Managing bookmarks in browsers

Extensions

1. Brave Sync
   1. Works well - if Brave is the only browser you use
2. XBrowserSync
   1. The sync functionality doesn’t seem to happen automatically.
   2. Still have to test features like adding a bookmark in one browser in one computer and seeing if it is getting downloaded everywhere else.
   3. Pros
      1. Worked right out of the box
   4. Cons (according to reviews on the internet)
      1. No new updates
      2. Buggy
3. https://floccus.org/
   1. Gave it a shot.
   2. Couldn’t figure out how to use it.
4. https://betula.mycorrhiza.wiki/
5. https://motd.co/2023/09/postmarks-launch/
6. https://pinboard.in/ -
   1. One-man operation.
   2. Users on reddit said that the owner is pretty bad when it comes to responding.
   3. Users got locked out of their accounts.

What if importing bookmarts is not permitted?

This could happen in a corporate environment - if you are using machines/VDIs provided by companies

1. Start by exporting bookmarts into a html file from one location
2. From this point forward, this file acts as the central file for bookmarks across all the VDIs
3. Save/Move this html file into OneDrive or H drive or a location that can be accessed in all VDIs
4. In your browser, create a bookmark for this file (that is accessible in that instance of VDI)
5. Manually edit the html file using IntelliJ or some other text editor
6. Pros of this method:
   1. Can still maintain bookmarks without support from the browser
7. Cons:
   1. No source control - but we don’t get that when using the bookmarks feature in browsers either.