Re: Bookmarks across browsers
- From: Matthew K Poer <matthewpoer@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 09:16:28 -0400
On Tuesday 01 May 2007 16:13, KS wrote:
Amy Templeton wrote:Konqueror can actually Import for IceWeasel and Galeon and such, but uses a
KS wrote:
Can't there be a common place for bookmarks which all
browsers could read? Something like an XML file maybe? ...
Or should there be a WWW-standard for such a simple but
important feature?
Well, one thing you could do would be to find the bookmarks
file for your browser. For example, my Firefox bookmarks can
be found at
~/.mozilla/firefox/random-default-user-string.default/bookmarks.html
Similarly, my w3m bookmarks are at ~/.w3m/bookmark.html.
Anyway, it could be risky trying to overwrite other
browsers' bookmark files with links to a single one (in case
they use a specific format), but one strategy you might use
could be to bookmark another browser's bookmark file,
letting you access it from that browser. Just a thought. Or,
if examining the bookmark files leads you to believe that
you could safely use the same file without confusing the
browser, you could maybe just symlink it (but again, be
careful).
Yup, I thought about linking other browser's bookmarks but was stumped
at the very first try. I tried opening Konqueror's bookmarks which are
in an xml file (XBEL format?) and Iceweasel complains about the absence
of style information with the xml file!!
Oh, and Iceweasel's import wizard (probably because it is aimed at
Windoze users) does not offer to import Konqueror's bookmarks either.
/KS
differant format to store them. Galeon and Epiphany use the same format, but
It cannot export to anything else, or read anything else. I am not sure how
Opera handles things, but I would wager it is differant from everyone else as
well.
So there may be a few options:
1. Create a script (C, python, w/e) that can read each browsers' bookmark
file, compare them, and synchronize them every time you exit a browser. This
could prove hazardous if you are running the browser at the time it runs.
2. Create a Java applet that keeps bookmarks, and bookmark it on
your 'personal toolbar' on all the browsers. Just keep it on your local
machine. I don't think you would even need a web server, just an HTML with
the applet embedded in it. The applet could get somewhat bloated, though, if
there are a large number of bookmarks in it, and because it is Java. Using
Java over a PHP script, however, will keep you from having to run a web
server. It would have the del.ici.us functionality while remaining local.
(Just brainstorming)
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