# Improved Bookmarks with Reminders
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-bookmarks-with-reminders/144542
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** bookmarks
**Created:** [March 17, 2020, 6:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-bookmarks-with-reminders/144542 "2020-03-17T06:15:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-bookmarks-with-reminders/144542/107 "2020-04-24T03:09:26Z")
I am actually against a site setting here, you can post a theme component though if you feel like it
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-bookmarks-with-reminders/144542/108 "2020-04-24T03:10:47Z")
No, there is no way to do this at the moment. Sorry!
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-bookmarks-with-reminders/144542/109 "2020-04-24T04:51:45Z")
Additionally, any customization restoring the old behavior is going to be unstable until all the cleanup work (changing usages of `bookmarkWithReminder` to just `bookmark`) is done.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2020, 4:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-bookmarks-with-reminders/144542/110 "2020-04-24T04:54:47Z")
I think it also worth mentioning that the _old behavior_ was that we had a button almost nobody ever clicked that performed an action nobody really cared about. And we have plenty of stats to back that up.
I am very much against “restoring old behavior” cause people … have reasons…
If your really hate bookmarks why not just disable bookmarks.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-bookmarks-with-reminders/144542/111 "2020-04-24T05:02:34Z")
Yes exactly, just remove it from the list of commands on the post if you really want to be rid of bookmark. It’s kind of a useless feature as it existed before anyway.. literally the only thing it was good for is cross-browser cross OS “bookmarks” which is such a narrow use case.
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### Author:  [@pnoeric](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pnoeric)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2020, 7:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-bookmarks-with-reminders/144542/112 "2020-04-24T07:06:21Z")
> [@sam](#):
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> I am actually against a site setting here, you can post a theme component though if you feel like it
Ok, so following the “theme component” route is the right way to get this done? I’m not going to try to convince y’all to do this… but I hope it’s okay to ask for some guidance on how I can accomplish this for my setup.
> [@riking](#):
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> Additionally, any customization restoring the old behavior is going to be unstable until all the cleanup work (changing usages of `bookmarkWithReminder` to just `bookmark` ) is done.
Noted.
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### Author:  [@martin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/martin)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2020, 6:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-bookmarks-with-reminders/144542/121 "2020-04-28T06:47:41Z")
It was a productive day today. The following PRs were merged, and all except the last is now live on Meta:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/9548](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/9548)
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/9547](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/9547)
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/9563](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/9563)
And [FIX: Do not save bookmark if close (X) on modal is clicked by martin-brennan · Pull Request #9541 · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/9541) should be merged soon. I also have a PR up to change the /bookmarks-with-reminders URL back to /bookmarks, hoping to merge that tomorrow [FIX: Change bookmarks-with-reminders URL back to bookmarks for user activity by martin-brennan · Pull Request #9566 · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/9566).
The “Topic user bookmarked column logic was not correct” fix should be live on Meta in the next couple of hours. Later this week we will be cutting another beta release for all of these fixes.
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### Author:  [@martin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/martin)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-bookmarks-with-reminders/144542/122 "2020-04-29T02:21:43Z")
Another update – both of these PRs are now merged and there are no outstanding bugs. I am now just working on a final PR to rename variables etc. like `bookmarkWithReminder` back to `bookmark`.
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/9541](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/9541)
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/9566](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/9566)
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2020, 7:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-bookmarks-with-reminders/144542/126 "2020-04-29T07:56:05Z")
I’ve implemented single click, no dialogue, bookmarking from the Topic List in the Topic List Previews plugin (which still allows you to use rich bookmarking from Topics)
It might not be stable for a few days as I try to keep pace with all the core changes but yesterday it was working!
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### Author:  [@pnoeric](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pnoeric)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2020, 11:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-bookmarks-with-reminders/144542/127 "2020-04-29T11:42:57Z")
That’s awesome, thank you!
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### Author:  [@martin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/martin)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2020, 12:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-bookmarks-with-reminders/144542/128 "2020-04-30T00:44:09Z")
The final PR is now merged. We should have a new beta out in the next day or so. There are now no outstanding issues with the new bookmarks 🌟.
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/9579](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/9579)
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### Author:  [@gingerman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gingerman)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-bookmarks-with-reminders/144542/129 "2020-04-30T01:39:48Z")
Excited to use with the new release. Just 1 question.
- Do the bookmark reminder notification send email (if the user is not logged in)?
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### Author:  [@martin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/martin)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2020, 6:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-bookmarks-with-reminders/144542/130 "2020-04-30T06:43:02Z")
You will get a count of unread high priority notifications in your user digest email (which bookmark reminders contribute to) but apart from that no, you receive no reminder via email.
You can also sync bookmarks with your calendar [Sync Bookmark Reminders with your favorite Calendar app](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sync-bookmark-reminders-with-your-favorite-calendar-app/144954).
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### Author:  [@martin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/martin)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-bookmarks-with-reminders/144542/147 "2020-05-07T03:39:29Z")
I have just merged in another change that will be live on Meta within a couple of hours. There is now a hidden option in the bookmark modal that will delete the bookmark once the reminder has been sent. We remember which option you choose in local storage, so this behaviour will be the same for each bookmark you create.
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/9637](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/9637)
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### Author:  [@Dannii](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dannii)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-bookmarks-with-reminders/144542/166 "2020-05-08T14:44:14Z")
The idea that people would use browser bookmarks amuses me, so I’m very glad that Discourse still has a bookmarks feature. I frequently bookmark posts here, but it would never occur to me to add a bookmark to my browser. Guess I’m weird.
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### Author:  [@martin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/martin)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-bookmarks-with-reminders/144542/174 "2020-05-13T01:08:44Z")
I’ve added another PR now that fixes the issue here [Domain.com/bookmarks is showing domain.com/u/user/activity/bookmarks-with-reminders](https://meta.discourse.org/t/domain-com-bookmarks-is-showing-domain-com-u-user-activity-bookmarks-with-reminders/149252), and also adds the bookmarked post user avatar to the bookmarks list. It will be merged soon:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/9759](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/9759)
cc @Ellibereth , I know in an earlier post you mentioned you wanted to see the avatars, and @exetico for the URL change.
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### Author:  [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-bookmarks-with-reminders/144542/175 "2020-05-15T23:50:23Z")
I’d be nice if the “What is this bookmark for” field’s information was utilized more. Right now the only way to see that information is from the full bookmark list in your profile or opening the bookmark itself. I think it would be more useful if it was used in the bookmark list from the dropdown menu and/or if it was included in the reminder notification.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-bookmarks-with-reminders/144542/176 "2020-05-16T01:12:02Z")
> [@seanblue](#):
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> if it was included in the reminder notification.
Reminders don’t have any extra info so how do you see that working? Add an entirely new area of functionality, _just for this?_
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### Author:  [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-bookmarks-with-reminders/144542/177 "2020-05-16T03:19:08Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Add an entirely new area of functionality, _just for this?_
Rather, I wonder if the text in that field (if set) should _replace_ the topic title in the notification. Just a thought.
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### Author:  [@martin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/martin)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-bookmarks-with-reminders/144542/178 "2020-05-17T22:58:55Z")
I somewhat agree with you. This may not be very obvious, but you can see the “what is this bookmark for” information when you hover over the reminder notification. We already have the information when we notify, but we didn’t want to create a different notification format just for this feature.
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