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I currently use Firefox bookmarks, synced through my Mozilla account. What would be the advantages for me if I were to use Webtag? Related: does anyone know if

I currently use Firefox bookmarks, synced through my Mozilla account. What would be the advantages for me if I were to use Webtag? Related: does anyone know if there's any limit to synced bookmarks/history in Firefox?

hardwaresofton 3y ago
Do you ever feel like Firefox is forgetting your bookmarks or search is bad? Not endorsing this project or any other, but from time to time I’m a bit suspicious that firefox is dropping some links I’m sure I saved/not surfacing some links I’m fairly sure were related to my search. Likely all in my head though!
- metadat 3y ago
  The search is bad. Example: If you tag one entry with "meta" and another with "metaverse", then search bookmarks for "meta", you'll get the union of anything containing meta. Particularly problematic in the case of short terms like "ux", "go", or "c".
  - kbrosnan 3y ago
    Use the search filters. > Add ^ to show only matches in your browsing history. > Add * to show only matches in your bookmarks. > Add + to show only matches in bookmarks you've tagged. > Add % to show only matches in your currently open tabs. > Add # to show only matches where every search term is part of the title or part of a tag. > Add $ to show only matches where every search term is part of the web address (URL). The text “https://” https://xn--ivg or “http://” http://xn--ivg in the URL is ignored, but not “file:///”. > Add ? to show only search suggestions. You can select the search constraint in the dropdown if you don't want to memorize the list. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/address-bar-autocomplete-firefox#w_changing-results-on-the-fly https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/address-bar-autocomplet...
    - metadat 3y ago
      I meant in the bookmark search, the search box which appears after pressing cmd/ctrl-b. This is still an interesting workaround, I'll give a shot. Thanks!
- anticodon 3y ago
  No, I definitely feel that Firefox is forgetting some of my bookmarks. And the search is indeed awful. I switched to buku and rofi-buku, which is more robust, convenient and accessible solution. And not tied to a single browser (I use several, for example, different browsers for leisure and for work).
carlosjobim 3y ago
Why should somebody try to convince you in either direction? I can't see how it would matter to any other person how you specifically choose to sync your bookmarks.
- mapreduce 3y ago
  > Why should somebody try to convince you in either direction? Because we are on a tech website and as good samaritans we want to help each other out by sharing the information, knowledge, projects, tools or recommendations we have?
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hardwaresofton 3y ago

Do you ever feel like Firefox is forgetting your bookmarks or search is bad? Not endorsing this project or any other, but from time to time I’m a bit suspicious that firefox is dropping some links I’m sure I saved/not surfacing some links I’m fairly sure were related to my search. Likely all in my head though!

metadat 3y ago
The search is bad. Example: If you tag one entry with "meta" and another with "metaverse", then search bookmarks for "meta", you'll get the union of anything containing meta. Particularly problematic in the case of short terms like "ux", "go", or "c".
- kbrosnan 3y ago
  Use the search filters. > Add ^ to show only matches in your browsing history. > Add * to show only matches in your bookmarks. > Add + to show only matches in bookmarks you've tagged. > Add % to show only matches in your currently open tabs. > Add # to show only matches where every search term is part of the title or part of a tag. > Add $ to show only matches where every search term is part of the web address (URL). The text “https://” https://xn--ivg or “http://” http://xn--ivg in the URL is ignored, but not “file:///”. > Add ? to show only search suggestions. You can select the search constraint in the dropdown if you don't want to memorize the list. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/address-bar-autocomplete-firefox#w_changing-results-on-the-fly https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/address-bar-autocomplet...
  - metadat 3y ago
    I meant in the bookmark search, the search box which appears after pressing cmd/ctrl-b. This is still an interesting workaround, I'll give a shot. Thanks!
anticodon 3y ago
No, I definitely feel that Firefox is forgetting some of my bookmarks. And the search is indeed awful. I switched to buku and rofi-buku, which is more robust, convenient and accessible solution. And not tied to a single browser (I use several, for example, different browsers for leisure and for work).

carlosjobim 3y ago

Why should somebody try to convince you in either direction? I can't see how it would matter to any other person how you specifically choose to sync your bookmarks.

mapreduce 3y ago
> Why should somebody try to convince you in either direction? Because we are on a tech website and as good samaritans we want to help each other out by sharing the information, knowledge, projects, tools or recommendations we have?

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