Synchronize Firefox bookmarks but use different “views”
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My aim is to synchronize Firefox bookmarks on different devices but without merging them simplistically; instead, I would like the bookmarks from each device, although accessible by all devices, to be stored separately from one another.
To illustrate that, here is an example with a list of bookmarks from A to G shared between Device 1 and Device 2:
Device 1:
- A
- B
- C
- D
- Bookmarks from Device 2: - E -F -G
Device 2:
- E
- F
- G
- Bookmarks from Device 1: - A - B - C - D
The bookmarks would be synced automatically, but when adding bookmark H from device 1 for example, it would appear on both devices but not at the same place in the hierarchy.
(By contrast, a classical synchronization like performed by Firefox Sync would produce the same flat hierarchy for both devices, containing all bookmarks from A to G).
This would be very handy for me to share my bookmarks (always stored on the Bookmarks Toolbar) between a personal computer and more work-related. All bookmarks would be available on both but each, for practical reasons, would have its own view with specific "top-level" bookmarks.
I hope my description is clear.
I there a way for me to achieve that?
I have tried using Firefox Sync but it only merges the bookmarks. I also looked at a bunch of add-ons without any success.
firefox sync bookmarks
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My aim is to synchronize Firefox bookmarks on different devices but without merging them simplistically; instead, I would like the bookmarks from each device, although accessible by all devices, to be stored separately from one another.
To illustrate that, here is an example with a list of bookmarks from A to G shared between Device 1 and Device 2:
Device 1:
- A
- B
- C
- D
- Bookmarks from Device 2: - E -F -G
Device 2:
- E
- F
- G
- Bookmarks from Device 1: - A - B - C - D
The bookmarks would be synced automatically, but when adding bookmark H from device 1 for example, it would appear on both devices but not at the same place in the hierarchy.
(By contrast, a classical synchronization like performed by Firefox Sync would produce the same flat hierarchy for both devices, containing all bookmarks from A to G).
This would be very handy for me to share my bookmarks (always stored on the Bookmarks Toolbar) between a personal computer and more work-related. All bookmarks would be available on both but each, for practical reasons, would have its own view with specific "top-level" bookmarks.
I hope my description is clear.
I there a way for me to achieve that?
I have tried using Firefox Sync but it only merges the bookmarks. I also looked at a bunch of add-ons without any success.
firefox sync bookmarks
edited Nov 14 at 18:04
Scott
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asked Nov 14 at 11:54
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I fixed what I believe to be an obvious typo; if I’m wrong (and it was what you wanted), please explain. (I also tweaked the wording a little.)
– Scott
Nov 14 at 18:04
You can import bookmarks & stick those under a dedicated node like you describe, but syncing doesn't work that way. Firefox has no way to know that what you stash under a node on one machine is the same as the main hierarchy on a different machine. So even if you managed to manually set this up, syncing couldn't maintain it. If there's a way to do it, it isn't native to Firefox. I haven't stumbled across an add-on that does this. You would need something like a bookmark manager that imports and compartmentalizes bookmarks from different computers and then does its own syncing to maintain them.
– fixer1234
Nov 15 at 4:37
@fixer1234 I completely agree, as far as I have seen Firefox Sync does not work this way. It's a shame because if I'm not wrong previous versions worked this way when synchronizing bookmarks between Firefox Android and Firefox Desktop, the bookmarks from Android would appear in a dedicated folder of Firefox Desktop. I'm still going through add-ons but not sure I will find a suitable one. Maybe some tweaking can be done with Profiles but it look likes when synchronizing the Profiles it will be back to square one.
– DylanM
Nov 15 at 9:13
Let me throw out a thought. How does Firefox maintain bookmarks? Is it in some sort of SQL database? How visible is that to users? How easy is it for users to hook into it? I can imagine a scheme where you have a database (external to Firefox) that contains N identical tables (one for each “device”), or maybe one table with a column that shows which “device” each row belongs to. Then use off-the-shelf software to sync the database across all machines, and some (simple?) home-grown scripts to export from Firefox to the master database, and to import into Firefox from the database. … (Cont’d)
– Scott
Nov 16 at 23:59
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Maybe when I get a round tuit. :-)
– Scott
Nov 17 at 0:24
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My aim is to synchronize Firefox bookmarks on different devices but without merging them simplistically; instead, I would like the bookmarks from each device, although accessible by all devices, to be stored separately from one another.
