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ironically i didn't went that route because it would be a pain to add content from both computers and mobile... turn out i now think maintaining a static html or md page on a remote server is less work than dealing with all the bs of thise things. including the bookmark Managers built into browsers which are all garbage to retrieve links

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Firefox is actually decent for retrieving taged links, you just type * in the address field and it will only show you results from your bookmarks. It has become my second brain. I have written more about my use of the built-in bookmark manager in earlier comments if you are interested.

My only real gripe with Firefox is that the mobile client lacks the option to add tags. So frustrating!

it is crap and you know it. it barely search the title. not url. not description or tags. which they add and remove from the add bookmark dialog every blue moon. btw i don't know which weird version your using because the current one doesn't have tags even in the desktop. maybe you didn't notice last random change

I have used this method for years and it has not changed at all in that time period. I put all my bookmarks in one folder, no hierarchy, and add the tags that is on the top of my head, and move on. I save new bookmarks several times a day and retrieve them within seconds. For me, it is a perfect system and has not changed at all while I have used it. And believe me, I have tried a lot of bookmarking solutions the last 20 years, nothing has stuck like this basic habit has.

I'm have been using the latest version of FF for about 14 years, first 10 years on Arch Linux, and the last 4 years on Fedora (the Flatpak version).

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