cottonTracks

The only browser history you will ever want to keep.

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cottonTracks - Intelligent Browser History Manager and Bookmark Tool

cottonTracks is a revolutionary Chrome extension designed to manage and enhance your web browsing experience. It automatically records and curates the best content you encounter during web navigation, replacing your conventional history and bookmarks. It organizes your favorite content and creates collections of articles, videos, images and maps based on your browsing insights and interests. Moreover, it offers the smart quotes feature for remembering details from the content which you have interacted with. CottonTracks upholds user privacy by running entirely on your computer without transmitting data to servers.

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Extension stats

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

Permissions:

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

Size: 811.01K

URLs: Website

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 18,908 ▲ 15

Other rankings

#3757 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 26 #39 in remember keyword 6 ▼ 1 #175 in browser history keyword 33 ▲ 7

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Enhances Chrome History by auto-categorizing visited sites
User-friendly interface; simplifies web history management
Great at keeping track of web activities across multiple browsers
Allows for easy retrieval of lost bookmarks and web links
High-quality programming and intuitive design

Cons

Conflicts with specific websites, such as turbowarp.org
Lack of manual organization/tagging features
Inconsistency in displaying browsing history
Requires learning curve for effective usage
Automatic addition of new tabs is not possible, limiting customization

Most mentioned

Excellent at organizing and categorizing browsing history
Need for user-created tagging or organization options
User frustrations with settings and interface navigation issues

User 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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