Google ‘Stars’ being tested with Chrome, allows favoriting URLs and more

April 23, 2014

On the web, you generally do not want to bookmark everything you see. Bookmarking is typically reserved for sites that you frequently visit or sites that you need on-hand for a task. However, there is nothing to favorite a link and have it stored in case you want to go back to it for whatever reason. I understand that you can technically “favorite” something as a bookmark, but the function basically ends there. And that is where Google Stars would come in.

On Google+, user Florian Kiersch uncovered what Google is working on with Chrome. Google Stars would maintain a folder full of content favorited. It would essentially function like Pocket. Once items are in a folder, the entire page is searchable. While folders are private from the start, they can be made public to share with others. To take things even further, Google Stars would be applicable with images and videos in addition to pages.

Google has declined to comment on the existence of Google Stars.

Source: +Florian Kiersch

Via: The Next Web

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