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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Bookmarks in general could be so much better. It could be like a notes app in the browser, like a third brain, and it could auto-share with Obsidian and other notes apps. Instead we just have folders of links.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Firefox bookmarks have tags, which is way more than most browsers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Yeah, not a critique of Firefox, just that bookmarks could use a breath of fresh air as a concept.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

TIL.

Is this tab "transferable" or only works with FF based browsers?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

The tags only work with Firefox browsers, but they're stored in a SQLite database. So there's potentially a method for extracting them or syncing them. I'd like to figure that out so I can sync tags between my Emacs org-roam database and Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Indeed, but tags are not available in Firefox for Android, if I'm not mistaken.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So very agree with this, I hoard bookmarks, I kinda don't see the point when I just end up looking my shit on Evernote (bear with me, I have yet to move somewhere else).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm still looking for my Evernote replacement, personally, even though I stopped using them a while back.

Ive been using Obsidian for months but sadly...it is not the replacement.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

I like Joplin. It's not a full replacement for Evernote, most notably lacking handwriting (though there is a plug-in for windows and one on the way for android beta), but it is pretty nice when syncing with syncthing!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

but it is pretty nice when syncing with syncthing!

I have considered both Joplin and Obsidian as Evernote replacements, but what I liked the most about Evernote was its sync feature, I know Syncthing is a thing, but would I be able to have my syncing working fine between Android, iOS and macOS?

I tend to change my custom ROM often as well, and if I had to redo my Android setup (with Evernote I just re logged in) it wont be very good as well, I use Swift backup though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I am syncing between two laptops, a phone, a tablet and nvidia shield (not for Joplin on the shield lol, just files). The only issue with Syncthing is that it sometimes gets battery optimized by Samsung despite everything I have tried to get it to stay foregrounded. But as soon as I open Syncthing it syncs instantly since markdown files are so small. Then Joplin can pull from the local files. I have it set to be encrypted so it takes a little longer to import than it would otherwise. For Joplin, now that it has automatic system dark mode it is almost perfect. The only thing I'd prefer was a better tablet UI with a paned view. Other than that I am content! They also have OCR in the betas, which gets it a little closer to being an Evernote premium replacement. It is impressive what they've added despite being a nonprofit open-source project made by volunteers

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

@kratoz29 @firefox Use third-party file synchronization solutions rarely when they work properly. But using WebDAV for synchronization works perfectly. And in many programs. What’s in Joplin, what’s in Obsidian.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Awesome. That's not one I've seen yet. I'll check it out!