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   Daniel70 to Richard Owlett   
   Re: Standalone editor for Seamonkey book   
   22 Feb 26 21:39:57   
   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 22/02/2026 9:18 pm, Richard Owlett wrote:   
   > On 2/22/26 3:38 AM, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >> On 22/02/2026 2:47 am, Richard Owlett wrote:   
   >>> Is there a standalone version of the SeaMonkey bookmark editor?   
   >>> I like its features and UI in general.   
   >>>   
   >>> Primarily I need to edit an independent copy of my collection of   
   >>> bookmarks without any danger of polluting my current data.   
   >>>   
   >>> I would like to be able to search for EITHER the page title or the   
   >>> title of a bookmark folder.   
   >>>   
   >>> When I search for a page title I would to know which   
   >>> folder/sub-folder contains it.   
   >>>   
   >>> I have thousands of bookmarks created over the last 15 years. I would   
   >>> not be surprised if some could be traced back to days when I used   
   >>> Netscape Navigator ;}   
   >>>   
   >>> Comments/suggestions?   
   >>>   
   >>> TIA   
   >>>   
   >> Richard, in your Browser screen, have a look at your "Bookmarks"   
   >> Drop-Down and you should see that you can "Manage Bookmarks".   
   >>   
   >> I can't recall EVER having done it myself but, on that screen, you can   
   >> "Edit" .... "Select all" ..... then "Edit" ..... "Copy".   
   >>   
   >> Then close THAT instance/Profile of SeaMonkey and open your other   
   >> instance/Profile of SeaMonkey, select "Bookmarks" .... "Manage   
   >> Bookmarks" ..... "Edit" ..... and then "Paste".   
   >>   
   >> Hopefully that will copy the first set of Bookmarks and Paste it into   
   >> the second set of Bookmarks .... without over-writing that second set.   
   >>   
   >> As 'they' say .... Back-up .... Back-up .... Back-up!!   
   >>   
   >> Then EDIT the new/improved set of Bookmarks to remove duplicates.   
   >>   
   >> .... I seem to recall .... there WAS an add-on that would remove   
   >> Bookmark duplicates .... but where I got it from .... PASS! Has it   
   >> been updated .... PASS!! ... Was that Add-On rended useless because   
   >> the format of the Bookmarks file changed .... seems to ring a few Bells!   
   >   
   > No thanks.   
   > I'm *explicitly* asking about a _standalone_ editor.   
   > I want the current editor's UI.   
   > But not constraints of intimate ties to browser.   
   >   
   Ah! Well, then have a look at Browser .... "Bookmarks" .... "Manage   
   Bookmarks" .... "Tools" ..... "Export Bookmarks as HTML".   
      
   Maybe that'll give you a file (in HTML format) you can operate on in   
   Notepad/kWrite/Word/whatever.   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
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