The researchers are studying how people "keep found things found" when looking for information on the Web. Their goal is to understand why people do what they do and to develop more useful tools for managing this information. The research suggests that "keeping" techniques arise from the different ways people intend to use the information. Sometimes a person desires the portability of paper, the anywhere access of e-mail, the permanence of a saved file or the speedy access from the browser's bookmarks.
Aside from speed, though, bookmarksâ€ââ,¬Âthe primary "keeping" tool provided by most Web browsersâ€ââ,¬Ârank low on many characteristics that users want, the researchers found.
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Here's my idea: A browser "sticky pad button". You hit this button and it put a sticky on your desk top with the URL, the title of the page and a text box for you to write yourself a note.
I don't know about other browsers, but Mozilla can do something similar to what you want.
If you go to "Bookmarks->Manage Bookmarks", you can add a description of the web site. You can even close mozilla, leaving just the bookmark window left on the desktop.
That's what I need, more clutter on my desktop. Guess I just need a bigger monitor.
But stickies on the desktop is probably better than my system of a combination of favorites, history usage, and the classic "remember what I typed into google so I can find it back" technique.