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Feature Request: Import bookmarks #858

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CubeOfCheese opened this issue Dec 14, 2020 · 2 comments
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Feature Request: Import bookmarks #858

CubeOfCheese opened this issue Dec 14, 2020 · 2 comments

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@CubeOfCheese
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I just saw this pain point on reddit and thought it would be useful if people could import bookmarks from their browser when they first download the extension

Pain point: https://www.reddit.com/r/TabForACause/comments/hkzho4/is_there_any_way_too_see_my_standard_tab_screen/

Both Chrome and Firefox support exporting bookmarks:
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/96816?hl=en
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/export-firefox-bookmarks-to-backup-or-transfer

Unrelated, but why is the subreddit restricted and unmoderated?

@kmjennison
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Thanks for the suggestion! There might also be a browser extension API to access bookmarks, which would be more seamless.

For those who just want their bookmarks bar, you can display it in your browser with CTRL/CMD + shift + B.

Re: the subreddit, our team hasn't been involved in moderating it.

@CubeOfCheese
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/bookmarks

bookmarks.getTree() looks like it should do it.
Requires an extra permission though. Come to think of it maybe it would be good to duplicate the bookmarks in tab for a cause into a folder of the browser's bookmarks for back up.

I imagine there will potentially be a lot of bookmarks saved in someone's browser and would therefore extend far past the bottom of the display.

Also this api will return a tree structure so maybe this should depend on #829

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