Leftovers from an earlier era.
Though originally the idea of a bookmark was a logical metaphor for the process
of earmarking pages to which we might want to return, there was always something
highly inaccurate about the name. Bookmarks are, after all, physical markings
that remind us of just where we've gotten to in a particular book. That's really
not the same thing as where a particular book is located on a shelf, which, even
if it's a more accurate description of what a browser bookmark does, is still
a material representation which doesn't translate well into the digital world.
When I bookmark a page on the web I'm well aware that I'm not really storing that
page on my computer, or even making a note of where it's located in cyberspace.
All I'm doing it establishing a path that will lead me to it if and when I'll
want to access it again.
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