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