Saving Bookmarks

[tab4us]

I'm a Android noob. Can't figure out how to save bookmarks.

Help would be appreciated.

 

[Markster1]

Menu button while in browser.

 

[kC_]

Yeah press the menu (3 dots at top right) then press the star

 

[tab4us]

A big Thanks for the help

 

[plumberdv]

Where do they go then and how do you get them to show up on the home screens?

 

[MJKearney]

In the Chrome browser, tap the star symbol that appears on the right side of the address bar (there is no need to press the menu button). Once you tap the star symbol, a window pops up that allows you to edit the bookmark name and specify the folder where the bookmark will reside.

To access your list of bookmarks, you have two choices of which I am aware:
1. Tap the menu button, then choose the Bookmarks option. The current tab will then display the Bookmarks page.
2. Open a new tab by either tapping the partial tab just to the right of the existing tabs, or choosing New Tab from the menu drop down box.

In each case, at the bottom of the page you'll need to choose the "Bookmarks" option if it's not yet chosen. The other two options are "Most Visited" and "Other Devices". At the top of the bookmarks page is a navigation area that lets you move up a level in your folder hierarchy.

A third option is to place the Bookmarks widget on a home page. This gives you quick access to your bookmarks when you don't have Chrome open.

Remember that when using Chrome, all of your bookmarks are synced across devices, so that those you set up on you desktop computer will also show up on your tablet, and vice versa.

Sent from my Nexus 7

 

[gen2010]

Where do they go then and how do you get them to show up on the home screens?

Long press on the bookmark widget in the widget section. When that opens, your bookmarks will be shown. Lightly tap the bookmark you want to put on your home screen. Go to home screen and your bookmark will be there. Repeat for other bookmarks. Then long press on a bookmark to move it over top of another bookmark and you will create a folder which you can then name "bookmarks". I hope this helps. Make sure you do it in portrait mode first. You can do it in landscape, but it won't show up on your home screen until you tilt it back to portrait. A small bug, but no big deal. Good luck!

 

[bigtroutz]

Where do they go then and how do you get them to show up on the home screens?

You might like an app like GoMarks - a sort of standalone places to put all your booksmarks and sync them with browsers. The mobile versions of browsers don't exactly make bookmarks as easy to access as the fully capable PC or Mac versions.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.androappsdev.gomarks&feature=related_apps#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwOSwiY29tLmFuZHJvYXBwc2Rldi5nb21hcmtzIl0.

An alternative is to sync your desktop Favorites/Bookmarks with your mobile device. For example, instructions for Firefox can be found here:
How to Sync Firefox 4 for Mobile Bookmarks From Win 7 PC to Android Mobile