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Old 28 Nov 2019, 01:24 AM   #6
edu
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Yes, but itīs a hard way only to save bookmarks.

I thought in a simple way: save the bookmarks in a text file (1.txt, 2.txt, etc) and upload these txt files to a website I can create in Fastmail like for example: links.domain.com

So I could see these txt files and open them with a click to check my bookmarks everytime I go to my "website".

The problem is to be always creating a new txt file, copying the bookmarks and uploading them. But maybe is less work.

Thank you both!


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Originally Posted by JeremyNicoll View Post
It's not.

It avoids having to use FTP or anything else to upload new information to a website, by keeping the information in files stored in my Dropbox folder ... so all the upload/download/syncing between devices happens invisibly/ automatically. (And if you do use the FTP method, you still need to edit the files you are about to upload, first.)

It avoids installing somebody-else's bookmark-manager program, which might not run in exactly the same way on every platform, and means one does not have to cope with bugs in such a program maybe losing or corrupting your data.

It avoids installing extensions to browsers, which might not work the same way in every browser.

Yes, I have several lists of bookmarks rather than just one - but I decided I didn't want one huge long list that had to be scrolled to the right section. Using different lists means each one never has to be scrolled (at least, not on a decent-sized laptop screen - I expect it would be necessary on a smartphone).

Yes, I have a weird way of opening a file in an editor; but you could just as easily have a desktop shortcut that opens a bookmarks file in your editor.

You need to comfortable with pasteing a new URL and the description you want to use for it into a file, surrounded by a very small amount of HTML. Once you have a template for that file, adding another line is not difficult.
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