In the context of the World Wide Web, a bookmark is a locally stored Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). All modern web browsers include bookmark features.

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In a “Save as … ” dialog, what's the quickest way to keyboard-navigate to “tmp” and to indiv. bookmarks in the “Places” side-pane of Nautilus?

Building on my earlier question, where the accepted answer used keyboard accelerators for some elements of the dialog, I'm still trying to find the accelerator (and/or quickest way) to select ...
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Bookmark icons in Nautilus

I know that when you are making a bookmark in nautilus the icon of the bookmark is the same as the folders icon but the problem is when i restart my pc the bookmark icon remains default until clicking ...
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Programs to combine bookmarks?

I've recently been having some issues with xmarks and found that it hasn't been syncing my chromium and firefox bookmarks correctly. Is there a way to combine the two bookmark HTML files? Preferably ...
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How to resize the width of Nautilus sidebar?

I am using Ubuntu 12.10. I am unable to see the bookmarks in Nautilus, although right clicking on "Personal Ordner"(German version) opens a list of the bookmarks. The corrupted screen (see the ...
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Where do I find my bookmarks in my old homefolder and where do I put them in 12.04?

I would have just upgraded but everything fell apart during the process. I think I saved everything off the drive. Now I'm trying to put it back together with 12. Where can I find my bookmarks in ...
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Firefox bookmarks in the ubuntu files system

I have accessed my crashed Ubuntu version via live usb trial. Where am supposed to find my former Firefox bookmarks and history files in order to copy and transfer them into a new installation?
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Nautilus bookmarks not showing in “Places”

I have set some bookmarks from Nautilus (Bookmarks / Add bookmark), and this get showed under Bookmarks menu, but doesn't show under "Places" menu. Some idea?
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Where does Nautilus stores bookmark names?

If I create a bookmark with Nautilus, its location is stored on ~/.gtk-bookmarks, but not his name. I've created a test bookmark named weirdy, and tried to do a grep on my home for that name, and I ...
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How do I retrieve deleted bookmarks in chromium?

Using Chromium on two computers. One Ubuntu Precise the other Windows XP. Bookmarks deleted on the XP and only realised it also affected my personal laptop with Ubuntu. How do I retrieve my bookmarks ...
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How can I add a bookmark in my nautilus folder explorer

In Ubuntu 11 I just dragged the folder there. This seems to be not possible on my new Samsung ultrabook with Ubuntu 12.04 I've tried Ctrl+D and using the top menu but nothing happens and no error ...
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How to make a bookmark to a network share in Firefox?

On my network (of mostly Windows machines) there is a website that I'd like to make a bookmark to in Ubuntu. How do I do this? Please provide simple instructions, as I'm new to Ubuntu (and Linux in ...
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Bookmarks in nautilus only in menu, not in the shortcut tab

Bookmarks added to Nautilus using Ctrl + D do not appear under "bookmarks" in the Nautilus windows -- but they can well be seen in the Bookmarks menu entry: I tried to restart Nautilus and log out ...
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How do I sort Firefox bookmarks alphabetically by manipulating the 'json' or 'places.sqlite' files via the terminal?

is there a way possible with terminal pipelining to sort the bookmarks Mozilla Firefoxstores in alphabetical order? I tried dabbing a little but to my disappointment ,the bookmarks are stored in JSON ...
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How move Firefox bookmarks from Windows to Ubuntu 11.10?

How can I move Firefox bookmarks from Windows to Ubuntu? I have Windows XP on one machine (which is very old and runs Firefox 8) and have Ubuntu 11.10 on another. I want to copy Firefox bookmarks to ...
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How can I recover bookmarks in firefox

I have Firefox on Ubuntu 10.10. I added another profile to Firefox in the last two weeks. Firefox gave me the option to choose between the different profiles, but now it will not login ...
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Menus not working in Nautilus

In 12.04, after fresh start of Ubuntu OS, the bookmarks in Nautilus works fine. But after a while, for some unknown reason, clicking any bookmarked directory doesn't take me to the bookmarked ...
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How can I display bookmarks in Nautilus quicklist, on Precise? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can you access a folder you want quickly? I read in a lot of websites the new feature of Nautilus: the Quicklist includes also bookmarks. After installed Ubuntu ...
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How do I synchronise bookmarks from Firefox with Ubuntu One automatically?

