Bookmark Manager Improvements
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As a web developer I have various browsers installed - Chrome, Firefox Quantum, Firefox ESR, Firefox Developer Edition, Opera, etc. Every day I come across resources and information that I may need for a current or future project and I end up bookmarking it. As a result, my bookmark list has grown tremendously.
Among all these browsers I feel that Firefox is the only one that has the bookmarking features that I need but it lacks in some areas where Vivaldi shines (such as the notes feature). I use Chrome the most for performing searches and visiting websites and whenever I come across a resource that I want to save, I copy the URL into Firefox and add it to my central bookmarks there. This is very inefficient. I have also used several bookmark plugins and extensions to sync a large list of bookmarks across all browsers but I find it inefficient and they hog too much memory.
The Vivaldi bookmark manager works okay but here's what I feel is missing:
1. Ability to customize columns (show/hide/modify column order, widths) to allow additional sorting similar to Firefox:
- Tags/Keywords (Comma-separated list that auto-suggests previously used tags upon input, perhaps with a count of how many times a particular tag is referenced - e.g. "design (45)")
- Most Recent Visit (I find this extremely helpful because sometimes you forget what a resource was called but you can certainly remember that you visited it "last Friday")
- Visit Count (This is also helpful because you begin to see patterns in your browsing habits. Perhaps Vivaldi could automatically prompt users to add a particular resource to Speed Dial if it sees that you visit it regularly?)
- Date Added (Similar to "Most Recent Visit" - it is very helpful to sort by when you added a particular bookmark because you may forget the title but can remember "that one tech blog I bookmarked last week")
- Last Modified
2. Ability to toggle between 2-3 different view modes similar to Opera's bookmark manager:
- List view
- Small card view
- Larger card view
3. The "Add Bookmark" feature in the address bar:
- Allow users to create a new bookmark folder directly from the address bar bookmark pop-up
- Perhaps expand on the current options to include the ability to tag a resource
- Not sure what the purpose of the "Nickname" field is since it allows me to add a comma-separated list of keywords. It would no longer be considered a nickname (singular) if it functions similar to tagging/keywords (plural). Right?
4. Advanced features:
- I have not yet seen any browser with this built-in, but it would be great if users had access to advanced search capabilities within the bookmark manager. I see two possibilities: (1) keep the default search field but add a caret-down icon within the field and allow users to toggle search by title, tag, keyword or URL/address. (2) Add an "advanced search" link somewhere near the search field that expands to show a panel where users can specify their own search criteria and run the search. This would be excellent if it is possible. Imagine how useful it would be to search through all bookmarks for URLs containing a particular keyword, added within a certain date range, etc.
- A built-in bookmark deduplicator!
- Export bookmarks to JSON and alternate formats (Should import/export functions be located within the 'Bookmarks' menu rather than the 'File' menu?)
Thanks to the Vivaldi team for making a great browser. Hopefully some of these feature requests make it into future releases.
-Kevin
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The older Mozilla browsers (FF, SeaMomkey) used to have add-ons that allowed viewing/editing SQlite data (Bookmarks). There is also a program "DB Browser" http://sqlitebrowser.org/ (Moved from SourceForge.net to GitHub).
However the structure of the SQlite Bookmarks database seems to have changed from what I remember making sorting/editing a possible ruin of your copy of the Bookmarks.
There is also a similar editor on Google Play:(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.speedsoftware.sqleditor&hl=en_US)I've not tried it so I cannot swear to its efficacy.
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@kmedeiros said in Bookmark Manager improvements:
- I have not yet seen any browser with this built-in, but it would be great if users had access to advanced search capabilities within the bookmark manager. I see two possibilities: (1) keep the default search field but add a caret-down icon within the field and allow users to toggle search by title, tag, keyword or URL/address. (2) Add an "advanced search" link somewhere near the search field that expands to show a panel where users can specify their own search criteria and run the search. This would be excellent if it is possible. Imagine how useful it would be to search through all bookmarks for URLs containing a particular keyword, added within a certain date range, etc.
Vivaldi's bookmark manager does have some search capability: just open the bookmark panel (usually the panels are on the left side) - there is a search input field at the top.
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@kmedeiros vote for tag support here.
