Bookmarks… A lot of them! :-)

Bookmarks are great, but…

netsi1964
netsi1964
Aug 27, 2017 · 4 min read

One of the shared features of browsers is the feature to bookmark: The ability to store a given URL for later. It was I guess though to be a way to help you as you surfed the net, you needed a method of put bookmarks as in a book.

I have tons of bookmarks. That is the main problem with this feature: It leads to too big collections of points of interest. Another problem is that it demands you to be a structured mind. You should categorise your bookmarks in some way. That can lead to frustration as you try to think of one category of a bookmark. Categorizing content is not an easy task — ask any librarian!

Facebook bookmarks

Bookmarks also exists as a part of Facebook. Facebook for many is where many people spend much time when they are online. I guess Facebook name it “Saved content” (translated from Danish). I must admit that I have tried hard not to save too much for later. Not because I cannot see a great idea in that feature, but because I do not want the pattern from browser bookmarks to recur in Facebook in a new form.

My saved content on Facebook

I though appreciate the “save” feature anyway. I try to read them sooner as the get saved, not later as I did/do with browser bookmarks.

Today I discovered a dangerous extension which can take this option to “bookmark” (save to Facebook) content into Facebook from any browser URL. Hey! That is bookmarking…

Now I will try to install the extension as an experience — the feature could come in handy. I really do not want just a new way to bookmark, as I have that bad experience with that.

Save to Facebook

You can install it your self by opening this link in chrome.

The “Save to Facebook” Chrome extension

To see the saved content

You can see your saved content by clicking dddd or entering this URL. You will see something like this:

My saved content

Above, in Danish, you can see how many bits of content I have saved inside my Facebook account. Facebook have categorised the saved content by the type of content which was saved: Links, videos, pictures, places, tv programs and archived saved content.

You can also do searches in your saved content:

A search for “react” in my saved content inside Facebook

On each saved piece of content you have options to do something with the it. Like sharing (In Danish: “Del”).

You have 4 things you can do with each shared piece of content

You can also do some household, like removing or marking as unread.

The functionality of the Save to Facebook extension

A quick try out of the Save to Facebook Chrome extension showed me that not much here is unexpected.

Saving the URL of this post into Facebook using Save for Facebook Chrome Extension

As you click the extension icon sitting at the top right part of Chrome, a small window opens. The current URL is shown at the top, telling you that everything went fine. Also you get a chance to see the three latest saves (not seen content, saved recently).

Conclusion

I am excited to see if saved content will just be my number two list of bookmarks — or if it will actually work for me. I hope so, as facebook content grows every day.

I was happy to get a Video Apple TV app from Facebook, that is a great way to take video content from my computer to my TV. I wonder could it make sense to have an Apple TV app for “Saved Facebook content” too. I guess that would require a browser, so for now that is no go.

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