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Posted: Mon, 09 May 2022 12:12
Last edited: Mon, 09 May 2022 12:14
Tags: software efficiency
I always try different ways to faster get into the pages that I usually browse. I have tried making my own "new tab" page with just a list of links and the "don't close tabs" thing. Both have been pretty ineffective. Having a list of links is slow to open and it is tedious to add new links. Keeping your tabs open quickly becomes unorganized and messy. It also eats a lot of memory. Why have I overlooked the bookmarks feature for so long?
It all started when I pressed the star in the url bar in Firefox and added a bookmark to my bookmarks bar. It was a page that I wanted to look at later but did not know when I would actually do it. Then the bookmarks bar appeared and I soon found how fast it was to use. It does not take up much space, it is easy to organize and quick to add new bookmarks.
The way I have it set up at the moment is a few folders. Mainly "media", "social", "services", "read later" and a few other quick shortcuts. One is for example to my temporary file host page. That one especially I like a lot. It has become efficient to the point that it is faster to upload files on my own page and paste the link into Discord than actually uploading a file to Discord itself. You also have the benefit of setting your own file size limit.
Another way the bookmarks are efficient is that you can left click on a bookmark to open it in the current page, and middle mouse click to open it in a new tab. You can even middle mouse click on a folder to open all bookmarks inside into new tabs. This way you can with one click open your entire browsing workspace.
If you study or have any tasks that you want to repeat often, having bookmarks will also help you. If you put a bookmark on the bookmarks bar you will see it often and it can help you to getting started with doing a task you want to keep consistent. I for example try to do daily japanese kanji studies and I have a bookmark to that page on the top. So when I look through my bookmarks I will always see it and it is easier to just click it and get started.
I just wanted to give a short heads up to this, in my opinion, overlooked feature that exist in almost all web browsers. We often rely on tabs or the automatically generated history that our browsers make on order to get to work instead of just having a simple bookmark to the page.
Thanks for reading, and I hope this may improve your browsing experience!