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Ask Slashdot: Is There a Bookmark Manager That Actually Manages Bookmarks?

Posted by timothy on from the too-much-to-ask dept.

hackwrench writes: Most reviews of so-called bookmark managers focus on the fact that they can share bookmarks across browsers and devices and whether or not they can make your bookmarks public or not. Sometimes they mention that you can annotate bookmarks. Little is said about real management features like making certain bookmarks exclusive to one or a set of browsers or devices, checking for dead links and maybe even looking them up on archive.org. I'm sure this isn't an exhaustive list of features that would be good to have. What bookmarks managers do you use and why, and what features would you like to see in a bookmark manager?

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  1. Xmarks. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Lets me set bookmark profiles for different devices/environments, so I have my "Work" bookmarks distinct from my home use ones. Automatically synchronizes between all major browsers and devices. I mainly only keep smart bookmarks and daily-use ones, so I don't ever need dead link checking or any frills like that. Covers my needs.

  2. Re:My other by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Google Bookmarks kind of ruins the joke, eh? ;)

  3. archive.org page check by Badooleoo · · Score: 3, Informative

    To check if a current site you are on is on archive.org have the following as a bookmark

    javascript:location.href='http://web.archive.org/web/*/'+document.location.href;

  4. Re:Windows: Use .URL files by macraig · · Score: 3, Informative

    Drag and drop from the browser's address bar, specifically the "identity information" icon that precedes the URL. That saves the URL itself in a .URL shortcut file, not an attempted copy of the Web page as HTML/MHTML.