarks in different formats to share with another browser. HTML is one of the common formats.

[lexipixel]

You can export your browsers' bookmarks

View the source "html" it creates. Most browsers junk up the "html" with browser specific data, (base64 encoded icons) and other junk.

In early browser export formats were even more specific, (MSIE was full of MS specific properties -- as horrible as exporting an MS-Word document to HTML).

If I remember right, some early browsers could not easily change default startup page, so I'd just have my "bookmark.htm" file on the desktop and click it's icon to open it in the browser, (which I still do to this day out of habit).

Like I said my way has lasted about 20 years, never had to worry about format conversion import/export, all very plain HTML (and I can organize and add notes where I need them in a text editor)...

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