A friend just sent you a link to a Facebook page with information that you find very useful. You want to be able to recall the site in the future from your desktop computer, or from your mobile…

Question

Options

• AMemorize the URL so you can pull up the site in any browser such as Chrome, Firefox or Internet Explorer.
• BAdd the link to a cloud-based bookmark service such as Delicious or Google Bookmarks.
• CManually enter the Web address into any and all browsers on all of your devices.
• DPull up the message with the link any time you want to view the site.

• A
  7% (2)
• B
  89% (25)
• C
  4% (1)

Explanation

Cloud-based bookmark services like Delicious or Google Bookmarks sync your saved links across all devices automatically, making option B the only solution that satisfies both "desktop" and "mobile while away from desk" without manual effort. Option A is impractical - URLs are long and complex, and human memory is unreliable. Option C would work technically but requires repeating the manual entry on every device, defeating the purpose of convenience and failing to stay synced if you add more bookmarks later. Option D depends on the original message remaining accessible and searchable, which is unreliable and cumbersome.

Memory tip: Think "cloud = everywhere" - whenever a question asks about accessing something from multiple devices, the cloud-based option is almost always correct.

No community discussion yet for this question.