Linkbunch Are Strong!

I’ve been looking for a Firefox extension that let’s me bookmark a collection of links into one bundle, which I can then open any time later – like a session manager which saves multiple sessions instead of just the latest one. This is useful for when you’re planning to blog about something which links to lots of pages, but the blogging can’t be done in one go.

Udupendra recommended LinkWad, which was horribly unusable, and added an unwanted toolbar to Firefox.

But last night I discovered Linkbunch (from aalaap’s twitter, which I reached via Volupturo’s twitter). It’s still in beta, so it doesn’t have all the features which would make it truly awesome, but it’s already pretty damn cool. What it does, is create a single web page with a short URL that contains a bunch of links. You can install a Firefox extension which lets you add all your current open tabs to this page. Sweet! Two clicks, and the collection of links you’ve got open is filed away for retrieval on any net-connected PC.

Stuff I’d like to see as features are added:

  • The extension sitting in the status bar instead of the menu bar, or a keyboard shortcut – it’d make bookmarking easier.
  • A faster way to find the linkbunches you’ve created – right now I’m saving them in Google Notebook, which makes things cumbersome. How about a meta-linkbunch that links to all your linkbunches?
  • del.icio.us style social linkbunching.

3 Responses to Linkbunch Are Strong!

  1. Aalaap says:

    Hey!

    Thanks for the review!

    Yep, all three of the features you’ve mentioned are already on the cards, with the second one being of the highest priority.

    I’m considering going the OpenID way and with the user account system. What do you think about that? Would you prefer using your existing blogger/livejournal/wordpress/yahoo id with LinkBunch or would you prefer a simple username/password system on the site itself?

  2. Saravanan says:

    >>I’ve been looking for a Firefox extension that let’s me bookmark a collection of links into one bundle, which I can then open any time later – like a session manager which saves multiple sessions instead of just the latest one.

    Firefox already has this feature. You can use bookmark all the links in same folder and open all the links in the folder using “Open All in Tabs”.

    >> The extension sitting in the status bar instead of the menu bar, or a keyboard shortcut – it’d make bookmarking easier.
    Ctrl + D – Bookmarks the current page.
    Ctrl + Shift + D – Bookmarks all the tabs in the current window as a folder

    Some more info at
    http://lifehacker.com/software/tabbed-browsing/how-to-work-with-groups-of-tabs-in-firefox-246643.php

  3. Harshdeep says:

    Just tried it. But couldn’t get it to work for me. I add a bunch of links in the text box as suggested, click on Bunch and… nothing! The page loads up with a blank text box again. No luck with the extension either – it just loads up the home page for me. Some temporary issue, I guess. Not a bad idea anyway.

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