[Gllug] Synchronising Firefox bookmarks

Peter Childs peterachilds at gmail.com
Fri Jan 27 19:13:11 UTC 2006


On 26/01/06, Dan Stevens (IAmAI) <dan.stevens.iamai at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm wondering if anyone can advice on a method of synchronising
> bookmarks of a Windows instance and a Linux instance of Firefox over a
> network, so that any additions/modifications to either bookmarks are
> eventually merged. I suppose an alternative is a single
> 'bookmarks.html' file is used and accessed oveer the network. Can
> anyone suggest how I could configure Firefox to use a file on a
> network as a bookmarks file? Alternatively, could I mount a network
> directory from my Windows computer and create a link to it. In fact,
> could I even mount my whole Firefox profile directory on my Windows
> computer to the location of my Firefox profile on my Linux machine (if
> that makes sense). Although, this would mean if one of my machines is
> down I loose settings. I am reasonably knowledgeable about Linux,
> however most of it is theory rather than experience, as I have studied
> Unix and Linux at uni but I've only recently used it myself. So, as
> such, I need advice on how to put my theory in to practice, so to
> speak.
>
> BTW, I like to use both of machines to browse the web because
> primarily I use my Windows machine for most things, however I like to
> use my Linux machine for web browsing while playing games; I'm a big
> Counter-Strike Source player and I've got to pass the time between
> rounds somehow. This is why I want to sycronise my settings over
> platforms.
>
> Thanks
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There is a firefox extension available that I've used.

https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&category=Bookmarks&numpg=10&id=14

there seam to be quite a lot of bookmark extensions so it might be worth
looking at any that fill your purpose.

Peter Childs
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