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by edj 4418 days ago
For just straight up bookmarks, Pinboard.in is nearly perfect.

-Around $10 for a lifetime membership.

-Supports tags.

-Great search functionality.

-Bookmarklets for most browsers.

-Public or private bookmarks.

-Lightweight and fast.

I've been using it since 2010 and absolutely love it.
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schnevets 4418 days ago
I'm currently using Firefox Sync between work and home. There are some issues, but mostly because I'm a compulsive bookmark hoarder. Except for cross-browser support, is there any reason to switch from my current set-up?
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tptacek 4418 days ago
I use Pinboard to read cryptography papers and follow IETF security mailing lists; it allows me to skim large amounts of material, spot anything that might look useful, bookmark it quickly, and move on.

I have a browser search engine shortcut so that if I type "pin <something>" into the URL bar, Pinboard will search all my bookmarks and tags and comments and (apparently) full text of the things it's archived, including the full text of PDFs.

So, if right now I wanted to find exactly the paper where Rogaway described the powering-up mechanism in the XEX cipher, I can just type "pin rogaway powering" and very quickly have the article in front of me.

I'm not sure how I would manage to do that with browser bookmarks.

I too find it hard to articulate what makes bookmarking services like Pinboard useful. Part of the problem is that it doesn't (to me) have much to do with bookmarking, so much as it does with "personal search".

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edj 4418 days ago
I too find it hard to articulate what makes bookmarking services like Pinboard useful. Part of the problem is that it doesn't (to me) have much to do with bookmarking, so much as it does with "personal search".

Exactly. Pinboard is my personal record of everything online I find useful or interesting enough to remember.

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anu_gupta 4418 days ago
- Efficient search, - tagging, - tag specific pages, - if you pay extra, pinboard will crawl the page and save it.

Basically, if you ever feel like you'd need to go back and find something you bookmarked a couple of years ago, then yes. If you're just saving a few bookmarks in your browser, then probably not.

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edj 4418 days ago
Well, cross-browser support is a big one for me. I can bookmark from Safari on my iPad or Firefox on my laptop.
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