That’s a great point — I need to be careful to define what I’m talking about. I’ll work on that going forward. For now, some quick notes on those:

“Native Browser Bookmarking Tool” = The normal “bookmarks” feature in Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or whatever web browser you use.

“Bookmarking Tools” = Beyond what the browser gives you by default, you can use other services to help you keep track of all of the sites you want to remember. Heyday is one of those kinds of tools.

“Surfacing Old Notes” = I take a lot of notes (generally in a tool called Roam Research), but a concern is that I’ll put a lot of notes in there and never see them again. I want to make sure I find a way to revisit those old notes over time to see if they bring any value to whatever I’m working on now.

The main value for most users with a tool like Heyday (or any similar one) is that your native browser bookmarking tool isn’t meant to handle a ton of saved sites. If, over the course of a few years, you save 1,000 website to your bookmark section in Google Chrome, it’ll be a disaster and you’ll never find anything. In theory, tools like Heyday will help you be able to parse through all of those links.

I appreciate your input and I hope this helps.