On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 20:31:08 -0500, Steve wrote in message <20170225203108.2838a...@mydesk.domain.cxm>:
> On Thu, 23 Feb 2017 13:34:50 -0500 > Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> wrote: > > > And speaking of bookmarks, each browser seems to jealously hang on > > to its bookmarks, unless perhaps another browser manages to sneak in > > like a thief and import them. Is this the way browsers cement their > > grip on users? Isn't there any way of setting up bookmarks > > so that multiple browsers and other tools can use them? > > Yes. > > Using a very simple tab-indented outline that I maintain with > VimOutliner adorned Vim, plus a conversion app, I have hundreds of > bookmarks, organized just the way I want them. If I want to change the > organization, I do some cutting and pasting on my outline and > recompile. Every browser I use has a link called "littlinks", and > clicking it brings up my link hierarchy. In the past I've even tweaked > my desktop's Apache so any computer within the house could pull up my > links page at http://192.168.100.2/littlinks. On any browser, > including elinks. > > I did this for the exact reason you state: To keep my bookmarks from > being held hostage by particular software. > > If a lot of you want this, I'll slap a free software license on it and > release it. ..make it GPLv2, v3 is too kind on violators. ;o) > SteveT > > Steve Litt > February 2017 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times > http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