Since it's not in Chromium it would be the biggest change.Most (other) data already exists in
Bookmarks
file which is already is inJSON
format.
A improved (flattened) view would help to find duplicates as well, see comments in existing request.Vivaldi/Chrome Nicknames are equivalent to Firefox Keywords, a method to access bookmarks via address bar (or speeddial).
They need to be unique!
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@pauloaguia said in Bookmark Manager improvements:
Vivaldi's bookmark manager does have some search capability: just open the bookmark panel (usually the panels are on the left side) - there is a search input field at the top.
@pauloaguia Thanks for the reply. I was referring to advanced search capabilities where users choose their own search parameters. The default search field doesn't allow you to do that.
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@kmedeiros said in Bookmark Manager improvements:
A built-in bookmark deduplicator!
Please vote for the existing feature request Duplicate Bookmark Detection/Clean-up
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Resizable columns are a great idea as I don't need to see nicknames and descriptions in the list. Or just allow to disable them.
Seeing two columns with no data in is not very good. -
On a 1200x1600 portrait monitor the columns need to be resizable to be useful. The description column is largely unused.
The Title can be edited with F2, but other fields can be edited only in the side panel.
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This is great, I was pointed to this when asking for something similar. Only thing i would add would be a resizable list of tickable tags like firefox (Except resizable) so for those of us who have many tags and cant necessarily remember all tags we would be able to view and select from a list... for those of us with higher rez computers something resizeable and not just a tiny little window that one has to scroll up and down (like firefox, drives me nuts). Oh and have it somehow compatible with firefox as I have different browsers on different computers so syncing them in a compatible format is kinda important.
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It is 2020.
Bookmark management still needs improvements. Right now its pretty painful to D&D bookmark(s) from one folder to another.Here is an example of Firefox implementation:
Similar FR - Suggestion: opera like bookmark manager
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@Stardust said in Bookmark Manager Improvements:
It is 2020.
Bookmark management still needs improvements. Right now its pretty painful to D&D bookmark(s) from one folder to another.Can't you accomplish the same thing in Vivaldi?
Use can open the bookmark manager on the side panel and drag and drop between the bookmark manager in vivaldi://bookmarks/
It makes it pretty easy to drag and drop.
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@ugly yeah, there are some workarounds, but its for the experienced Vivaldi users I think. Personally I have the left panel hidden and prefer not to use it at all + it could be a floating panel
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@Stardust Then why not use manager via Menu/Bookmarks/Bookmarks (or vivaldi://bookmarks )?
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@TbGbe said in Bookmark Manager Improvements:
@Stardust Then why not use manager via Menu/Bookmarks/Bookmarks (or vivaldi://bookmarks )?
Because it lacks of the folder-tree view on the left side.
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@Stardust You mean you so not see this?? :
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@TbGbe not very efficient when you have many bookmarks. Imagine the full page of bookmarks.
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@Stardust said in Bookmark Manager Improvements:
@ugly yeah, there are some workarounds, but its for the experienced Vivaldi users I think. Personally I have the left panel hidden and prefer not to use it at all + it could be a floating panel
That's kind of a weird response. You're intentionally not using a feature that solves your problem and then saying that the browser needs to add a feature. Firefox doesn't have good bookmark management either if you intentionally don't use their bookmark manager feature.
But, if you insist on not using the side panel, you can move still move bookmarks using copy and paste instead of drag and drop.
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@ugly said in Bookmark Manager Improvements:
That's kind of a weird response. You're intentionally not using a feature that solves your problem and then saying that the browser needs to add a feature.
Sometimes I have to use side panel, e.g. file downloads (there is no download button on the address bar so far), etc.
This thread about vivaldi://bookmarks aka Bookmark Manager where you can manage bookmarks without side panel. So feature request is for the vivaldi://bookmarks page alone.Firefox doesn't have good bookmark management either if you intentionally don't use their bookmark manager feature.
Its pretty good for me. Classic Opera also had a good one.
But, if you insist on not using the side panel, you can move still move bookmarks using copy and paste instead of drag and drop.
But I want D&D improvements in the vivaldi://bookmarks/
If I remember correctly, classic Opera had several views for the Bookmark Manager, in Vivaldi there could be a toggle/menu (to switch views) which adds folder-tree on the left side (see Firefox Library gif) or something even better -