Side note/blow: Google Chrome allows rearranging bookmarks per drag and drop. In case you need more visual guidance and a detailed explanation, here is a link to an article which was posted shortly after I was able to answer my own question on StackExchange. If you have sync activated the favicons on your bookmarklets will also show up on your other Mac. Afterwards the changes should stick and you can delete the imported bookmarks. If the favicon doesn’t show up try clicking on the bookmarklet. Save the file and import it in the bookmark manager.Now you can add the favicon via adding the ICON="data:image/insert-your-base64-image-code-here" attribute in the link.Convert the 16x16 px favicon you want to use into the BASE64 format (there a lot of free online converters out there in case you have no native application – I used CSS Image Encoder from the App Store).Open the exported html file in your favorite editor and look for the bookmarklet you want a favicon applied to.Open the Bookmark Manager and export your bookmarks.If you wonder how to do this rest assured - I asked myself the same question some time ago and luckily I’ve found an answer: Step by step guide: favicons for bookmarklets Lastly, I even went the extra mile and added favicons to those bookmarklets that deserved a prominent place in the Bookmarks Bar. If you think the picture above looks horrid then close your eyes and skip the next picture: Matter of fact I liked it so much that I tried to emulate the effect in Safari by using emoticons. The option to delete the name of a bookmark and just have the favicon sit there is not the most pretty thing but I still like it. When I’m in a browsing mood, leaning all the way back and celebrating the most non-ergonomic posture that could possibly exist, that is when I use the Bookmarks Bar most. I love my bookmarks bar (I can image some of you will find it quite tacky): Browsing sites like, double clicking a file and I’m set without any SIMBL-like extras. I also enjoy the out of the box support for Greasemonkey. I can tell those chosen few appart without the visual aid that a bit of color would provide. Well, that and because I only have a few extensions in Chrome which have no option to assign a shortcut to them. That’s why I switched to monochrome extension icons in Google Chrome in the end too. But I can see that it looks sleek and clean. I’m no fan of the whole monochrome movement that OS X is pushing GUI-wise – in Finder I used to spot the folder I aimed at in the sidebar from the corner of my eye… until “the gray” happened. Because I’m a visual guy icons work great with me - even when there only is the slightest hint of color I’m alright and can identify them swiftly. Yes, when I switched to Google Chrome I was glad that there were shiny, bright and colorful icons. Google Chrome is my preferred browser there too.Ĭolored extension icons. Google’s sync works just great if you have multiple devices – it’s more than felicitous, especially on iOS I can straight away continue right where I left off, be it tabs, sites which need my password, etc. From a short excursion to the support forums on the Apple Discussion board this still seems to be an issue with Safari 6. Sandboxed tabs - when a tab crashes I can close it and don’t have to render my whole browsing session useless. I have to admit that I happen to find the contextualization added by the divisions for Bookmarks and History links better than what Chromes has offer. Now, Safari 6 finally has an omnibar though Apple prefers to call it the “smart search field”. The omnibar was the thing I missed the most when having one of my periodical ‘today I’ll use Safari only’ days. I also like the fact that I can auto-enable this feature for ‘bookmark apps’ in Chrome’s new tab page [the one that pops up when you do ⌘T – you can also make your own Google Chrome App Icon Bookmarks in case your favorite sites isn’t featured in the Chrome Web Store.) When I know some websites will be open the whole day I simply pin them. Having collapsed tabs who are always in the pole position of the tab bar only taking up a minimal amount of space is pretty useful. The “Pin Tab” feature of the tab bar is a welcome addition for someone who spends his day with certain tabs always open. To clarify one thing up-front, this post isn’t about bashing browsers, it’s about why Google Chrome works for me and how I set it up. But they have their loyal user base just as Google Chrome or Safari. There are people who swear by Firefox or Opera, both of them are browsers which I’d pull to pieces if someone would ask me for my personal opinion. Each one has certain features that set it apart from the competition.
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