Floccus v3 beta phase

Hey there,

it’s been a little quiet the last few weeks, but @jlbprof and I have been working to improve your sync experience

Highlights of the upcoming release include more stable UI code, a completely revamped sync process which is much faster, a new optional WebDAV/XBEL backend to store bookmarks without the Nextcloud bookmarks app (big thanks for this one, julian!), and also (finally) support for bookmarking the same URL twice in both the WebDAV and the nextcloud bookmarks adapter.

What is left to do before the release? Testing and feedback! 😃

Try out the beta and leave your feedback here in the comments! Anything is welcome: UI, UX, but of course also bugs and anything else that comes to mind.

Update: Beta 9 is available, now.

How to install the beta

1. Make a backup of your bookmarks, just in case

Chrome/Chromium

1. Go to https://github.com/marcelklehr/floccus/releases/tag/v3.0.0-beta.9
2. Download the *.crx file
3. Drop the crx in your chrome://extensions/ page

Alternatively, since this might not work for everybody:

1. Go to https://github.com/marcelklehr/floccus/releases/tag/v3.0.0-beta.9
2. Download and unpack the *.zip file
3. Go to chrome://extensions/
4. Enable developer mode (top right corner)
5. Click Load unpacked and select the previously unpacked floccs folder

Firefox

1. Go to https://github.com/marcelklehr/floccus/releases/tag/v3.0.0-beta.9
2. Download and unpack the *.zip file
3. Go to about:debugging
4. Click Load temporary addon select manifest.json in the previously downloaded folder file

Cheers!

[marcelklehr]

I tried the Chrome version, and using it to sync to a Nextcloud via WebDAV. All I get when I try to sync is: Network Error: Unable to determine status of lock file bookmarks.xbel.lock

Ah, I forgot to specify that you need to enter the complete WebDAV url for nextcloud, i.e. https://<nextcloud-server>/remote.php/webdav/

And if I remember correctly, we can’t sync directly the whole tree, we have to sync bookmarks toolbar and the “Other bookmarks” separately if we want cross browser syncting. Correct?

Yes, that’s still applicable.

[ytf4425]

Oh where’s my updated comment…? Thanks for providing such a good WebExtension for me to replace the dead xmarks Two little advice: history version recovery (you can add the date to file names) change the file encoding format to UTF-8 or something else (I can not use wordpad.exe or notepad2 to show the xbel file correctly because there are many Chinese characters in my bookmarks)

Thanks and Best Wishes