I don't know if this is possible and already done automatically when logging in with Ubuntu One, but can I synchronise bookmarks from Firefox to Ubuntu One automatically? So that I can add bookmarks ...
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How to get rid of bookmarks in synced Chromium

I'm using three Ubuntu systems in an irregular pattern, and since I use Chrome/Chromium anyway and have a Google account, I decided to make my life a bit easier and sync them. Now I am having a ...
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Why do the Ubuntu 11.10 file/share bookmarks always disappear between sessions? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Network share 'remember forever' option doesn't work Why do the Ubuntu 11.10 bookmarks (I bookmarked Shares on my Home Server) always disappear between ...
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Bookmarked shares on a home server constantly disappearing after shutdown [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Network share 'remember forever' option doesn't work Anyone know how to carry bookmarked shares on a home server from session to session? they seem to ...
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Some bookmark subfolders do not show content when mouseovered for the first time [closed]

After upgrading from 10.04 to 10.10 I am experiencing a weird, annoying issue. Some subfolders do not open when mouseovered for the first time. They react only on a second mouseover showing their ...
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Retrieve Google Chrome Ubuntu favicon

Where the favicon .ico file is stored in Ubuntu 11.10? How can I extract the .ico file from the chrome cache?
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Upgrading from 10.04 to 11.10

I am in the process of upgrading my computers to 11.10. I just did an upgrade on a Netbook from a Netbook version to 11.10 and although it works quite smoothly on this netbook It didn't save the home ...
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Many (many!) bookmarks in Firefox make the desktop lock up on hovering “Bookmarks” in firefox. Fixes? [closed]

I have several tens of thousands of bookmarks in Firefox. Whenever I accidentaly hover over the "Bookmarks" entry of Firefox menu in global menu, my whole desktop freezes for half a minute. Now, I ...
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Firefox freezes for a minute when I attempt to drag a site into the Bookmark Toolbar [closed]

In Firefox 8.0 on Ubuntu 11.10, when I drag a site from the Address Bar to the Bookmarks Toolbar (in hopes of creating a new bookmark) the entire system freezes for about 1.5 minutes. I can move the ...
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Cross-browser bookmark sync?

Is there a way for me to sync bookmarks between Firefox and Chrome on several different Ubuntu machines? Edit: Even willing to run something on my own web server if that makes a difference.
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How to sync my bookmarks with Chromium from a USB flash drive?

Just downloaded Ubuntu 11.10 and I have all my Chrome bookmarks saved on my USB flash drive. How do I sync them with Chromium?
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One click access to bookmarked files?

On my Windows machine with just one click I can launch favourite or bookmarked files that I use on a daily basis, which is a great time-saver. Is there any way to do this with 11.10 Unity? Ideally I ...
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Is it possible to show the bookmarks bar only in the home page using firefox?

This is the standard behaviour in Google Chrome: unless otherwise specified, the bookmarks bar is visible only when in the home page, and disappears as soon as a web site is opened. This makes a lot ...
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How to import bookmarks from HTML in Firefox?

When I need to import the bookmarks in Firefox, I usually go to bookmarks > see all and then click on the import button, but in 11.10 it is not there anymore. How can I import bookmarks from a HTML ...
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Is it possible to decrease the font size in the Firefox bookmarks bar?

I have a lot of bookmarks saved and keep them ordered in folders. However, I feel the font size and spacing in the bookmarks bar is bit large. Therefore, it requires quite a bit of clicking/scrolling ...
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Synchronize bookmarks between firefox and opera among many computers

Right now I'm using Xmarks to sync my firefox bookmarks among some computers I use (namely home and office). Is there a way to sync these bookmarks between opera and firefox, so that I can use opera ...
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How to make software under mono and wine use the bookmarks of Nautilus when opening files

When opening files in some Ubuntu native software, there is an interface that can use the bookmarks of Nautilus. But when using software run under mono or wine, there seems no apparent way to use ...
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Bookmark Searches with Dash?

