Promnesia is a browser extension to help you develop a memex. https://beepb00p.xyz/promnesia.html
I’ve bookmarked this project which looks amazing to me, but I’ve yet to use the app.
It’s marketed as a bookmark manager with
* collections and tagging * full text search * automatic backup of web content * collaboration * search of other media types including pdfs and images
Checkout https://kinopio.club a flexible graph based browser tool which supports mindmap, bookmark, image, link, notes etc. Personally I like it a lot.
Frankly, I'd be thrilled to have a Firefox fork that is designed to show exactly one page, specified by the command's sole argument, and do nothing else. All the "tab" stuff and bookmarks could be offloaded to shell scripts.
Taken even further, you could modify the browser to expose git-ish hooks (for example, calling .browser/hooks/request-file when fetching a resource could allow you to implement request blocking).
I use below frequently, all free.
Markdown notes: StackEdit https://stackedit.io
mind-maps in ASCII: ASCIIFlow https://asciiflow.com
hand-drawings: Witeboard https://witeboard.com/
Let them stay on your browser's toolbar in case you need them.
I am the developer of https://mindsaha.com/ that aims at combining mind maps, notes, bookmark saving and a simple task management as well. I currently do not support screenshots, drawings though.
If this is something you are curious about, do let me know, I'll be happy to provide you an early access to try it out.
Sounds like a tall order. Heck, just an app that could accurately let you search screenshots would be killer. I use X-Mind 8 for a lot of this, but it’s seriously dated and slow. It’s primarily mind mapping software, but it lets you include hyperlinks and notes on objects.
I’d be happy with a fresher, more up to date version of that.
As for screenshots, I know it’s not a full-screenshot search, but there’s a neat macos app called TRex that will do image to text to clipboard conversion. It’s handy if you’re on a Mac without Monterey (which has this feature built in).
Good luck - I hope this post produces the unicorn you seek or results somewhat close.
I've had similar thoughts many times. Browser history and bookmark seem broken to me, and having 100 tabs open (each one with a back/forward button) can't be the best way to do this.
emacs ;)
- org-mode
- org-roam
- eww / eaf-browser
- pdf-tools
- org-download
How would you search a screen shot?
You’re definitely looking for DEVONThink[1] if you haven’t seen it yet. Based on the description it gathers all your research for you, including saving web pages offline, and scans images/paper document to be included in search.
Personally I have stuck to pasting everything on a certain topic into an Obsidian[2] note, but you won’t get image search. I’ve been looking for something that can integrate Google Photos search into the rest of my notes.
(edit) tangential but if you don’t mind Google or Apple, the recent capability to accurately search your photo library for text/objects/faces has been incredible. For some documents I need on-hand I just take a picture and it comes up if I search for a word or two from it.
[1] https://www.devontechnologies.com/apps/devonthink [2] https://obsidian.md/