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    the new chrome sucks

    Before I complain about the updates to Chrome let me ask a question or two about how to deal with the issues that existed and still exist.

    When I add a folder (say, 'School') to an existing folder (say, 'Emails') which has say 200 bookmarks, the School folder goes all the way at the bottom. Then moving it all the way to the top is time consuming. I cant imagine Google would design it so ineffectively so I'm wondering if I'm missing something? Also if I open the Emails folder and I want to find something near the bottom I'll have to scroll through those 200 bookmarks. Is there some way to go right to the end, or page down?

    Now, there seems to be an update which has affected the way interface for when I bookmark, and the bookmark manager. WHen I used to press Ctrl-D it would give me the option of like 5-10 folders, plus I could choose to maximize the folder list and choose from there. Now it only gives me one. If I want to choose some other folder than the last one used, it requires multiple extra clicks.

    For example if I press Ctrl-D right now I see "Add to folder" and then below it I only see "Cooking". If I click the Add 2 Folder dropdown I see 3 folders there, Bookmarks Bar and 2 others, and everything is under Bookmarks Bar. THEN once I click on Bookmarks Bar, I have to scroll through all the folders there, but I can only see 3 at a time! Like, this is a nightmare.

    Someone pleaaase help!

    Thanks
    Dan


    EDIT - Oh I forgot to add the issue that caused me to write this in the first place. So in the Emails folder that had 200 bookmarks I just searched for 'Reddit' (via the updated Bookmark Manager). But it doesnt give me results only within this folder, its showing me all bookmarks everywhere. How do I restrict it to this folder? Doesnt seem possible. It used to be before this darn update!
    Last edited by bigdan; May 2nd, 2015 at 03:37 AM.

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    I've tried to find some help for you but the bookmarks extensions I've seen for Chrome seem to be just other ways of doing the same thing (show things horizontally instead of vertically or whatever.)

    One I used to think was somewhat better was Neater Bookmarks https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...ebmccifi?hl=en

    But in the end, I went back to just organizing things better (by grouping/nesting my bookmarks into smaller groups) and using the builtin Bookmarks Bar. If you pare down the number of bookmarks per folder, I think you'll find rummaging around for a specific link will be easier. It certainly was for me.

    I also use a password manager called LastPass. For things like email web sites, that all require passwords, I let LastPass handle that. I used to have them as bookmarks in my browser but they are no longer there at all. LastPass may not be for you but I use it as an example that there are (IMO) alternative/better ways to deal with some of the web sites you visit.

    As for where new bookmarks go, or the sorting order in which they initially appear, I don't remember seeing anyway to control that. When I click on the star to add a new one, it creates it in the Bookmarks Bar under a new folder called Other Bookmarks, similar to Firefox's Unsorted Bookmarks. You then have to go in and clean things up at some point.

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