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  • M Mircea Neacsu

    One Note. It has also a clipping app/add-on to get the content.

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    raddevus
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    Looks like that is something I have to pay for though[^]. I should've added that I'm a cheapskate -- I thought software was free. :rolleyes: Yes, I make my living from Software Dev & I'm mostly kidding, but $99 / yr feels quite expensive. Thanks for your input. :thumbsup:

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      Looks like that is something I have to pay for though[^]. I should've added that I'm a cheapskate -- I thought software was free. :rolleyes: Yes, I make my living from Software Dev & I'm mostly kidding, but $99 / yr feels quite expensive. Thanks for your input. :thumbsup:

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      Mircea Neacsu
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      I write it down as a business expense and also get to use the Word, Excel and 1TB of OneDrive. It's a pretty good deal IMHO. My family on the other hand are a bunch of cheapskates who enjoy it for free :D

      Mircea

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        Do you use any software / web site / service to : 1) Save URLs 2) categorize those URLs 3) maybe even provide a little note as to why it is interesting (to remind yourself later) for later reading? Or, do you just use the browser's favs? -- I find browser favs a bit limiting. I often come upon material I want to organize into folders for reference and also just keep a _current_ reading list, but haven't found anything very good for that. Any suggestions?

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        Ron Anders
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        I open it, then close it and it will be in my browser history.

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          Do you use any software / web site / service to : 1) Save URLs 2) categorize those URLs 3) maybe even provide a little note as to why it is interesting (to remind yourself later) for later reading? Or, do you just use the browser's favs? -- I find browser favs a bit limiting. I often come upon material I want to organize into folders for reference and also just keep a _current_ reading list, but haven't found anything very good for that. Any suggestions?

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          David ONeil
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          Why not use your browser's bookmark ability?

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            Looks like that is something I have to pay for though[^]. I should've added that I'm a cheapskate -- I thought software was free. :rolleyes: Yes, I make my living from Software Dev & I'm mostly kidding, but $99 / yr feels quite expensive. Thanks for your input. :thumbsup:

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            David ONeil
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            [OneNote Is Free — Here's How to Download It on Any Device](https://www.businessinsider.com/is-onenote-free)

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              I open it, then close it and it will be in my browser history.

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              raddevus
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              That does work. Just looking for something I could use to add a note as to why I was interested in it too. I am quite addle-brained and often am intensely interested in something that I later look at and wonder why it was important to me. :laugh:

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                [OneNote Is Free — Here's How to Download It on Any Device](https://www.businessinsider.com/is-onenote-free)

                The Science of King David's Court | Object Oriented Programming with C++

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                raddevus
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                Very cool. :thumbsup: And, I'm also embarrassed now, because I guess I could use Google Keep (similar to onenote) and google docs to do something like this. :-O Should'a thought of that.

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                • D David ONeil

                  Why not use your browser's bookmark ability?

                  The Science of King David's Court | Object Oriented Programming with C++

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                  raddevus
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                  probably just because I've got years of old bookmarks in there that I'm afraid to get rid of, also I'm lazy so basically it comes down to : Lazy-FUD - (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt with a healthy does of laziness). :-O

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                    Do you use any software / web site / service to : 1) Save URLs 2) categorize those URLs 3) maybe even provide a little note as to why it is interesting (to remind yourself later) for later reading? Or, do you just use the browser's favs? -- I find browser favs a bit limiting. I often come upon material I want to organize into folders for reference and also just keep a _current_ reading list, but haven't found anything very good for that. Any suggestions?

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                    OriginalGriff
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                    I use browser bookmarks - Chrome at least can have multiple folders and subfolders, so I have a lot of folders to navigate for some shortcuts. The nice bit is that they gets "shared" across devices, so my desktop, Surface, and Android phone all get the same ones.

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                    • R raddevus

                      Do you use any software / web site / service to : 1) Save URLs 2) categorize those URLs 3) maybe even provide a little note as to why it is interesting (to remind yourself later) for later reading? Or, do you just use the browser's favs? -- I find browser favs a bit limiting. I often come upon material I want to organize into folders for reference and also just keep a _current_ reading list, but haven't found anything very good for that. Any suggestions?

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                      PIEBALDconsult
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                      Notepad.

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                        Do you use any software / web site / service to : 1) Save URLs 2) categorize those URLs 3) maybe even provide a little note as to why it is interesting (to remind yourself later) for later reading? Or, do you just use the browser's favs? -- I find browser favs a bit limiting. I often come upon material I want to organize into folders for reference and also just keep a _current_ reading list, but haven't found anything very good for that. Any suggestions?

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                        I utilize Microsoft Edge It has a handy "Collections" feature which is conveniently activated via a button on the address bar I utilize it to collect web sites into categories which it supports In my usage e.g. to wit i.e. "Software Testing" "Computer Hardware" "C++" "News" "Dictionary" "Video" "Edge" "Tastey" "Software Development" "Science" "Music" and others Each category contains any number of urls - Cheerio

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                          Do you use any software / web site / service to : 1) Save URLs 2) categorize those URLs 3) maybe even provide a little note as to why it is interesting (to remind yourself later) for later reading? Or, do you just use the browser's favs? -- I find browser favs a bit limiting. I often come upon material I want to organize into folders for reference and also just keep a _current_ reading list, but haven't found anything very good for that. Any suggestions?

