Importing Bookmarks into OWB/TimberWolf?

Just want to ask a question so that when i get the new AmigaOne X1000 running latest AmigaOS 4.x, and surfing the net, i would like to ask this question:

The case now is that i am still running Windows 7 on a PC using Google Chrome to surf on the net. I have many different important sites i use to surf on as "favorite" bookmarks, so here is the question:

Let just say that i got myself an AmigaOne X1000 now, that it's close to summer, and running for instance - AmigaOS 4.2 for it, and using browsers like OWB and TimberWolf.

Then i would like to import the bookmarks i used in Chrome on the PC over to OWB and TimberWolf, instead of trying to remember the sites and add them one-by-one, is it then possible to import such bookmarks from PC to Amiga-browsers like OWB and TimberWolf, if stored on a USB
pen for transfer over to the Amiga?

Hope this would be possible so that i can use all the sites i use in Chrome on Amiga-browsers in AmigaOS4, too.

@Helgis
Good question!

@Joeled

Thanks, mate Wonder if somebody can answer that.

@Helgis

Do you need OS 4.2 or an incredible future hardware to do that ?

Importing/exporting bookmarks between programs is nothing special nowadays, devs permitted it can be easily possible with the actual resource, for example OWB for MorphOS can import bookmark from IBrowse, AFAIK the same is possible using the Jahc's bookmark for OWB-OS4

I can't see the problem, all is possible, problems is find motivated developers, OWB for OS4 needs a LOT of work in all GUI parts, bookmarks is only one of the things that must be reworked ...

@Helgis

I'm working on an update of the bookmarks window that comes with OWB. It will have a bookmark file like the Firefox and Chrome use. So it will be a matter of just copy the bookmarks file into the owb folder. Then I will make a utiltiy to import bookmarks from various browsers (Opera f.ex.). Unfortunately, the programming time is so small, so I can't tell when this will be ready.

Things I want to put in there are:
- Folders
- Search filter
- History tab
- Delicious support
and a few others...

@walkero

One thing I think is very important and probably is in your to-do list already, is that it should not be assigned to the tab which opened the bookmark window, but rather to any active tab at the time. That'd eliminate the pointless open/close of the bookmarks. Another nice thing it'd be if it could be sorted alphabetically. Especially the first request, if it's not too much work, maybe you could add it to the next version of OWB when it's released, not waiting for the other great stuff you're preparing to be implemented first.

@walkero

Hi guy !

Is it possible to modify your bookmark (working togheter with Joerg) in order to insert it as an internal panel on OWB ?

To be clear somethings like Firefox or any other browser's bookmarks out there

@Helgis

I think you can do that right now. Export your bookmars as a HTML page from Opera/Firefox. Take the file to your Amiga and save it in the OWB Drawer.
Then set OWB to open that local file as startpage and here you go!

@walkero

Wow, that's great! Sounds promising! Keep up the good work! I'm dying to see the changes.

Thank you again for making this possible!

@Amigo1

Sounds great! I will have to come back to that one when i first have a brand new Amiga. I don't currently have, but as you might know i am eager to get the new AmigaOne X1000. Expensive, but truly worth it..

@Helgis

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Why not just wait until the X1000, and Timberwolf are available?????

@Helgis

Not sure what all Mozilla imports from, but it does ask if you want to at least from MSIE when installed. Then use Xmarks addon to Firefox to share and upload to server, then hopefully Timberwolf will be able to run addons and use Xmarks to sync up with the server.

If Firefox doesn't import from Chrome, then surely someon ehas made a script or something somewhere out there.

@Swoop

Good question That's actually what i am doing now

@billt

I think things are going to be a lot easier afterwards..

@Helgis

At least Book2OWB from owbbook.lha can convert bookmarks from Firefox/IBrowse/AWeb/OWBAddressBook to OWBBook and OWB's internal bookmarks. (I have to check someday what formats it actually supports currently.)

(All those browsers I mentioned uses either html or some other human readable and simple format in their bookmarks files. I don't remember what format MSIE uses. No big deal, you know.

Edit: Chrome support implemented but not released yet.

@billt

Chrome has a version of XMarks as well, so easy going between Chrome and Firefox (and thus Timberwolf?)

https://chrome.google.com/extensions/d ... ckebdhofmmjfgcjjiiejpodla