To illustrate that, here is an example with a list of bookmarks from A to G shared between Device 1 and Device 2:
Device 1:
- A
- B
- C
- D
- Bookmarks from Device 2: - E -F -G
Device 2:
- E
- F
- G
- Bookmarks from Device 1: - A - B - C - D
The bookmarks would be synced automatically, but when adding bookmark H from device 1 for example, it would appear on both devices but not at the same place in the hierarchy.
(By contrast, a classical synchronization like performed by Firefox Sync would produce the same flat hierarchy for both devices, containing all bookmarks from A to G).
This would be very handy for me to share my bookmarks (always stored on the Bookmarks Toolbar) between a personal computer and more work-related. All bookmarks would be available on both but each, for practical reasons, would have its own view with specific "top-level" bookmarks.
I hope my description is clear.
I there a way for me to achieve that?
I have tried using Firefox Sync but it only merges the bookmarks. I also looked at a bunch of add-ons without any success.
firefox sync bookmarks
edited Nov 14 at 18:04
Scott
15.5k113789
asked Nov 14 at 11:54
DylanM
714
My aim is to synchronize Firefox bookmarks on different devices but without merging them simplistically; instead, I would like the bookmarks from each device, although accessible by all devices, to be stored separately from one another.
To illustrate that, here is an example with a list of bookmarks from A to G shared between Device 1 and Device 2:
Device 1:
- A
- B
- C
- D
- Bookmarks from Device 2: - E -F -G
Device 2:
- E
- F
- G
- Bookmarks from Device 1: - A - B - C - D
The bookmarks would be synced automatically, but when adding bookmark H from device 1 for example, it would appear on both devices but not at the same place in the hierarchy.
(By contrast, a classical synchronization like performed by Firefox Sync would produce the same flat hierarchy for both devices, containing all bookmarks from A to G).
This would be very handy for me to share my bookmarks (always stored on the Bookmarks Toolbar) between a personal computer and more work-related. All bookmarks would be available on both but each, for practical reasons, would have its own view with specific "top-level" bookmarks.
I hope my description is clear.
I there a way for me to achieve that?
I have tried using Firefox Sync but it only merges the bookmarks. I also looked at a bunch of add-ons without any success.
firefox sync bookmarks
firefox sync bookmarks
edited Nov 14 at 18:04
Scott
15.5k113789
asked Nov 14 at 11:54
DylanM
714
edited Nov 14 at 18:04
Scott
15.5k113789
asked Nov 14 at 11:54
DylanM
714
edited Nov 14 at 18:04
Scott
15.5k113789
edited Nov 14 at 18:04
Scott
15.5k113789
edited Nov 14 at 18:04
Scott
15.5k113789
15.5k113789
asked Nov 14 at 11:54
DylanM
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asked Nov 14 at 11:54
DylanM
714
asked Nov 14 at 11:54
DylanM
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714
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I fixed what I believe to be an obvious typo; if I’m wrong (and it was what you wanted), please explain. (I also tweaked the wording a little.)
– Scott
Nov 14 at 18:04
You can import bookmarks & stick those under a dedicated node like you describe, but syncing doesn't work that way. Firefox has no way to know that what you stash under a node on one machine is the same as the main hierarchy on a different machine. So even if you managed to manually set this up, syncing couldn't maintain it. If there's a way to do it, it isn't native to Firefox. I haven't stumbled across an add-on that does this. You would need something like a bookmark manager that imports and compartmentalizes bookmarks from different computers and then does its own syncing to maintain them.
