I use this little trick when I’m browsing my bookmarks collection. I don’t like having another window for the Bookmarks Manager in Firefox, so I open it in a tab like Opera.
Technically it’s just the bookmarks panel, not the full-fledged manager, and I’m not so sure anybody would want the whole thing. So bookmark this link and use it when you don’t need to edit bookmarks:
Bookmarks Panel (Right-click, click “Bookmark This Link”).
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Maybe you should try Flock, it is a Firefox parsing and core
browser but with many lovely extensions integrated as built-in
features inside.. one of them is the Bookmarking feature which
you will love if you like it to be in a different tab, not to
mention that it’s integrated with del.icio.us as well.. give a
try and tell me if you like it ;)
I tried Flock a while ago, back when it had a
developer-exclusive release. I wasn’t impressed much, it
wasn’t as stable as Firefox, barely had any extensions and I
simply couldn’t see its advantage over Firefox.
Flock’s buzz died, but I guess I’ll download it again and give
it another try.
As I’ve told you, and they have already clarified on their
blog that they used to work for FireFox and has used the same
core, but they concentrated more on the features and
extensions to make them built-in, personally I don’t use it
for development as it eats my memory, but what brought it to
my mind is the Bookmark Panel you mentioned and they have it
with lovely tagging and synchronization with del.icio.us.
I believe Flock may take a good share in the market for end
users mostly, but not for developers, I tried it and still
have it installed, but I use it for browsing, for fun, or
let’s say to procrastinate, but not as my default browser.
Just wanted to clarify that I’m not representing Flock and
still supporting FF.
I installed the latest version yesterday and I have to say,
I’m largely unimpressed.
I realize the guys want to deliver an end-to-end experience
for the users, but only adding del.icio.us and Flickr to a
browser doesn’t really count as “features”.
I tried my best to find anything special about it, and I still
don’t like the idea that they forked Firefox. They could’ve
put their work into building a better Firefox instead.
As for the bookmarks, I currently using Foxylicious to sync my
Firefox and del.icio.us bookmarks, and when combined with my
trick above, it works like a charm for general reading. I
don’t want a full-fledged bookmarks manager (like Opera’s and
Flock’s) in a tab, I just want a reading list in a tab.
I’m guessing Flock’s flock is about 1%, so we’ll see how it
goes for them, I’m not sure if they can sustain a business here.