Since Vivaldi is going to the trouble of making a browser for end users, I thought I’d post a few wishes for what you create. As a programmer myself I know how much easier it is to design for requirements first up.
I accumulate many bookmarks. I liked to keep them in order but when they are shared over many browsers, that makes that difficult. There used to be a wonderful simple program called Columbine Bookmark Merge http://www.abdn.ac.uk/tools/ibmpc/columbin/ but it is now defunct because it supported browsers that have gone out of fashion.
Since then I’ve not found a really good bookmark editor and merger. Some suggestions would be:
- A tool integrated into Vivaldi because it is a real value add.
- The ability to import bookmarks from other browsers into any folder you choose.
- Sort by Name, Last Accessed, Web Address, Access frequency
- A really good GUI so that sifting and sorting can be quick and simple. For example, right click on the uncategorised link and it offers you “place here” and a list of top level folders to put it in, hovering over one of those folders offer you “place here” and the list of its sub-folders etc.
- It should also provide tags and symbolic links to other folders / entries given that some links belong in multiple places.
- A plug-in based architecture for import and export of bookmarks so the tool won’t be obsoleted by new browsers or new bookmark formats.
- O( log n ) duplicate detection. Columbine had great duplicate detection labelling duplicates with Dolly the sheep icons, but it was O( n**2 ). Also the duplicate icon should take you to the duplicates (i.e. identify where they are).
Regards,
Michael
This relates to my other feature suggestion especially regarding privacy: Synched Bookmarks with privacy https://vivaldi.net/blogs/entry/vivaldi-wishlist-a-bookmark-sync-with-privacy
