May 5, 2008 at 18:03Five Great Bookmark Management Extensions for Firefox
If you regularly surf the Internet (and most readers of Habr do this, right?), Then it will not take you a long time to accumulate a large list of sites that you would like to visit later. The default bookmark manager in Firefox is unlikely to suit you completely. Many extensions have been written to better organize the collection of bookmarks, synchronize them with other computers, or simply make them easier to access. So let's look at the best of them.
Do you use multiple computers or operating systems on one? If so, then the Foxmarks extension will help to automatically synchronize bookmarks between them. It also allows you to access bookmarks from the Internet . This is a very useful extension if you use public computers to access the network without being able to install anything on them. Foxmarks synchronizes your bookmarks by storing them on a remote server. With this extension, you will forget about backup bookmarks when formatting or changing computers. Also for security lovers there is an encryption option.
This extension came from the Opera browser. It is useful if you have a list of frequently visited sites, want to see their previews or use the hot keys 'Ctrl + 1/2/3/4 ...' for quick access to them. In the settings you can choose how many icons will be displayed on one page, sort bookmarks by groups (they will be sorted in tabs) and choose to open a bookmark in the same tab, open a new one or create a new window.
The Speed Dial has many options for customizing each preview of your preferences. You can determine how often they will be updated. The extension can also save / load settings for use on other computers.
This extension is not like the standard del.icio.us key that every user has. It gives easy access to del.icio.us bookmarks with their integration in Firefox. With it, you can quickly add existing bookmarks to del.icio.us and categorize them with tags. You can also search for bookmarks in del.icio.us from the browser.
Do you use Google often? GMarks integrates bookmarks from Google Bookmarks directly into Firefox. GMarks makes it easy to migrate from / to Google Bookmarks. The extension can share existing bookmarks in Firefox with new ones and does not delete or erase them.
Is your bookmark bar full? Smart Bookmarks Bar this extension helps to better use the free space on the panel, reducing the size of each bookmark. It simply displays only site icons on the panel. If the site does not have an icon, you can add it using the Favicon Picker 2 extension . By default, when you hover over a bookmark, its name is shown. You can also hide the panel when the mouse cursor is not over, thereby saving even more space.
To Read Later : this extension allows you to make temporary bookmarks on sites that you want to look at later.
Bookmark Duplicate Detector : as the name says, the extension monitors duplicate bookmark URLs when creating new ones. You just need to be careful and better backup the base.
What other extensions do you use?
Foxmarks : an extension for people with multiple computers
Do you use multiple computers or operating systems on one? If so, then the Foxmarks extension will help to automatically synchronize bookmarks between them. It also allows you to access bookmarks from the Internet . This is a very useful extension if you use public computers to access the network without being able to install anything on them. Foxmarks synchronizes your bookmarks by storing them on a remote server. With this extension, you will forget about backup bookmarks when formatting or changing computers. Also for security lovers there is an encryption option.Speed Dial : website icons on one page
This extension came from the Opera browser. It is useful if you have a list of frequently visited sites, want to see their previews or use the hot keys 'Ctrl + 1/2/3/4 ...' for quick access to them. In the settings you can choose how many icons will be displayed on one page, sort bookmarks by groups (they will be sorted in tabs) and choose to open a bookmark in the same tab, open a new one or create a new window. The Speed Dial has many options for customizing each preview of your preferences. You can determine how often they will be updated. The extension can also save / load settings for use on other computers.
Delicious Bookmarks : integrating a Del.icio.us account in Firefox
This extension is not like the standard del.icio.us key that every user has. It gives easy access to del.icio.us bookmarks with their integration in Firefox. With it, you can quickly add existing bookmarks to del.icio.us and categorize them with tags. You can also search for bookmarks in del.icio.us from the browser.GMarks : Google Bookmarks integration in Firefox
Do you use Google often? GMarks integrates bookmarks from Google Bookmarks directly into Firefox. GMarks makes it easy to migrate from / to Google Bookmarks. The extension can share existing bookmarks in Firefox with new ones and does not delete or erase them.Smart Bookmarks Bar : More free space on your bookmarks bar.
Is your bookmark bar full? Smart Bookmarks Bar this extension helps to better use the free space on the panel, reducing the size of each bookmark. It simply displays only site icons on the panel. If the site does not have an icon, you can add it using the Favicon Picker 2 extension . By default, when you hover over a bookmark, its name is shown. You can also hide the panel when the mouse cursor is not over, thereby saving even more space.Other extensions
The following plugins are not included in the top 5, but are also worthy of mention here.To Read Later : this extension allows you to make temporary bookmarks on sites that you want to look at later.
Bookmark Duplicate Detector : as the name says, the extension monitors duplicate bookmark URLs when creating new ones. You just need to be careful and better backup the base.
What other extensions do you use?