Bookmarking In the OGR Forum

Firefox gives you the ability to sync bookmarks across devices. Possibly other browsers have this feature also.

Save the bookmarks as shortcuts.  Using something like Dropbox or MEGA, you can have any and all of them appear on any computer or smart device fully synchronized.  There are tons of other similar services, those are just the two that I happen to use.

I have a Firefox account that sync's all of my bookmarks across all devices (except my phone). I have a folder in my bookmarks menu for the OGR where I keep them.

Bob

@RSJB18 posted:

I have a Firefox account that sync's all of my bookmarks across all devices (except my phone).

If you use Firefox on your phone, they should sync there, too.

I have emailed Crowdstack Tech Support on this. I'm not sure if there is another way to do this within the forum platform or not.

@Rich Melvin posted:

If you use Firefox on your phone, they should sync there, too.

I have emailed Crowdstack Tech Support on this. I'm not sure if there is another way to do this within the forum platform or not.

Yea it will work there too.

My company provided me my phone so I don't save stuff on it.

Bob

@Scotie posted:

Firefox gives you the ability to sync bookmarks across devices. Possibly other browsers have this feature also.

They do.  I stick with the behemoth, Google, and it synchronizes nicely across everything I own just like Firefox.  You just have to be logged into to Google on each device for this to work.  Then if leave all of your devices logged in you'll never have to worry about it not capturing the links on all of them.

Are there other things to worry about with Google, e.g., your information security?  Definitely, but this works as advertised.

Mike

@Rich Melvin posted:

If you use Firefox on your phone, they should sync there, too.

I have emailed Crowdstack Tech Support on this. I'm not sure if there is another way to do this within the forum platform or not.

I’m about 10 steps behind here. All I’ve ever done is save the link. I never saw an option to book mark a thread. I’m on my iPhone most of the time.

@pennsyfan posted:

I’m about 10 steps behind here. All I’ve ever done is save the link. I never saw an option to book mark a thread. I’m on my iPhone most of the time.

Well, with Firefox it's real easy, click on the Bookmarks Menu Entry and grab it.  If you're in a hurry, a Ctrl-D gets it done.

I heard from Crowdstack Tech Support on this one, and I'm glad I asked. The solution they gave me is something  I would never have thought of, and is very simple.

You can use 'reactions'  to keep track of threads you want to see again. If you 'react' to a topic, it will show up on your profile in your 'reactions' tab. It requires you to be a bit more judicious with your reactions, but it accomplishes the goal.

There ya go!

@Rich Melvin posted:

I heard from Crowdstack Tech Support on this one, and I'm glad I asked. The solution they gave me is something  I would never have thought of, and is very simple.

You can use 'reactions'  to keep track of threads you want to see again. If you 'react' to a topic, it will show up on your profile in your 'reactions' tab. It requires you to be a bit more judicious with your reactions, but it accomplishes the goal.

There ya go!

Thanks Rich!

Isn't the purpose of "ALERTS" to follow threads?

Alerts and reactions are two different things. Apples and oranges.

An alert only notifies you when something new has been posted to a thread you are following. If you are using a thread as a point of reference for building or fixing something, you may need to refer back to it, even though nothing new has been posted to it. There would be no alert, but if you had stored a reaction to that thread, the link will be in your profile.