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== Bookmark Organisation: ==

As you build up your bookmarks, organisation of them will become important. You can leave them all in the main folder, but that folder will take longer and longer to load - and a delay on getting to your bookmarks may be an issue.

~~There~~'~~s a lot of different ways~~ to ~~do this, I suspect. I initially started out with a folder per system but that doesn't scale nicely. My current best option~~ is ~~a folder each for~~ stargates, stations, safe spots, ~~other celestial objects~~. ~~Note~~, the ~~trick here is to~~ use the ~~right-click drop-down menu to move around the system, not the list of~~ bookmarks in people ~~& places~~ - ~~the list gets cluttered~~, ~~the~~ right-click drop-down will only present you ~~the relevant options~~.

The best approach I've seen to date is to create the following folders: stargates, stations, celestial objects, POSes, safe spots, people - that's six folders. Then, as you bookmark, move the bookmark into the relevant folder (I use the "people" folder for bookmarks near other people's warp-in points or supposed safe spots). That way, your right-click drop-down of bookmarks has a nice organisation and is easy to quickly get what you want - it will only ever present you bookmarks in your system anyway. This scheme also means that bookmarks you want to treat as temporary, you can just leave unfoldered and clean up later.

~~You can just leave everything in the main~~ folder but ~~as your number of bookmarks rises, the length of time~~ it ~~takes~~ to ~~open that window will also rise - potentially to minutes. Hence the folders to cut the load time.~~

Incidentally, a folder per system looks appealing initially, but it suffers similar problems to not foldering at all - there's too many systems out there, your main folder ends up cluttered.

~~Come up with a naming convention that suits you~~ - ~~something that makes it clear where the bookmark is and what it~~'s ~~for. My current setup is station or gate name and distance~~, ~~and maybe a note on whether it's off-grid or something special~~.

Come up with a naming convention that suits you - something that makes it clear where the bookmark is and what it's for. My current setup is station or gate name and distance, and maybe a note on whether it's off-grid or something special.

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 == Bookmark Organisation: ==
+As you build up your bookmarks, organisation of them will become important.  You can leave them all in the main folder, but that folder will take longer and longer to load - and a delay on getting to your bookmarks may be an issue.
-There's a lot of different ways to do this, I suspect. I initially started out with a folder per system but that doesn't scale nicely. My current best option is a folder each for stargates, stations, safe spots, other celestial objects. Note, the trick here is to use the right-click drop-down menu to move around the system, not the list of bookmarks in people & places - the list gets cluttered, the right-click drop-down will only present you the relevant options.
+The best approach I've seen to date is to create the following folders:  stargates, stations, celestial objects, POSes, safe spots, people - that's six folders.  Then, as you bookmark, move the bookmark into the relevant folder (I use the "people" folder for bookmarks near other people's warp-in points or supposed safe spots).  That way, your right-click drop-down of bookmarks has a nice organisation and is easy to quickly get what you want - it will only ever present you bookmarks in your system anyway.  This scheme also means that bookmarks you want to treat as temporary, you can just leave unfoldered and clean up later.
-You can just leave everything in the main folder but as your number of bookmarks rises, the length of time it takes to open that window will also rise - potentially to minutes. Hence the folders to cut the load time.
+Incidentally, a folder per system looks appealing initially, but it suffers similar problems to not foldering at all - there's too many systems out there, your main folder ends up cluttered.
-Come up with a naming convention that suits you - something that makes it clear where the bookmark is and what it's for. My current setup is station or gate name and distance, and maybe a note on whether it's off-grid or something special.
+Come up with a naming convention that suits you - something that makes it clear where the bookmark is and what it's for. My current setup is station or gate name and distance, and maybe a note on whether it's off-grid or something special.
 == Moving around: ==