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Reviews for Bookmark search plus 2

Bookmark search plus 2 by aaFn

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  • by hansjok, 7 years ago
  • by Sundevyl, 7 years ago
  • by Firefox user 13418931, 7 years ago
    Thank you for your hard work...been waiting for the parent folder features since we lost it in web extensions. Nice to have this functionality back. I can now remove my legacy ext. reminder to keep checking for it.
  • by Firefox user 13311237, 7 years ago
    that's the real thing!
  • by Firefox user 12272868, 7 years ago
    Thank you for resurrecting the best add on for Firefox. I have a zillion bookmarks and folders and used to use Go Parent Folder all the time to find bookmarks. This add on does that and more. Thanks! Thanks! Thanks!
  • by Hirschferkel, 7 years ago
    Searching for years to get this functionality back. It should be a basic feature of FireFox. Plugin works great!
  • by irripod , 7 years ago
    I have already written a very positive review, but now I need to report a problem. Since the last update the add-on doesn't load, it only gives me the "Wait background load..." message, and that goes on forever. What should I do to make it work again, I wonder.

    P.S.: Thanks for the answer. I have done what you asked for.
    P.S.: Thank you for the quick fix – 2.0.29 works fine again.

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Hello irripod, can you open an issue here ?
    https://github.com/aaFn/Bookmark-search-plus-2/issues
    I would need the traces contents (go to options panel for the add-on, and tick the "Activate trace" box. A readonly textarea should appear with an history of what happened.

    Thanks, and sorry for the inconvenience, let's tackle it, aaFn.

    PS: Hopefully bug corrected with 2.0.29 now, let me know, and sorry for the inconvenience.
  • by Firefox user 14125892, 7 years ago
    Hi!
    Thanks for this extension. It does the job really fast, but it is quite invasive over the standard behavior of the bookmark side-bar :
    - no more "right-click + key" accelerator in the pop-up menu ( for my "Frenchy localization" at least )
    - reverting to the standard-mode resets the bookmarks view to the default view : so sad ... ( you should really do something about it )

    Thanks again
    Best, Stan


    Edit : updated to FF 61 : create a folder works perfectly ! cool stuff !

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Hello Stan, I guess you mean key navigation in the menus ? Similarly you'll notice that key navigation doesn't exist (yet) on bookmarks either. I'll add that later (I made a note of it -> https://github.com/aaFn/Bookmark-search-plus-2/issues/46)

    Indeed, because of limitations of the new Quantum extensions, the only way is to recreate the native interface, it cannot be extended anymore ... so it is imperfect (but improving ... ).

    Not sure what you mean by "reverting to the standard-mode resets the bookmarks view to the default view", can you explain a little more ?

    Note: on localization, I'll do French first, promis juré :-)
  • by Firefox user 13538810, 7 years ago
    Wow. Works so well!! Great replacement for the outdated "Go Parent Folder / Show Parent Folder" add-ons. And I can finally search for folder names!! Great job.

    Edit: Any way to assign Ctrl+B to bring up BSP2? (Or maybe assign it another shortcut key?)

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Hello, as a matter of fact there is a shortcut key (displayed in the sidebar menu since FF 60.0.1).
    However Ctrl+B is already assigned to open the native bookmark sidebar and cannot be redirected.
    So the following keys have been assigned from the few free left I could find:

    - Linux = Ctrl+Shift+B
    - MAC = Alt+B (Cmd+Alt+B doesn't match with authorized key pattern .. it is rejected)
    - All others, including Windows = Ctrl+Q

    Cf. https://github.com/aaFn/Bookmark-search-plus-2/issues/4
  • by eggyolk, 7 years ago
    Very nice replacement for the old "Go Parent Folder" extension. Thanks a lot!

    Note: If you are using the "Privacy Settings" add-on, you can't use the
    setting "websites.resistFingerprinting" of that add-on, since it makes firefox
    report spoofed information to websites. In turn, the icon of "Bookmark search
    plus 2 (v2.0.24)" in the toolbar is grayed out and a tool tip states that
    "Bookmark search plus 2" does not work in FF56. However, opening "Help > About
    Firefox" shows the correct version (60.0.2) of firefox.

    UPDATE: Hello aaFn, many thanks for your swift update to version 2.0.25 - it works nicely!

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Hello eggyolk, this is because websites.resistFingerprinting (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/privacy/websites)
    is disabling proper reporting of FF version in Navigator.buildID -> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/buildID

    However, BSP2 needs the FF version, because I make it available on FF 56 for people wanting to use it on pre-Quantum (they are not able to go to Quantum [FF57+] due to other extensions they have which wouldn't work anymore with Quantum).
    And on FF56, there are some WebExtension bookmarks features not available, for which I need to activate a special code so that I can get around those lacks.

    Good news however, that particular privacy setting forces buildID to a specific impossible value on Quantum (20100101) which I can recognize, and as per documentation this setting can only happen on FF 58+, so when the code sees it, it can deduce it is running on FF 58+.

