tags

i have been using internet bookmark services to classify papers, as they provide the ability to label a paper with multiple tags. i've used citeulike for a while, and it worked fine. the only drawback is i have to be online to access my library and be able to search for papers with tags.

just found out that the bookmarks of firefox also allows one to label a page with tags. so now i can bookmark arxiv pages and give them any tags i want. in the bookmark page, there will be a list of tags and one can sort the papers by the tags. what i haven't figured out is how to find papers with more than one tag, which is certainly possible with citeulike.

browsers

here's a comparison of some of the major browsers for mac:

- firefox 5

• good: can sort bookmarks; lots of plugin/extensions
  
• bad: cannot open pdf within the browser; sync is not reliable (better use xmarks for that)
  

- safari 5

• good: runs fast on macs; can merge separate windows
  
• bad: cannot sort bookmarks (a tool called safarisort exists, but cannot specify which folders to sort); no sync option (safari version of xmarks doesn't work well for me)
  

- chrome

• good: clean interface; can sort bookmarks; can open pdf within browser
  
• bad: hangs a lot; sync option not reliable (better use xmarks)