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Xbrowsersync – open-source Bookmark Synching

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Re: Xbrowsersync – open-source Bookmark Synching

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Post by pineconewarrior »

stinos wrote: post #27
toyg wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't disagree, but there is one use-case they cover well: quick shortcuts for the most used tools you need, particularly now that every desktop app is getting replaced by a web one. I keep updating and maintaining the bookmark toolbar in my browser, because i use it several times a day. Some people do that with some sort of homepage, but I find the toolbar quicker for me.

Some people do that with some sort of homepage, but I find the toolbar quicker for me. I've used both but it gets annoying quickly. For me doing that by typing the first couple of letters, just one is sometimes sufficient, in the browser address bar is by far the most convenient and quickest. Like ctrl-t - type yc - down arrow - enter. Or in an existing tab replace ctrl-t with alt-d. Want to check my threads on HN in…

I use bookmarks to enhance this. I save a page and then rename the bookmark to some letter codes, for hackernews it's "hn: Hacker News", which makes typing "hn" bring up the bookmark no matter how cluttered, or recently cleared, my browser history becomes.

Re: Xbrowsersync – open-source Bookmark Synching

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Post by smolyeet »

9dev wrote: post #16

I found bookmarks to be inferior to just keeping tabs open. The other problem I have is that practically all the bookmarks I have saved over the years now point to broken links or missing domains; I could clean them up, but what’s the point? I don’t look at those links anymore anyway. I’ve come to terms with the internet, and life in general, to be too much in flux for a piece of information to provide value for mult…

If it helps , these two extensions are helpful

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/checkmarks-we... clean up links and fav icons ( good for first time install for not making the toolbar as ugly with blank icons)

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bookmarks-cle... helps get rid of bookmarks with a few feature from the first one

Re: Xbrowsersync – open-source Bookmark Synching

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Post by brycewray »

attentive wrote: post #9
3np wrote: post #7

Another alternative: Mozilla's FF Sync is all open source and can be self-hosted. It's easy enough. It still authenticates through their endpoints, though, so if you want to do it fully self-hosted, you also need to host their identity and accounts stack, which is doable but not for the faint of heart.

Not really. It's an alternative to chrome/brave sync. Xbrowsersync will sync cross firefox/brave/chrome/edge.

v.1.6.0, still in beta[0], is supposed to support Brave and Edge[1] but it hasn’t been released yet because the maintainer hasn’t had time[2].

[0]: https://github.com/xbrowsersync/app/releases

[1]: https://github.com/xbrowsersync/app/wiki/Roadmap

[2]: https://github.com/xbrowsersync/app/issues/425

Re: Xbrowsersync – open-source Bookmark Synching

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Post by nashashmi »

This would be a great Mozilla project if Mozilla is looking to diversify. Anything that will facilitate the enhancement of browser features on every browser should be a Mozilla project.

But there is a data collecting AI advantage that could be added to this. Older gen people are trained to store bookmarks of everything interesting they find in the web. My mom has a hundred of links to YouTube videos and food recipes. Most I don’t think she will ever willingly see again. And the problem lies there is no AI that can do sorting, categorizing, and presenting the bookmarks she gathers.

Re: Xbrowsersync – open-source Bookmark Synching

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Post by wruza »

vachina wrote: post #24
wruza wrote: post #17

All these syncers lack one important feature: local-only or otherwise visibility-managed bookmarks/folders. I don’t want my hentai preferences to be synced to my office and I don’t want all these company’s business bookmarks bs at home staring at me ruining my weekend mood. I only want to sync a handful of specific folders: documentation, tools, localhost:ports, and few common mail/yt/github/etc, which are actually s…

Weird how whiny comments like these are always top in HN threads. Browser profiles exists exactly for use cases like yours.

It doesn’t have too many upvotes, probably a time-ranking issue. Sorry if it annoyed you, but using profiles implies that all my browsers support them and they are easy to use/maintain. Changing browsers would break other workflows and patterns, which is not worth it for me.

Re: Xbrowsersync – open-source Bookmark Synching

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Post by jrm4 »

Why any central server? This is the thing that seems silly here, especially in a world where e.g. Syncthing exists (which is actually why I ended up looking, for a sec I thought this was a thing that worked via Syncthing)

(I suppose it creates the possible need for people to have their own server/homebox to be running all the time, to which I say, uh, yeah)

Re: Xbrowsersync – open-source Bookmark Synching

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Post by xuhu »

jrm4 wrote: post #36

Why any central server? This is the thing that seems silly here, especially in a world where e.g. Syncthing exists (which is actually why I ended up looking, for a sec I thought this was a thing that worked via Syncthing) (I suppose it creates the possible need for people to have their own server/homebox to be running all the time, to which I say, uh, yeah)

Can you turn off your office workstation, go home and have your bookmarks copied by Syncthing when you turn on your laptop ?

Re: Xbrowsersync – open-source Bookmark Synching

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Post by _Algernon_ »

vachina wrote: post #24
wruza wrote: post #17

All these syncers lack one important feature: local-only or otherwise visibility-managed bookmarks/folders. I don’t want my hentai preferences to be synced to my office and I don’t want all these company’s business bookmarks bs at home staring at me ruining my weekend mood. I only want to sync a handful of specific folders: documentation, tools, localhost:ports, and few common mail/yt/github/etc, which are actually s…

Weird how whiny comments like these are always top in HN threads. Browser profiles exists exactly for use cases like yours.

>Weird how whiny comments like these are always top in HN threads.

I prefer whiny comments about the topic at hand over whiny meta comments about other commenters.

And yes, I'm aware of the irony of choosing to post this.

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