In the context of the World Wide Web, a bookmark is a locally stored Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). All modern web browsers include bookmark features.
Questions tagged [bookmarks]
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How can I add a bookmark in my nautilus folder explorer
In Ubuntu 11 I just dragged the folder there. This seems to be not possible on my new Samsung ultrabook with Ubuntu 12.04
I've tried Ctrl+D and using the top menu but nothing happens and no error messages, just nothing.
How can I add a bookmark?
Michael Durrant
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Transfer bookmarks from Chrome to Firefox
I have currently got Google Chrome and Firefox installed, but I want to switch to Firefox so I want to some how transfer my mass collections of bookmarks from Chrome to Firefox, so is there any way of doing this?
Perhaps if I export all my Google…
user364819
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Where does Nautilus store bookmark names?
If I create a bookmark with Nautilus, its location is stored on ~/.gtk-bookmarks, but not its name.
I've created a test bookmark named weirdy, and tried to do a grep on my home for that name, and I found nothing.
Where does Nautilus store bookmark…
Jorge Suárez de Lis
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How do I add folder to Ubuntu 18.04.1 Nautilus Bookmark list?
How do I add folder to Ubuntu 18.04.1 Nautilus Bookmark list?
Ironically* I can do this via Open Project inside Eclipse, but Nautilus seems to give no option - not in right-click-menu, no Settings option, ...
(*) This is ironic as I cannot add…
brewmanz
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How to backup and restore Firefox bookmarks from command line?
Is there an easy way to backup Firefox bookmarks to a file with command line. Running a find command, I managed to find this file: /.mozilla/firefox/9a5j5dbb.default/bookmarkbackups/bookmarks-2013-05-22.json which appears to have my latest data.…
Programster
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How to export Google Chrome bookmarks
I have got Google Chrome (Version 41.0.2272.118 (64-bit)) and I would like to export my bookmarks without having to sync anything with any online accounts. I read here that the bookmarks are stored here:
~/.config/google-chrome/Default/Bookmarks
So…
user364819
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Is it possible to enable Google Bookmarks Sync in Chromium?
I'm considering changing from Google Chrome to Chromium in order to get as open sourced as possible. However, I've always liked Google Chrome's ability to synchronize my bookmarks to my Google Account (I dual-boot with Windows).
Is there any way to…
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How to add a location to "Places" instead of "Bookmarks" in Nautilus/Ubuntu's File Manager?
I want to add a custom bookmark to Nautilus's/Ubuntu's File Manager's sidebar, right under:
Places
As opposed to adding it right under
Bookmarks
Drew
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How to bring back my Desktop Icon in Nautilus?
I came from Xfce, switching to Gnome. When I opened Nautilus I missed my Desktop icon:
I was able to add it as a bookmark but this puts it down in the bookmarks section. I was wondering if there is a way to get it back as in another user's account…
matlantis
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How to organize the nautilus bookmarks in the "Places" panel applet?
There seems to be no configuration dialog for the Places menu in the panel.
Yes, I know how to add, remove or change the order of the bookmarks in nautilus.
But I want to use folders and subfolders for the bookmarks.
With more than 20 entries the…
piedro
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How can I change the default Nautilus Bookmarks?
So when I add a new user, I want them to have a nice set of Nautilus bookmarks pre-loaded.
If I look in:
~/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks
I see…
user447607
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Firefox bookmarks in the Ubuntu files system
I have accessed my crashed Ubuntu version via live USB trial. Where am I supposed to find my former Firefox bookmarks and history files in order to copy and transfer them into a new installation?
Andy
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Bookmarks in Places menu now open in Firefox instead of nautilus
Fresh install 10.10 all my bookmarks mainly ftp and ssh bookmarks open firefox and show a web based file browser instead of spawning a nautilus window. have no idea what caused this never seen this before. This kills me on this machine to not be…
dEadRaVens
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Add a Bookmark icon to Firefox search bar
I'd like to be able to click on an icon in the Firefox search-bar to immediately bookmark a URL.
I already know that I can click on the ... "Page actions" icon to select the "Bookmark This Page" option, and I know I can drag the URL from the left…
Enterprise
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Retrieve Google Chrome Ubuntu favicon
Where the favicon .ico file is stored in Ubuntu 11.10?
How can I extract the .ico file from the chrome cache?
The questioner
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