Where is my info now?
I was storing info about sites in the PROPERTIES part of the bookmark; the format of PROPERTIES has changed, and now all my information is GONE!!
Can someone please either 1) change PROPERTIES back to how it was (preferred!) or 2) explain how to retrieve all the information [for each bookmark] I have been storing there for years?
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Hi proverbs813, the Descriptions that used to be listed in the Properties dialog are still in Firefox's data files, but there is no way to view them from inside Firefox any more. It is a good idea to export them because Firefox 64 is expected to delete them.
Export Bookmarks to a locally saved Web Page (HTML File)
Please see this article: Export Firefox bookmarks to an HTML file to back up or transfer bookmarks. That creates a web page, so you can open it in a Firefox tab, or in any browser. You'll notice the descriptions nested below the linked titles of the bookmarks that have descriptions.
Optional: Migrate Bookmarks to Zotero
There probably are a number of tools you could use to manage notes and annotations on your bookmarks. This is one of them.
Zotero is an open source bibliographic/research tool for collecting references. Zotero knows how to read a Firefox HTML bookmarks file and will preserve the descriptions. You can keep your storage purely local, or you can optionally sync with the Zotero cloud.
This is a one-way trip: you can send new references to Zotero from within Firefox using a Zotero add-on, but you won't be able to read/edit bookmark descriptions from within Firefox.
If you want to try it:
The Zotero research tool is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux from https://www.zotero.org/
When you import a bookmarks.html file, it creates entries for each page but it flattens the folder structure, so it comes out like this:
- bookmarks.html, with top-level Bookmarks Menu items
- Bookmarks Toolbar folder
- Folder1
- Folder2
- Other Bookmarks folder
When you click a bookmark, Zotero displays the Title, URL, and "Abstract" which contains the imported Description. (Screenshot #1) Double-clicking the item will launch the page in the default browser.
Zotero also has an optional Firefox Connector webextension, which allow saving new pages to a Zotero collection (either under the bookmarks structure, or other folders the user created in Zotero). (Screenshot #2)
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(I didn't look at cloud sync.)
Using a second program is less convenient than using Firefox features or a fully self-contained Firefox extension. However, it might suit your needs.
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Hi proverbs813, the Descriptions that used to be listed in the Properties dialog are still in Firefox's data files, but there is no way to view them from inside Firefox any more. It is a good idea to export them because Firefox 64 is expected to delete them.
Export Bookmarks to a locally saved Web Page (HTML File)
Please see this article: Export Firefox bookmarks to an HTML file to back up or transfer bookmarks. That creates a web page, so you can open it in a Firefox tab, or in any browser. You'll notice the descriptions nested below the linked titles of the bookmarks that have descriptions.
Optional: Migrate Bookmarks to Zotero
There probably are a number of tools you could use to manage notes and annotations on your bookmarks. This is one of them.
Zotero is an open source bibliographic/research tool for collecting references. Zotero knows how to read a Firefox HTML bookmarks file and will preserve the descriptions. You can keep your storage purely local, or you can optionally sync with the Zotero cloud.
This is a one-way trip: you can send new references to Zotero from within Firefox using a Zotero add-on, but you won't be able to read/edit bookmark descriptions from within Firefox.
If you want to try it:
The Zotero research tool is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux from https://www.zotero.org/
When you import a bookmarks.html file, it creates entries for each page but it flattens the folder structure, so it comes out like this:
- bookmarks.html, with top-level Bookmarks Menu items
- Bookmarks Toolbar folder
- Folder1
- Folder2
- Other Bookmarks folder
When you click a bookmark, Zotero displays the Title, URL, and "Abstract" which contains the imported Description. (Screenshot #1) Double-clicking the item will launch the page in the default browser.
Zotero also has an optional Firefox Connector webextension, which allow saving new pages to a Zotero collection (either under the bookmarks structure, or other folders the user created in Zotero). (Screenshot #2)
<center></center>
(I didn't look at cloud sync.)
Using a second program is less convenient than using Firefox features or a fully self-contained Firefox extension. However, it might suit your needs.
Thank you! This was very helpful!