Do you like the browser bookmark manager?

6 points by andyware ↗ HN
How do you think it compares to services like webcull.com, raindrop.io, or getpocket.com? Have they advanced the field to the point that it's worth switching?

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I use the bookmark manager that is built-in to Firefox. I also use a browser extension that checks for dead bookmarks and redirects in order to update them for me.

I try to keep them organized and tidy in a hierarchy. I bookmark any website I find useful so I don't have to use search engines unnecessarily and most of my websites autocomplete within a few keystrokes.

In summary, I am happy with the bookmark manager. In the future I would like to switch to a plaintext format, perhaps like org-mode if I can get it integrated with the browser. The reason I want this is so I can put that file up on my website to share with others.

Interesting perspective, thanks for the response. How many bookmarks do you keep at any given time if dont mind me asking?
I use only chrome built-in bookmark manager, tried pocket several years ago but dislike it.

I realized that 90% of the sites I bookmarked, never used again or find it again with google instead with my bookmark manager.

Things I'd add to browser bookmark managers someday:

- Support for (persisting) bookmarks tags. From the post re: the re-launch of del.icio.us: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23985623

> "Allow reading and writing bookmark tags" https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1225916

> Notes re: how this could be standardized with JSON-LD: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1225916#c116

> The existing Web Experiment for persisting bookmark tags: https://github.com/azappella/webextension-experiment-tags/bl...

- Standard search features like operators: ((term) AND (term2)) OR term3

- Regex search

- (Chrome) show the createdDate and allow (non-destructive) sort by date

- Native sync API for syncing to zero or more bookmarks / personal data storage providers

- Support for integration with extensions that support actual resource metadata like Zotero

- Linked Data support: extract and store bibliographic metadata like Zotero and OpenLink Structured Data Sniffer

What are the current limitations of the WebExtensions Bookmarks API (now supported by Firefox, Chrome, Edge, and hopefully eventually Safari)?: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/Web...