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                          obermd
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                          I save them in the favorites. I have a Read Later folder.

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                            Do you use any software / web site / service to : 1) Save URLs 2) categorize those URLs 3) maybe even provide a little note as to why it is interesting (to remind yourself later) for later reading? Or, do you just use the browser's favs? -- I find browser favs a bit limiting. I often come upon material I want to organize into folders for reference and also just keep a _current_ reading list, but haven't found anything very good for that. Any suggestions?

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                            tronderen
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                            I just pull them from the URL line into a directory, dragging by the icon immediately preceding the text URL. I made myself a directory named 'Rechts' where I can sort the URLs in groups in multiple levels, I can search the page titles, sort on date saved etc. Most of all: I can do all the browser cleanup (history, bookmarks, ...) I want to do every now and then. Even reinstall Windows from scratch, to get rid of a lot of garbage in one sweep. (I keep all 'useful' files, including the Rechts directory, on other disks than C: and I've got a wizard-like tool for reinstalling all application software on C: after I have reinstalled Windows.) The Links are included in my backup plan. They can be used with any browser (at least all those that I use). I can add supplementary files in the Rechts directory (e.g. a username/pw reminder - note that I said 'reminder', not the pw itself!)

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                              probably just because I've got years of old bookmarks in there that I'm afraid to get rid of, also I'm lazy so basically it comes down to : Lazy-FUD - (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt with a healthy does of laziness). :-O

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                              Peter_in_2780
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                              You can organise your browser bookmarks in multi-level folders. So I have a bunch of "permanent" bookmarks classified into folders, and a couple of "temporary" folders for your kind of usage. Delete them when read, or purge regularly. Or if it's a good'un, move it to somewhere in your permanents.

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                                Do you use any software / web site / service to : 1) Save URLs 2) categorize those URLs 3) maybe even provide a little note as to why it is interesting (to remind yourself later) for later reading? Or, do you just use the browser's favs? -- I find browser favs a bit limiting. I often come upon material I want to organize into folders for reference and also just keep a _current_ reading list, but haven't found anything very good for that. Any suggestions?

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                                Lala Jain
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                                Hi You can check my software JustClip JustClip - Information & Knowledge Organizer | For teams & individuals.[^] You can save bookmarks capture images and screenshots annotate web pages Ping me if you need any help here. Cheers Lajpat Shah

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                                  Do you use any software / web site / service to : 1) Save URLs 2) categorize those URLs 3) maybe even provide a little note as to why it is interesting (to remind yourself later) for later reading? Or, do you just use the browser's favs? -- I find browser favs a bit limiting. I often come upon material I want to organize into folders for reference and also just keep a _current_ reading list, but haven't found anything very good for that. Any suggestions?

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                                  RickZeeland
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                                  I use Slant[^] for recommendations, and also the list with URL's under my profile to find something, it does not have any advanced searching options though. Here are some bookmark managers[^]

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                                    Do you use any software / web site / service to : 1) Save URLs 2) categorize those URLs 3) maybe even provide a little note as to why it is interesting (to remind yourself later) for later reading? Or, do you just use the browser's favs? -- I find browser favs a bit limiting. I often come upon material I want to organize into folders for reference and also just keep a _current_ reading list, but haven't found anything very good for that. Any suggestions?

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                                    Lost User
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                                    Chrome has a tab at the end of the Bookmarks bar titled "Reading list".

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                                      Do you use any software / web site / service to : 1) Save URLs 2) categorize those URLs 3) maybe even provide a little note as to why it is interesting (to remind yourself later) for later reading? Or, do you just use the browser's favs? -- I find browser favs a bit limiting. I often come upon material I want to organize into folders for reference and also just keep a _current_ reading list, but haven't found anything very good for that. Any suggestions?

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                                      GuyThiebaut
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                                      If it's an interesting website I save it to my bookmarks. If it is an article that I want to "save" I use CutePDF to print it to a PDF file and store it in a folder.

                                      “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

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                                        Do you use any software / web site / service to : 1) Save URLs 2) categorize those URLs 3) maybe even provide a little note as to why it is interesting (to remind yourself later) for later reading? Or, do you just use the browser's favs? -- I find browser favs a bit limiting. I often come upon material I want to organize into folders for reference and also just keep a _current_ reading list, but haven't found anything very good for that. Any suggestions?

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                                        PirateT7
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                                        Instapaper works well for me (and it strips out the ads)

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                                          Instapaper works well for me (and it strips out the ads)

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                                          raddevus
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                                          Interesting. Hadn't ever heard of that Instapaper - Wikipedia[^] :thumbsup:

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