– fixer1234
Nov 15 at 4:37
@fixer1234 I completely agree, as far as I have seen Firefox Sync does not work this way. It's a shame because if I'm not wrong previous versions worked this way when synchronizing bookmarks between Firefox Android and Firefox Desktop, the bookmarks from Android would appear in a dedicated folder of Firefox Desktop. I'm still going through add-ons but not sure I will find a suitable one. Maybe some tweaking can be done with Profiles but it look likes when synchronizing the Profiles it will be back to square one.
– DylanM
Nov 15 at 9:13
Let me throw out a thought. How does Firefox maintain bookmarks? Is it in some sort of SQL database? How visible is that to users? How easy is it for users to hook into it? I can imagine a scheme where you have a database (external to Firefox) that contains N identical tables (one for each “device”), or maybe one table with a column that shows which “device” each row belongs to. Then use off-the-shelf software to sync the database across all machines, and some (simple?) home-grown scripts to export from Firefox to the master database, and to import into Firefox from the database. … (Cont’d)
– Scott
Nov 16 at 23:59
1
Maybe when I get a round tuit. :-)
– Scott
Nov 17 at 0:24
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show 5 more comments
1
I fixed what I believe to be an obvious typo; if I’m wrong (and it was what you wanted), please explain. (I also tweaked the wording a little.)
– Scott
Nov 14 at 18:04
You can import bookmarks & stick those under a dedicated node like you describe, but syncing doesn't work that way. Firefox has no way to know that what you stash under a node on one machine is the same as the main hierarchy on a different machine. So even if you managed to manually set this up, syncing couldn't maintain it. If there's a way to do it, it isn't native to Firefox. I haven't stumbled across an add-on that does this. You would need something like a bookmark manager that imports and compartmentalizes bookmarks from different computers and then does its own syncing to maintain them.
– fixer1234
Nov 15 at 4:37
@fixer1234 I completely agree, as far as I have seen Firefox Sync does not work this way. It's a shame because if I'm not wrong previous versions worked this way when synchronizing bookmarks between Firefox Android and Firefox Desktop, the bookmarks from Android would appear in a dedicated folder of Firefox Desktop. I'm still going through add-ons but not sure I will find a suitable one. Maybe some tweaking can be done with Profiles but it look likes when synchronizing the Profiles it will be back to square one.
– DylanM
Nov 15 at 9:13
Let me throw out a thought. How does Firefox maintain bookmarks? Is it in some sort of SQL database? How visible is that to users? How easy is it for users to hook into it? I can imagine a scheme where you have a database (external to Firefox) that contains N identical tables (one for each “device”), or maybe one table with a column that shows which “device” each row belongs to. Then use off-the-shelf software to sync the database across all machines, and some (simple?) home-grown scripts to export from Firefox to the master database, and to import into Firefox from the database. … (Cont’d)
– Scott
Nov 16 at 23:59
1
Maybe when I get a round tuit. :-)
– Scott
Nov 17 at 0:24
1
1
I fixed what I believe to be an obvious typo; if I’m wrong (and it was what you wanted), please explain. (I also tweaked the wording a little.)
– Scott
Nov 14 at 18:04
I fixed what I believe to be an obvious typo; if I’m wrong (and it was what you wanted), please explain. (I also tweaked the wording a little.)
– Scott
Nov 14 at 18:04
You can import bookmarks & stick those under a dedicated node like you describe, but syncing doesn't work that way. Firefox has no way to know that what you stash under a node on one machine is the same as the main hierarchy on a different machine. So even if you managed to manually set this up, syncing couldn't maintain it. If there's a way to do it, it isn't native to Firefox. I haven't stumbled across an add-on that does this. You would need something like a bookmark manager that imports and compartmentalizes bookmarks from different computers and then does its own syncing to maintain them.
– fixer1234
Nov 15 at 4:37
You can import bookmarks & stick those under a dedicated node like you describe, but syncing doesn't work that way. Firefox has no way to know that what you stash under a node on one machine is the same as the main hierarchy on a different machine. So even if you managed to manually set this up, syncing couldn't maintain it. If there's a way to do it, it isn't native to Firefox. I haven't stumbled across an add-on that does this. You would need something like a bookmark manager that imports and compartmentalizes bookmarks from different computers and then does its own syncing to maintain them.
