I too use the reading list with the goal of inbox zero like @itsasine
The posts that I want to save "forever" end up in the browser bookmarks (a low-fi version of Pocket :D). I don't use Pocket or Instapaper anymore because I ended up having so many backed up "to read" posts after years of using "read later" that I literally ended up deleting all of them to keep my sanity.
Basically the reading list is my short term "read later" where later means a few days max.
Browser's bookmarks are long term: if I'm researching something specific I add it to the bookmarks, if it's a once in a lifetime obscure post I add it to the bookmarks, if the post details a super neat trick about something particular I add it to the bookmarks, otherwise I rely on the search (inside and outside dev.to) and have confidence I'll find it again if I need to. I always do, that's how good DEV SEO is, I even find comments using keywords :-)
+1 for the new UI/UX but I feel like it should also encourage "forgetting", not just hoarding possible interesting things, so maybe I wouldn't add a "trash", nor I would add user generated categories (tags are already enough).
I would also add back the button to "unsave" next to the "archive" button.
Generally speaking: if I have something saved for months and months or even years and I never actually came back to it, maybe I should just admit it wasn't that important in the first place, or that my priorities lied elsewhere.
That's just me obviously, everyone has different use cases, the hard work is to find a good balance in the UX I guess :-)
BTW: the new search is fantastic and super fast!
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I too use the reading list with the goal of inbox zero like @itsasine
The posts that I want to save "forever" end up in the browser bookmarks (a low-fi version of Pocket :D). I don't use Pocket or Instapaper anymore because I ended up having so many backed up "to read" posts after years of using "read later" that I literally ended up deleting all of them to keep my sanity.
Basically the reading list is my short term "read later" where later means a few days max.
Browser's bookmarks are long term: if I'm researching something specific I add it to the bookmarks, if it's a once in a lifetime obscure post I add it to the bookmarks, if the post details a super neat trick about something particular I add it to the bookmarks, otherwise I rely on the search (inside and outside dev.to) and have confidence I'll find it again if I need to. I always do, that's how good DEV SEO is, I even find comments using keywords :-)
+1 for the new UI/UX but I feel like it should also encourage "forgetting", not just hoarding possible interesting things, so maybe I wouldn't add a "trash", nor I would add user generated categories (tags are already enough).
I would also add back the button to "unsave" next to the "archive" button.
Generally speaking: if I have something saved for months and months or even years and I never actually came back to it, maybe I should just admit it wasn't that important in the first place, or that my priorities lied elsewhere.
That's just me obviously, everyone has different use cases, the hard work is to find a good balance in the UX I guess :-)
BTW: the new search is fantastic and super fast!