Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 16:21:42 +0800 From: Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> To: Maciej Milewski <milu@dat.pl> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: firefox bookmarks verifier Message-ID: <547EC816.5020900@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <547EC41C.4060002@dat.pl> References: <547E4CD8.4010509@gmail.com> <20141203005232.GA64389@3006.local> <20141203022349.8c81b802.freebsd@edvax.de> <547E7FAD.2040305@gmail.com> <20141203044125.99e72ede.freebsd@edvax.de> <547EC41C.4060002@dat.pl>
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Maciej Milewski wrote: > On 03.12.2014 04:41, Polytropon wrote: > >> On Wed, 03 Dec 2014 11:12:45 +0800, Ernie Luzar wrote: >> >>> So your answer is that Firefox has no built in function to verify bookmarks? >>> >> At least I have not found that functionality. Maybe there >> is an add-on, add-in, extension or plugin or something that >> offers that feature? I'm not sure, Firefox is not my primary >> browser, so I sadly cannot answer more precisely, sorry. >> > No built-in. Use search function in firefox extensions: there should be > few of them. First shot: > Bookmarks Checker. > > >>> When I imported my bookmarks from my MS browser into Firefox they were >>> all organized in folders just like they were in the MS browser. Now when >>> to go to export Firefox bookmarks I get them listed in URL sorted order >>> missing there organized folders. This is not acceptable. >>> >> Definitely not acceptable. So my suggestion would be not >> to use the export function, but to work with the bookmark >> file directly. As far as I remember, it's in HTML and >> therefore keeps the organisation (which is then represented >> as folders in the GUI). The re-creation of this structure >> should be easy for the URIs which have been verified as >> still intact. The bookmark file could act as a template >> for a "copy if not 404 or bookmark title != HTML <title>" >> routine. >> >> >>> Where does Firefox store the raw bookmarks html file? This file must be >>> like a directory tree with each folder being a sub-directory. >>> >> No, I think it's one file using HTML to hold the structure >> for the URIs. It's probably named bookmarks.html and it is >> located somewhere in ~/.mozilla/firefox, or whereever it >> keeps it configuration this year. ;-) >> > > I suspect somewhere where is the file places.sqlite? > You can export it from Bookmarks Manager to html or save a copy in .json > format. json should preserve all folders. > > Everything I read on firefox website everyone is complaining that they (firefox developers] used a bastardized version of .json4 which is a compressed version. There is no way to read the file. This is going to force me to leave firefox and move to something else that has a favorites/bookmarks style like MS browser What ever were firefox developers thinking??? Smoking to much weed at work!!!!
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