Comments on: The me:// protocol and Firefox

By: Php Codeigniter Developer

Php Codeigniter Developer — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:57:00 +0000

I used the bookmarks, and for me its very usefull

By: Chris Ilias

Chris Ilias — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:35:57 +0000

I’m doubtful of the claim that users don’t use bookmarks. On support.mozilla.com, “bookmarks” is the top search term. And when you ask “OK, how often do you visit this websites later”, I’m not sure what you think I answered.

By: andyed

andyed — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:02:09 +0000

Day of week and time of day have been under-represented in the Mozilla dialogue so far… thanks for mentioning it.

By: Matěj Cepl

Matěj Cepl — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:54:00 +0000

I have to take an issue with one claim in your article. Yes, I have also non-used bookmarks *before* Firefox 3.0, but I have to admit, one of the most revolutionary effects of the Awesome bar (and the reason why I actually think it *is* awesome) was introduction of tags to the mix. Now I have plenty of bookmarks but I don’t keep any hierarchy and I never go to the Bookmarks menu … but I am running Firefox bookmarks as my private del.icio.us … just put couple of tags to the location bar and Firefox quickly filters out the URL I was looking for. Works pretty well for me. And no, of course, I don’t have ANY hierarchy in my bookmarks, I just dump them all to Unsorted Bookmarks.

I think instead of throwing the bookmarks away, this personal del.icio.us (with Weave making it not so personal if needed) is way to revive the idea of bookmarks.

By: adam

adam — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:30:51 +0000

I have over 1,200 items in my bookmarks… the majority are from way back in Netscape 3.0 days… but I still want to keep them because if I wanted to get to those sites as I remember their content more then the name or branding. Also.. I have 4 folders on my shortcut bar filled with stuff I visit several times a day..

I like clicking on menus better then waiting for Google to load, moving my hands to the keyboard and then hoping for handy results.

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:53:54 +0000

No, I am not talking about AI

Maybe not, but you’ve got to be pretty smart – one of the most annoying things software can do is to try to be helpful, and not get it 100% right. The most extreme example of that was the stupid Office paperclip, but it’s true of any program – the software must either stay out of the way, or it must genuinely be helpful.

By: naesk

naesk — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:50:42 +0000

A great idea indeed, that certainly could do with been implemented.
To expand, it could also be a utility to pool in a users popular social network profiles. Maybe even a fusion of the Raindrop project

By: Tony Mechelynck

Tony Mechelynck — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:45:05 +0000

To each his preferences I’d say.
- I have a lot of bookmarks, organised hierarchically (tree-wise) and I know that I’ll find a bookmarked site much faster by means of the Bookmarks menu and its submenus than if I have to search for it using a search engine.
- For sites that I’ve visited recently, I use history completion; and if nothing comes up in the history drop-down, I can still (but as a last resort) use the search option at its bottom.

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By: Bogo

Bogo — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:08:17 +0000

@ArpitNext – Maybe we can make an add-on, to do such things. It is not so hard to do it.

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