TidyFavorites: Bookmarks and More
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Not another bookmarking tool. That’s what I thought at first. I had finally settled on delicious as my tool of choice. I can save, search and archive. Much better than a bunch of folders hanging out on the toolbar of my browser. But TidyFavorites is different.
At first, I thought this tool looks like the home page of Chrome or Opera, where your bookmarks are laid out as screenshots on a grid. Humans are very visual and this can make finding your bookmarks easier. But TidyFavorites does much more than that.
- TidyFavorites will work with Firefox, IE and Opera and will work with all of then at the same time. You can also take TidyFavorites with you on a USB memory stick.
- The screenshots are more than screenshots. You can resize them and zoom them. Almost like instant widgets. You can save that part of the page you actually need as a screenshot.
- TidyFavorites refreshes the bookmark/screenshot when the web page changes.
- You can organize these bookmarks into folders and tabs.
I have a lot of bookmarks. It is crazy of me to think that this would replace delicious. But that is not the point. Don’t think of it as a bookmarking tool. Think of it as a fast way to create your own custom widgets or simply as a reminder tool or a way to visualize a task.
Some things I have used TidyFavorites for so far:
- I bookmarked Caroline Middlebrook’s on Ideas for Internet Marketing posts. I zoomed in on the actual list and use it when I am short on ideas.
- I have used it to organize post ideas. Dragging bookmarks around until the ideas feel into line.
- I have used it as a visual Christmas list, zooming in on the pictures of items, with a tab for each person.
But I need more ideas. And some tools are just waiting for someone to come up with the killer usage. So I tell you what. Go to TidyFavorites.com, watch the video (my screenshot does no justice), install TidyFavorites and then come back here and give me more ideas because I know I have missed some.
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excellent find. congrats Stephan a real time saver/organizer
Thanks for coming by Bill, if I can still call you that, :).
Really better then just using the browser bookmarks?
Browser bookmarks are really the middle ground between the two uses I have for bookmarks. Bookmarks I archive and use for research are way to many to put in my browser. Temporary bookmarks that I use for reminders and the like disappear in all the buttons I have on my browser. Really I only use browser bookmarks for account logins.
I know how you feel, my browser bookmarks got big to the point of unmanageable and even delicious seems a tad unorganized. This might be a good solution.
It seems interesting, I will give it try
I was contacted by them to give it a try too. I still have that thought of “Not another bookmarking tool!” just like you. Will give it a play and post my impression (and hopefully new ideas) about TidyFavorites soon
Interesting. I think I like the features but I would have a better idea once I tried it. Gonna try it out now but I think I’d still stick with Google Bookmarks.
I think I’m gonna give this a try after watching that video. I don’t know if it loads slowly or fast though.
I like it. There is an issue using it with Flock that I hope they fix soon. They have been contacting me with updates about the fix regularly, so at least they are on the ball.