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Reviews for Bookmark search plus 2

Bookmark search plus 2 by aaFn

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  • by daveyy foxx, 9 months ago
    "This add-on needs to:

    Read and modify bookmarks
    Read and modify browser settings
    Access browsing history
    Access browser tabs
    Access browsing history
    Store unlimited amount of client-side data
    Access your data for all websites"

    I'd say that's a bit much to ask for Simply being a bookmak search tool

    Developer response

    posted 9 months ago
    Hello @davey foxx, the need for each permission is explained here, in detail for each:
    https://github.com/aaFn/Bookmark-search-plus-2/wiki/Permissions-and-Privacy-policy

    In short, these are mostly due to shortcomings or limitations in Firefox, unfortunately
    (a number of them are depending on bugzilla's to be corrected so that I can drop the need for the authorization).
  • by Firefoss, 6 years ago
    It does not show the folder where the bookmark is contained. I tried the following, as suggested by aaFn:
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    - When you search, a new panel opens with the list of matching bookmark items.
    - Then click on the one you want to show and the main panel will scroll down to show the corresponding item in the real list, with its sibblings around and ancestors above.
    - If the list of sibblings is big and you do not see the parent folder, simply right click on the bookmark item and select "Go parent folder".
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    Result:
    I don't know what the "main panel" is but the location is not shown anywhere.
    Right clicking on the bookmark does not show "Go parent folder" either.

    Developer response

    posted 6 years ago
    Hello Firefoss, if you do not see the "Go parent folder" on right click, that can only mean that you are not using the BSP2 add-on sidebar = you are probably on the native FF bookmark sidebar. You need to switch to the BSP2 one.

    You should see at top right a yellow star with a +, inside in the toolbar -> click on it to see BSP2 sidebar appears / disappear

    When you are on the BSP2 sidebar (not on the FF native sidebar), If you still do not see the "Go parent folder" action on right click, please open an issue on https://github.com/aaFn/Bookmark-search-plus-2/issues so that we investigate (which FF version do you have, which OS, a screenshot of the BSP2 sidebar if possible with the right click menu open .. etc ..).

    Let me know, aaFn.
  • by Richard_Odin_Johnson, 6 years ago
    I've downgraded my rating because I can no longer get this to load on my Win7 system with Fx 65. (Keeps trying to load.) It may work with your system--hence not the lowest rating.
  • by Paul Jackson, 7 years ago
    It looks like it would be a delightful add-on, however I have nearly 10,000 bookmarks, and everytime I access or start a search in my bookmarks using this add-on, my 60.0.1 Firefox hangs with 100% CPU utilization in a single thread, for about 45 seconds, before proceeding just fine. I'd wager that there's an N-squared algorithm, where N is the number of bookmarks, somewhere in a critical path.

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Hello Paul Jackson, indeed and this is not due to the add-on, but to Firefox API.
    See this bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1396364

    This is hitting peope with lots of bookmarks. Firefox devs seem to think that 95% of users have less than 2000 bookmarks, and they consider people like you (or me) as "pathological cases" :-)

    Patiently waiting for things to improve on Firefox side, and trying some workarounds meanwhile .. https://github.com/aaFn/Bookmark-search-plus-2/issues/2

    Sorry that I do not have a better answer, aaFn.