    *** I will get out 2.0.25 tonight so that it will work with that privacy setting and with the Privacy settings add-on, and you can get both working side by side ***

    The downside is that if at some time in the future I need to recognize an FF version superior to FF58 for new features coming from FF API, I won't be able to do that for people who have enabled that setting .. And so they may not be able to benefit from those new features.

    Let me know if the new version is not working in your case.
  • by EarthWindAndFirefox, 7 years ago
    Five stars for creating a much-needed bookmark search feature, last seen in the pre-Quantum "Go To Parent Folder" add-on. Its responsiveness is indeed somewhat slow, as noted by user Paul Jackson, below, yet the developer's answer is informative about the reason for this. Faster would be better, but having the functionality in the first place is what matters most at this time.

    Thanks to user irripod for alerting me to this extension (by way of a comment for another add-on) and, most of all, to the developer for the good work. The developer's communicative engagement with users in this comment section is a further point of note.
  • by vitaaliy, 7 years ago
    Unique extension for finding bookmarks in the large trees with a complicated multilevel folders and number of entries more than 80,000. The author aaFn put great efforts to function it flawlessly. My appreciations!

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Thank you vitaaliy. Welcome
  • by mantheakis, 7 years ago
    Phew. I really missed the old 'Go To Parent Folder' extension, and this add-on contains that functionality which makes it really useful!
  • by ohillary, 7 years ago
    i can't tell u how many hours wasted trying to find out why a user can't search for their own goddamn folders in a browser. multiple forums later, nothing 'cept more grey hair. why even make folders if you can't later go in and search? seems like a internet 1.0 problem to me and none of the minions can explain why. had to use parent folder from alice but that became obsolete. now luckily, the extension was born.

    con: sometimes doesn't show folder; have to right click to reveal . . . BFD, right?

    pluses: this extension is a lifesaver. it has the highest utility for me. thank you, thank you, thank you

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    update: when i was doing 3-4 searches in a row, the search pane would just churn and be blank. reloading fixed it. just updated firefox to 60.0.1 (64-bit) and not having the problem. i really appreciate you working on this extension.

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Thank you ohillary.
    Can you detail the operation you are doing when the folder is not showing, and you need a right click to reveal ? (I guess you're talking in the search pane).
    Also, are you in "simple" or "advanced" click mode ? (see Options)
    Any click should show the corresponding bookmark, so if not, there is a bug which I need to correct :-)

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    Edit: thank you for the update. If any problem is showing, do not hesitate to create an issue here -> https://github.com/aaFn/Bookmark-search-plus-2/issues
  • by Firefox user 14019299, 7 years ago
    This is a very helpful add-on if you want to (re)organize your bookmarks. Find the folder where you have stored your bookmark, and then decide if you want to move it somewhere else. It is also useful if you have duplicate bookmarks and you want to decide which location you want to keep, and which one you want to delete.
    Thanks a lot!
  • by Spencer Mathews, 7 years ago
  • by Firefox user 14012911, 7 years ago
    géniale. c'est exactement ce que je recherche depuis logtemps déja. POUVOIR FAIRE DES RECHERCHE DANS LES FAVORIS DANS LES DOSSIER ECT. c'est génial. Merci pour cette extension !!
  • by Firefox user 14009808, 7 years ago
    This really should be the way FF works out of the box. Thanks you.
  • by Firefox user 13582280, 7 years ago
    finally! so much useful and worthit! this will make EVERTYTHING EASY!

    This is the Top 1 Addon Firefox should have before anything else, Bookmark Parent Folder is the most essential Addon, I wonder why firefox devs never focus it but thanks to this author who made this! really thanks a bunch for this!
  • by Anonymous Interested Party, 7 years ago
    Just what the doctor ordered to take away my pain!

    That Mozilla still hasn't made this functionality native after all these years is ridiculous.

    Thank you for taking up a just cause developer aaFn!
  • by Firefox user 13985615, 7 years ago
    very effective addon. Essential if you have many bookmarks folders. Big plus clicking on bookmark it's immediately located in the bookmarks tree
  • by Ahmmad Ismail, 7 years ago
    Not to mention - the feature of showing the parent folder.
  • by Firefox user 13957717, 7 years ago
    Thank you SOOOO MUCH for reviving the functionality of this add-on/extension! I actually haven't even tried playing with this yet because I wanted to immediately express my gratitude for your initiative...(I know how useful reviews are for businesses). Used the old version (by Alice777) for EVER...and have been SO frustrated since it's demise. How can anyone surf daily, accumulated thousands of bookmarks so quickly...but NOT even be able to find a bookmark's parent folder?? Impossible! But I kept hoping a quality developer that understands the deep void created by the absence of this indispensable tool would pick up the reigns and breathe new life into it. Thank you again!

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Thank you. Well the best way to understand the void is to feel it.
    And as a user, I can tell you I felt it as much as you .. hence my motivation for doing this add-on .. Happy to see I was not the only one feeling it :-)
  • by Firefox user 13599063, 7 years ago
    Excellent add-on. Serves well as a substitute for "Go Parent Folder".
  • by Firefox user 13954710, 7 years ago
    So helpful! I can find the folder that bookmarks are in. Great help with bookmark clean up and organization.