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Re: Bookmarks across browsers



On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 03:26:17PM -0400, Celejar wrote:
> On Tue, 01 May 2007 14:41:34 -0400
> KS <lists04@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I was wondering how to keep my set of bookmarks available across all the
> > www-browsers I have on my system. I use Iceweasel primarily but since a
> > few months my Konqueror usage has also increased. Other browsers that I
> > use are Opera, and Epiphany and once in a blue moon Galeon.
> > 
> > What do other users do with their bookmarks when using a different
> > browser (on the same machine)? Iceweasel (Firefox) offers to import
> > bookmarks when a new profile is created and the import can be done
> > manually any time too. However, that is a one time process and also ends
> > up with one folder called "Imported Bookmarks" or similar.
> > 
> > Can't there be a common place for bookmarks which all browsers could
> > read? Something like an XML file maybe? ... Or should there be a
> > WWW-standard for such a simple but important feature?
> > 
> > Online services like the one which tastes good ;0) delicious, is
> > *online* and not on my hard disk. They work OK, but is not a local
> > solution that I like.
> > 
> > Inputs? Advice?
> > Thanks,
> > /KS
> 
> I use mainly a single browser, but I've been curious about the
> analogous issue for email clients; how can I share an address book
> between different clients? Sylpheed and Claws both use an XML address
> book, but is it exactly the same? If so, is it guaranteed to remain so
> in the future (obviously not, I'd think)? I don't mean to hijack your
> thread, but I just wanted to point out that I have the identical issue
> with mail clients.

ldap is your friend. I run a ldap server on my box and import all my outlook
contacts from there into the ldap server.  Most mail clients will talk to a
ldap server (i use mutt on linux)

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