Comment on Why do some people have so many tabs open on their browser?
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 3 days agoI keep bumping into Raindrop all the time, but nobody explained it, as if everyone already knows what it is. I didn’t, until I finally took the time to open that site. In a new tab, obviously 😀
Anyway, seems like a pretty neat idea. So, how does that better than using normal bookmarks of your browser?
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
The main advantage is, if you keep a lot of “bookmarks” (which I don’t, but I like to be prepared) they are searchable not just by name, but also by tag.
This means when you find that good stack overflow page about resolving cuda issues on a VM you can tag it as “linux” “python” “cuda” “VM” in addition to giving it a name. Then you can search for any of those and find it.
The free version is pretty good and it lets you do one level of folders and as many bookmarks as you want. (Oh yeah. It supports folders so I have one for example that is called Unwatched YouTube, you might guess what I use it for). The paid version is probably better because it includes unlimited folder nesting AND it saves a snapshot of whatever webpage you’re bookmarking so you never lose anything. I would think this would be indespensible if you habitually save things like reddit or Lemmy threads so it doesn’t get deleted from under you.
I don’t use raindrop.io as much as I would like, but I would assume it’s a far cry better than a browser with 200 tabs open.
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Wait, so it caches the page too? If the site goes offline, you have your personal copy anyway? That’s a bit like the internet archive, isn’t it?
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Yes but only for the paid version which I don’t have so I can’t vouch. I’m cheap in that way
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Oh, ok so it’s just links for us plebs. Either way, it’s nice to know the option is there.