omnibookmarks VS Tab-Session-Manager

For quickly loading bookmarks, I made an extension that allows you to open or add a bookmark by typing a keyword for it into the address bar:

https://github.com/binarynate/omnibookmarks

I use it constantly (probably hundreds of times per day) to load common pages I use for running by business and living my life.

I recently decided to open source this extension that I've been using personally for over a year. I use it heavily, but it especially comes in handy when I'm answering support emails for the product I develop, because it allows me to quickly pull up URLs (to documentation, support pages) to include in the support emails. The extension itself is extremely simple (less than 150 LOC), which makes it easy for others to visually check and audit:

https://github.com/binarynate/omnibookmarks/blob/74d140092a4...

Like the README mentions, I created this extension as a replacement for Hashmem, which offered the same mechanism for saving pages. I have to give credit to Hashmem for coming up with the simple way of opening and adding bookmarks, which Omnibookmarks emulates. However, the Hashmem extension was removed from the Google Chrome Store over a year ago for a policy violation, its code was obfuscated, and it required permission to send data to its own servers is Russia. So, I created Omnibookmarks as a simple open source replacement with a focus on security and transparency.

I also checked using two devices that it doesn't actually sync anything via Firefox Accounts.

By the way, Tab Session Manager [1] (another contender) can sync via Google Drive across different browsers (Firefox/Chrome).

[1] https://github.com/sienori/Tab-Session-Manager

Tab Session Manager. It’s had my back many a time. Can’t recommend enough. https://tab-session-manager.sienori.com

Tab Session Manager

Not sure if it does all of the same things since it has been a while since I made the switch - https://github.com/sienori/Tab-Session-Manager

Tab session manager by sienori. I have a weird bug where it duplicates tabs sometimes when I restore a session, so look out for that. It kind of helps to force me to keep the tab count down though lol https://tab-session-manager.sienori.com/

I use https://github.com/sienori/Tab-Session-Manager

I use the Tab Session Manager chrome extension to save tabs. The extension has the ability to export all your saved things as a JSON file. It also has the ability to import additional saved things via JSON as well.

Tab Session Manager has a setting that would probably work, though I haven't tried it. https://tab-session-manager.sienori.com/

7859.

Firefox seems to have problems around 8000 (or maybe it's just me?), so don't go there :).

If you do, and Firefox crashes at startup, you might need to delete (or better: rename) some files under .mozilla/firefox//:

.mozilla/firefox//sessionstore-backups/recovery.jsonlz4

.mozilla/firefox//sessionstore-backups/recovery.baklz4

.mozilla/firefox//sessionstore.jsonlz4

You'll obviously lose the tabs opened since the last start.

You can have a backup with Tab Session Manager (for Chrome too):

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-session-m...

https://github.com/sienori/Tab-Session-Manager/releases

My go to solution for bookmarking is https://github.com/sienori/Tab-Session-Manager

(Available for Firefox https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-session-m... and Chrome https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-session-manage...)

It understands whether a bookmark should be opened as a pinned tab, and the tree structure of tabs saved together as a window if you use tree style tabs (in Firefox). It also saves the history of the tab, so going back on history works

It can even open the tab session window in a tab instead of the small tooltip, by clicking on the expand button in the corner. For me this is a killer feature

The only issue is that it is oriented towards saving whole windows (or even whole sessions) rather than a single tab. There is UI for saving just a tab at once but it's a bit hidden. But for your intended use cases, its workflow is perfect

> i want to be able to quickly load common favorite news sites & blogs.

> or load a window with all my productivity SaaS sites.

Saving a whole window at once is much better for this

> or pick up where i left off on a research rabbit hole.

Saving whole windows at time is much better for restoring your working memory, specially if you use tree style tabs.

Anyway the author has a patreon https://www.patreon.com/sienori (no affiliation)