I found bookmarks to be inferior to just keeping tabs open. The other problem I have is that practically all the bookmarks I have saved over the years now point to broken links or missing domains; I could clean them up, but what’s the point? I don’t look at those links anymore anyway.
I’ve come to terms with the internet, and life in general, to be too much in flux for a piece of information to provide value for multiple years.
I don't disagree, but there is one use-case they cover well: quick shortcuts for the most used tools you need, particularly now that every desktop app is getting replaced by a web one. I keep updating and maintaining the bookmark toolbar in my browser, because i use it several times a day. Some people do that with some sort of homepage, but I find the toolbar quicker for me.
Some people do that with some sort of homepage, but I find the toolbar quicker for me.
I've used both but it gets annoying quickly. For me doing that by typing the first couple of letters, just one is sometimes sufficient, in the browser address bar is by far the most convenient and quickest. Like ctrl-t - type yc - down arrow - enter. Or in an existing tab replace ctrl-t with alt-d. Want to check my threads on HN instead? Just an extra down arrow away in the sequence. Want to look for history within a domain? type space then type another part of the address. No screenspace eaten by toolbar, no seperate window needed to go look for in bookmarks, single unified interface which also allows going to open tabs or search etc, no real limit on amount of entries. You should really give it a try. Granted it could even be better, it's not always flawless. There are also plugins for doing this with fuzzy matching IIRC.
I use bookmarks to enhance this. I save a page and then rename the bookmark to some letter codes, for hackernews it's "hn: Hacker News", which makes typing "hn" bring up the bookmark no matter how cluttered, or recently cleared, my browser history becomes.
This is my main use-case for bookmarks nowadays. There are maybe 20ish sites that I use semi-regularly throughout the year that I may forget the URL for. I have them saved as bookmarks so I can access them quickly by typing the right keywords into the address bar.
In my experience, using bookmarks for anything else has been an abject failure.
I’ve come to terms with the internet, and life in general, to be too much in flux for a piece of information to provide value for multiple years.