On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 20:31:08 -0500, Steve wrote in message
<20170225203108.2838a110@???>:

> On Thu, 23 Feb 2017 13:34:50 -0500
> Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> 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

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