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"fun" with mozilla
I have a whole assload of bookmarks. Some of them have been following me around since the late '90s. I try to keep them organised, but there are dupes, dead links, etc. So I thought I'd do a little consolidation with Mozilla. Use the search to find duplicate bookmarks, then delete all but one copy.
You can't do that. For reasons best understood at Mozilla.org, you can't delete bookmarks once the search is active. Actually, depending on your Mozilla version, you may not be able to delete bookmarks at all.
Ok, so plan B. I noticed that the "Move..." menu option was enabled in search mode. So I created a folder called Junk and moved my duplicate bookmarks in there. Then I exited search mode and emptied the Junk folder. Then I activated search mode and searched for the same bookmarks, and lo... there's now an extra copy. Lather, rinse, repeat, and after a few cycles I've got 8 copies of a bookmark that I've been trying to kill outright. GAH. How hard is this stuff to do right?
You can't do that. For reasons best understood at Mozilla.org, you can't delete bookmarks once the search is active. Actually, depending on your Mozilla version, you may not be able to delete bookmarks at all.
Ok, so plan B. I noticed that the "Move..." menu option was enabled in search mode. So I created a folder called Junk and moved my duplicate bookmarks in there. Then I exited search mode and emptied the Junk folder. Then I activated search mode and searched for the same bookmarks, and lo... there's now an extra copy. Lather, rinse, repeat, and after a few cycles I've got 8 copies of a bookmark that I've been trying to kill outright. GAH. How hard is this stuff to do right?