cottonTracks

Name: cottonTracks
Rating: 4.553191489361702 (141 reviews)
Author: https://cottontracks.com

The only browser history you will ever want to keep.

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cottonTracks is an innovative Chrome extension designed to revolutionize how you keep your browser history. It automatically curates and organizes the best content you encounter online, including articles, videos, images, and maps, creating an intelligent record based on your interests. This replacement for traditional history and bookmarks provides a seamless, visually appealing summary of your online insights and influences.

With cottonTracks, you no longer need to manually bookmark pages; the extension uses smart algorithms to cluster related content from your browsing sessions. Highlight specific text, and cottonTracks will save it as a quote, making it easy to recall important information. All data processing happens locally on your computer to ensure privacy—your browsing history never leaves your device, and there is no need to create an account. Simplify your web navigation and enhance your research with cottonTracks.

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By:

https://cottontracks.com

Users:

2,000+

Rating:

4.55

(141)

Version:

0.8.7 Last updated: 2017-04-06

Creation date:

2017-04-06

Risk:

Permissions:

notifications
tabs
chrome://favicon/
http://*/*
https://*/*
history

Size:

811.01K

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 18,227 ▲ 381

Other rankings

#3811 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 6 #60 in remember keyword 11 ▲ 1

User reviews

CottonTracks is praised for its automatic and effective organization of browsing history, providing a better alternative to Chrome's default history. Users find its interface intuitive and helpful for bookmark management and web history analysis. However, recurring issues include lack of manual tagging options, occasional compatibility problems with specific websites, concerns over history syncing across devices, and some confusion with the settings icon behavior. Despite these drawbacks, it remains a favored tool for many users seeking enhanced browser history management.

Pros

Automatically categorizes and organizes browsing history, making it easier to find past visited sites.
User-friendly interface that improves upon the default Chrome history presentation.
Allows easy tracking and accessing of browsing history for efficient web navigation.
Highly appreciated for consolidating browsing data into a single, accessible location.
Considered a powerful and useful tool for web history analysis and bookmark management.

Cons

Lacks ability for manual tagging or user-defined group classification for organizing history.
Has compatibility issues with certain websites (e.g., turbowarp.org) causing them to malfunction when the extension is active.
Some users report it stops working properly after a short period (e.g., only shows limited history).
No clear sync or cloud backup feature to transfer history data across devices.
Settings icon leading to a review prompt confuses users expecting traditional settings functionality.

Recent reviews

Strangely, this plugin seems to have a conflict with the site turbowarp.org. If I turn cottontracks off, the site works, but if i turn it on, that site bombs. It may be more general than that, but that is my observation. I am also contacting them about this.

1 ksdavidc ksdavidc, 2023-04-01

a fonctionne 1 journée!!! Depuis 4 J Rien

Sylvie, 2018-03-03

Enhances Chrome History by auto-categorizing the sites you have been viewing lately. Can select Favorites, too, but wish I could also classify by user-created groups as well. Still, this is GREAT Chrome Extension! Thanks, CottonTracks.

Steve Lōser, 2017-02-22

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Extension safety

Risk impact

cottonTracks requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

cottonTracks has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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