Is there any way to configure Dash to search/access Firefox bookmarks, too? Seems like it would completely replace Gnome Do for most things if it could do this one thing. Gnome Do keeps causing errors ...
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Did Ubuntu One lose my Firefox bookmarks or don't they get synced?

I had to reinstall Ubuntu and expected that Ubuntu One would restore my bookmarks like it did the last time, but nothing happens. How can I find out whether they are actually lost or just not synced ...
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Where does luakit keep my bookmarks file?

I installed luakit from the repos (sudo apt-get install luakit) and it seems to work fine, remembering my bookmarks and everything. The trouble is, I can't figure out where it stores this data. Any ...
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How do I deploy Firefox Bookmarks for all Users in Network?

I have a bash-script for installing Firefox which is downloaded and executed from every client workstation in the network. The script is on the server and all workstations are running Ubuntu. Now I ...
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Can Ubuntu One bookmarks sync work in Firefox 5?

In Firefox 5.0 on Ubuntu 11.04, Bindwood is disabled as "incompatible with FF 5.0". The xpi on Launchpad can't be installed for the same reason. I'm aware of various bug reports concerning bookmark ...
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Modify the number of entries in the list to choose from for bookmarking a site in Firefox

I am wondering if it is possible to change the number of entries in the list which appears when in Firefox you right click on a tab and choose "add to bookmarks" Thats because I use to categorize a ...
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Is it possible to enable Google Bookmarks Sync in Chromium?

I'm considering changing from Google Chrome to Chromium in order to get as open sourced as possible. However, I've always liked Google Chrome's ability to synchronize my bookmarks to my Google Account ...
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Where do I place a file for bookmarks for all users

With previous versions of Firefox I put my bookmarks.html file in /etc/firefox/profile and all new user accounts got automatically these bookmarks. This folder doesn't exist on ubuntu 11.04; I tried ...
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Show Firefox bookmarks button in Firefox navigation bar?

I tested Natty Beta 2 yesterday and found that the bookmarks button is hidden. The usual way to show it seems to be hiding the menubar under Customize, however there is no Menubar option in there now. ...
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How to add a button on unity panel (from Nautilus's bookmarks)?

Is there a way to make a launcher (icon) on Unity panel from Nautilus's bookmarks or it is for programs only? Thanks
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Why can I not synchronize anything except Files? [closed]

I installed Ubuntu one both on my desktop (64bit) and my laptop (32bit). On the laptop, when I go to the "Services" tab I cannot select anything except Files. Is there anyway to solve it? Or there ...
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Ubuntu One Bookmark sync not working [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Ubuntu One Bookmark sync not working Has anyone been able to get Ubuntu One bookmark sync to work in 10.10, or should I just give up on it?
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What is the best tool to sync browser passwords and bookmarks?

Sadly, everything I've tried so far has been painful to manage between two computers, (even between different browsers on the same computer). So, right now I have different aggregations of ...
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Ubuntu One Bookmark sync not working

Everything in Ubuntu One sync works great except bookmark sync. I tried the wiki answer that said to run: killall beam.smp beam rm ~/.config/desktop-couch/desktop-couchdb.ini dbus-send --session ...
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Nautilus bookmarks and smb shares work with non-root user

I'm having a problem with Nautilus in Ubuntu 10.10 When I open Nautilus as common user, it shows bookmarks and the bookmarks that point to smb windows shares work fine. However, if I start Nautilus ...
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Bookmarks in Places menu now open in Firefox instead of nautilus

Fresh install 10.10 all my bookmarks mainly ftp and ssh bookmarks open firefox and show a web based file browser instead of spawning a nautilus window. have no idea what caused this never seen this ...

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