– fixer1234
Nov 15 at 4:37
@fixer1234 I completely agree, as far as I have seen Firefox Sync does not work this way. It's a shame because if I'm not wrong previous versions worked this way when synchronizing bookmarks between Firefox Android and Firefox Desktop, the bookmarks from Android would appear in a dedicated folder of Firefox Desktop. I'm still going through add-ons but not sure I will find a suitable one. Maybe some tweaking can be done with Profiles but it look likes when synchronizing the Profiles it will be back to square one.
– DylanM
Nov 15 at 9:13
@fixer1234 I completely agree, as far as I have seen Firefox Sync does not work this way. It's a shame because if I'm not wrong previous versions worked this way when synchronizing bookmarks between Firefox Android and Firefox Desktop, the bookmarks from Android would appear in a dedicated folder of Firefox Desktop. I'm still going through add-ons but not sure I will find a suitable one. Maybe some tweaking can be done with Profiles but it look likes when synchronizing the Profiles it will be back to square one.
– DylanM
Nov 15 at 9:13
Let me throw out a thought. How does Firefox maintain bookmarks? Is it in some sort of SQL database? How visible is that to users? How easy is it for users to hook into it? I can imagine a scheme where you have a database (external to Firefox) that contains N identical tables (one for each “device”), or maybe one table with a column that shows which “device” each row belongs to. Then use off-the-shelf software to sync the database across all machines, and some (simple?) home-grown scripts to export from Firefox to the master database, and to import into Firefox from the database. … (Cont’d)
– Scott
Nov 16 at 23:59
Let me throw out a thought. How does Firefox maintain bookmarks? Is it in some sort of SQL database? How visible is that to users? How easy is it for users to hook into it? I can imagine a scheme where you have a database (external to Firefox) that contains N identical tables (one for each “device”), or maybe one table with a column that shows which “device” each row belongs to. Then use off-the-shelf software to sync the database across all machines, and some (simple?) home-grown scripts to export from Firefox to the master database, and to import into Firefox from the database. … (Cont’d)
– Scott
Nov 16 at 23:59
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Maybe when I get a round tuit. :-)
– Scott
Nov 17 at 0:24
Maybe when I get a round tuit. :-)
– Scott
Nov 17 at 0:24
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I fixed what I believe to be an obvious typo; if I’m wrong (and it was what you wanted), please explain. (I also tweaked the wording a little.)
– Scott
Nov 14 at 18:04
You can import bookmarks & stick those under a dedicated node like you describe, but syncing doesn't work that way. Firefox has no way to know that what you stash under a node on one machine is the same as the main hierarchy on a different machine. So even if you managed to manually set this up, syncing couldn't maintain it. If there's a way to do it, it isn't native to Firefox. I haven't stumbled across an add-on that does this. You would need something like a bookmark manager that imports and compartmentalizes bookmarks from different computers and then does its own syncing to maintain them.
– fixer1234
Nov 15 at 4:37
@fixer1234 I completely agree, as far as I have seen Firefox Sync does not work this way. It's a shame because if I'm not wrong previous versions worked this way when synchronizing bookmarks between Firefox Android and Firefox Desktop, the bookmarks from Android would appear in a dedicated folder of Firefox Desktop. I'm still going through add-ons but not sure I will find a suitable one. Maybe some tweaking can be done with Profiles but it look likes when synchronizing the Profiles it will be back to square one.
– DylanM
Nov 15 at 9:13
Let me throw out a thought. How does Firefox maintain bookmarks? Is it in some sort of SQL database? How visible is that to users? How easy is it for users to hook into it? I can imagine a scheme where you have a database (external to Firefox) that contains N identical tables (one for each “device”), or maybe one table with a column that shows which “device” each row belongs to. Then use off-the-shelf software to sync the database across all machines, and some (simple?) home-grown scripts to export from Firefox to the master database, and to import into Firefox from the database. … (Cont’d)
– Scott
Nov 16 at 23:59
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Maybe when I get a round tuit. :-)
– Scott
Nov 17 at 0:24