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Make UI improvements to make Livemarks easier to use

Open anarcat opened this issue 4 years ago • 4 comments

I have used livemark to migrate from previous firefox releases, but i cannot figure out how to use it in a new profile...

it works well for sites that have the <link> metadata, but some just can't seem to do that properly so i need to craft the feed URL myself... how can i add an arbitrary URL to livemarks?

i understand this supports OPML export/imports, but cannot find this in the user interface... what am i missing? thanks!

anarcat avatar Jun 27 '20 17:06 anarcat

Hi! You can use the following steps to access the preferences page:

  • Go to about:addons
  • Go to the "Extensions" category in the sidebar (if not already selected)
  • Scroll to "Livemarks"
  • Click the ... menu
  • Click "Preferences"

Then Import/Export is under the "More Options" button, but there's also a dedicated "New Livemark" button where custom URLs can be added.

We could definitively make this easier though, by adding a dedicated toolbar button/menu and by adding a dedicated Import/Export button on the settings page. Thanks for reporting this!

nt1m avatar Jun 27 '20 23:06 nt1m

Hi! You can use the following steps to access the preferences page:

Oh, strange, I didn't see that at all. And I do know about the add-ons page and the preferences section. It seems I either missed that or it changed after I created the first livemark! is that possible? it certainly looks like it because now i see that UI and it works fine! :)

We could definitively make this easier though, by adding a dedicated toolbar button/menu and by adding a dedicated Import/Export button on the settings page. Thanks for reporting this!

That could be great! :)

anarcat avatar Jun 27 '20 23:06 anarcat

Hi! You can use the following steps to access the preferences page:

Oh, strange, I didn't see that at all. And I do know about the add-ons page and the preferences section. It seems I either missed that or it changed after I created the first livemark! is that possible? it certainly looks like it because now i see that UI and it works fine! :)

Ah, that could be a bug, or bad UI in general, I'll see if I can reproduce and do something about it :)

nt1m avatar Jun 27 '20 23:06 nt1m

As UI improvement, i propose a new button to refresh all entries in one click. Thanks

Louis-CR avatar Nov 13 '20 11:11 Louis-CR