When was the last time you visited a bookmarked site from your web browser’s Bookmarks menu?
For me, it’s been so long that I can’t even remember. I still have a large list of browser bookmarks, each meticulously organized into appropriate folders. But I never go through them.
Pre-smartphone, I relied on my browser’s Bookmarks menu heavily for tasks like comparison shopping and academic research.
These days, my browser’s Bookmark menu goes untouched. Every website that I need frequent access to either exists within my fingertips or as Favorites that run across the top of my browser.
Browser profiles, coupled with Favorites, is how I do things now. I have configured separate profiles for work, tech, streaming, and more. Each of my browser’s profiles have their own set of collected Favorites.
And when I really need to look something up, I almost never search through my Bookmarks menu. It’s faster for me to use a search engine or AI.
Don’t get me wrong: I’m glad the Bookmarks menu exists. But I wonder how many people actually use it…
-Krishna
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2 responses to “Are Browser Bookmarks Still Relevant?”
I use mine quite often. I have a lot of sites I get new info from via the RSS feeds, but I have dedicated research sites, articles I’m saving for when I’m ready to use the information, and any sites that don’t have RSS feeds but I want to keep up with.
I use mine often, too. Things like Congress bill search and the Congress Critters contact pages have, sadly, become used more than I’d like. Some aren’t used much off-season, but stay up in-season (like the WatchDuty page which I suspect will be staying on its own tab for a while, soon).
Other specific reference sites that don’t always come up on the first page of a search get used, too. And, of course, the various admin pages (like for the webcomic).