Guide: How to Supercharge Bookmarks of Chrome Browser
Google Chrome, like any other browser, saves your bookmarked websites in the bookmarks manager and bar. However, there are a few things that Chrome’s default bookmarks manager lacks, such as thumbnail images for sites and tagging options. You can customize your Google Chrome bookmarks with a few extensions and apps.
The Bookmark Manager extension
Check it out first Bookmark management extension for Google Chrome. This is an extension that gives the browser bookmark manager an overhaul. Press + Free button on this page to add the extension to the browser. Then you will find a new star button on the toolbar shown in the snapshot directly below.
You can press that button to bookmark a page open in the selected tab. That opens the little pop-up window shown in the snapshot below. There you can add some extra notes for the bookmark in the text box. Below that is an Add to folder button which expands a menu where you can select specific folders to store the page in.
Press VIEW ALL ITEMS WITH BOOKS button to open the new bookmarks manager below. As you can no doubt see, Chrome’s bookmarks manager now includes image thumbnails for each of the bookmarks. These are images that are on the sites.
You can press a small check mark button in the top right corner of each bookmark thumbnail to edit them. That will open the sidebar shown below, from where you can edit the note or hyperlink, delete the thumbnail image, or delete the bookmark.
At the top of the page, there is a search box where you can enter keywords to find bookmarks. There is also a list view at the top right button. Click that option to return to a list view of your bookmarks without thumbnails, as shown in the shot directly below.
On the left side of the new bookmarks manager is a folder sidebar. From there, select Bookmarks Bar to open the thumbnails of your bookmarks bar. You can then add or remove sites from the bookmarks bar. Tap New button to add URL shortcuts to the bookmark manager. Or you can then click New Folder to add a folder to your bookmarks. Move the bookmarks to folders by dragging and dropping them. Select a thumbnail map on the right by clicking the left mouse button and dragging it to a folder in the sidebar to add a bookmark.
Dewey Bookmarks app
Dewey Bookmarks is similar to the Bookmark Manager in that it adds thumbnails to your bookmarks. However, this app does not replace the default bookmark manager. So, with this app, you can keep the default bookmark manager, but still have bookmark thumbnails. You can add it to Google Chrome from here. Click Apps on the bookmarks bar, then select Dewey Bookmarks to open the tab in the snapshot below.
This also organizes your bookmarks in a grid of thumbnail tiles. It doesn’t have that many options, but you can tag your bookmarks with the app. Click the pencil icon on a bookmark to access the editing options below. Then you can enter a tag in the + Add tag box. Make sure to press Enter to add the tag to the bookmark, then click Save button.
Then click the tag icon on the Dewey page to expand a list of your bookmark tags. Click on a site there to filter sites with matching tags. You can also enter ‘tag:’ in the search box to search for bookmarks with tags.
Add tags to bookmarks with Le Tags Manager
Le Tags Manager is another extension that allows you to customize Chrome bookmarks. This will add your bookmarks to the New Tab page in the browser. It also includes tagging options for your bookmarks. Open this page to add the extension to Google Chrome. Once added, you will find Le Tags – Bookmark button on the toolbar.
Click the New tab button to open Le Tags Manager as in the snapshot directly above. There are no thumbnails, but the bookmarks have blue text boxes that you can add tags to. Click in a selected bookmark text box to open the window below where you can enter tags. Enter some tags there and hit Save to add them to the bookmark.
All the tags you add to the bookmarks are on the left side of the Le Tags Manager page. Click on a tag listed there to display all sites that contain the tag. So with those tags you can quickly find more specific bookmarks.
Customize the Google Chrome bookmarks bar
The bookmarks bar also contains your favorite websites, and you can customize them with the Bookmark Favicon Icon Changer. Go to this page and press + Fee button there to add it to Chrome. Then enter ‘chrome: // extensions /’ in the address bar to open the extension page and select the option Allow access to file URLs under Bookmark for favicon changer. Click the Bookmark Favicon Changer button on the toolbar and open the options page to access the tab below.
This extension allows you to customize the favicon icons for the site shortcuts on the bookmarks bar. Right-click on a bookmark in the Options tab and select Change Favicon from the context menu. Then you can choose a new favicon icon for the selected bookmark, it can be any image file. However, it is better to add favicons to the bar, which you can find by entering ‘favicon icons’ in the Google search engine. Then select Pictures, right-click an icon and click Save Picture As. Then you can add that favicon to the bookmarks bar. Or check out the Favicon & App Icon Generator site with favicon galleries. To remove favicons from the bookmarks bar, right-click on a bookmark in the extension’s tab and then select Remove Favicon. That will remove the favicon from the site shortcut on the bar. You can also remove all bookmark text from the bar so that the shortcuts only contain favicons. By removing the text, more website shortcuts will fit on the bar. Click Advanced Settings and then select the Auto Hide Bookmarks Bar Name option. That clears the text from the bookmarks bar as shown below. Note that folder titles are also removed.
So, these are some of the extensions and apps you can customize your Chrome bookmarks with. This allows you to add new bookmark thumbnails, tagging options and favicons to the browser.
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