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[GH-ISSUE #81] Icons not being preserved #81

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opened 2026-02-25 22:36:05 +03:00 by kerem · 8 comments

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Originally created by @Lantizia on GitHub (Apr 10, 2018).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/floccusaddon/floccus/issues/81

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Browser: Chrome 65
Nextcloud: 12.0.5
Nextcloud Bookmarks app: 0.11.0
Floccus: 2.0.6

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Donate, whether it works entirely or not yet - this is damned fine software (in theory) and needs supporting.
On my home PC I copied all my bookmarks (about 2500 of them) into the bookmark folder that floccus uses for syncronisation.
Went onto my work PC (with a new install/profile of Chrome) and tried to sync them down.

Expected outcome

It to sync up properly and down properly?

Actual outcome

When all the bookmarks got downloaded on the work PC... none of them had any bookmark icons any more. This would be very nice as things are just a lot more easy to recognise with the icons... I even use an extension to manually set icons sometimes so that the bookmark doesn't even need a name (a string of just "") so it can take less room on the bookmarks bar and just be recognisable by icon alone.

Originally created by @Lantizia on GitHub (Apr 10, 2018). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/floccusaddon/floccus/issues/81 ### Software versions * Browser: Chrome 65 * Nextcloud: 12.0.5 * Nextcloud Bookmarks app: 0.11.0 * Floccus: 2.0.6 ### Steps to reproduce 1. Donate, whether it works entirely or not yet - this is damned fine software (in theory) and needs supporting. 2. On my home PC I copied all my bookmarks (about 2500 of them) into the bookmark folder that floccus uses for syncronisation. 3. Went onto my work PC (with a new install/profile of Chrome) and tried to sync them down. ### Expected outcome It to sync up properly and down properly? ### Actual outcome When all the bookmarks got downloaded on the work PC... none of them had any bookmark icons any more. This would be very nice as things are just a lot more easy to recognise with the icons... I even use an extension to manually set icons sometimes so that the bookmark doesn't even need a name (a string of just "") so it can take less room on the bookmarks bar and just be recognisable by icon alone.

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@marcelklehr commented on GitHub (Apr 10, 2018):

Good point! This is currently not possible with the webextensions API, but the browser should usually populate the icons automatically, once you visit the URLs.

@marcelklehr commented on GitHub (Apr 10, 2018): Good point! This is currently not possible with the webextensions API, but the browser should usually populate the icons automatically, once you visit the URLs.

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@Lantizia commented on GitHub (Apr 10, 2018):

Visiting 2500 bookmarks? :D

Nah, so perhaps is there a way of storing the image in the Bookmarks App database? Maybe base64 encoded? Would this be better as a Bookmarks App issue first?

Also if you mean the Chrome extension itself can't read/write image information for native bookmarks... then it must be able to as I use this extension which can... http://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/acmfnomgphggonodopogfbmkneepfgnh

@Lantizia commented on GitHub (Apr 10, 2018): Visiting 2500 bookmarks? :D Nah, so perhaps is there a way of storing the image in the Bookmarks App database? Maybe base64 encoded? Would this be better as a Bookmarks App issue first? Also if you mean the Chrome extension itself can't read/write image information for native bookmarks... then it must be able to as I use this extension which can... http://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/acmfnomgphggonodopogfbmkneepfgnh

kerem commented

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@marcelklehr commented on GitHub (Apr 10, 2018):

Mmmh. Interesting. I have no idea how they pull that off.

@marcelklehr commented on GitHub (Apr 10, 2018): Mmmh. Interesting. I have no idea how they pull that off.

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@marcelklehr commented on GitHub (Jun 21, 2018):

A possibility would be to load the bookmark url in the background on creation somehow. I will look into this when I have time. It's not a priority for me at the moment.

@marcelklehr commented on GitHub (Jun 21, 2018): A possibility would be to load the bookmark url in the background on creation somehow. I will look into this when I have time. It's not a priority for me at the moment.

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@marcelklehr commented on GitHub (Aug 30, 2018):

just fyi, I just found this extension by chance which allows you to reload the favicons of your bookmarks: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/checkmarks-web-ext

Just until I get around to implementing this in floccus itself :)

@marcelklehr commented on GitHub (Aug 30, 2018): just fyi, I just found this extension by chance which allows you to reload the favicons of your bookmarks: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/checkmarks-web-ext Just until I get around to implementing this in floccus itself :)

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@Lantizia commented on GitHub (Oct 11, 2018):

Lo,

Just wanted to say that I've been temporarily storing URLs in a text file for the last couple of months while I re-install a few machines until I get settled again. Just installed the new floccus (using the XBEL method) and seems to be working great.

Have also restarted the liberapay thingy - apparently it went a bit odd with their payment processor a while back.

I was wondering (in terms of this issue), if perhaps since the DTD for XBEL has stayed stagnant for a while... if floccus is now the most prominent use of it?

If it is stagnant (or perhaps if we can reach out to the maintainers of it for a comment on that?)... then maybe we can work on a 1.2 version (there already seems to be 1.1 - but I can't find the DTD for it... and floccus is using 1.0)... where we could add in some mechanism for recording the icons as base64 or something.

As mentioned before, browser extensions (like Bookmark Favicon Changer) do have the ability to read and even change favicons associated with bookmarks - so some mechanism must exist.

Thanks for all the hard work guys.

@Lantizia commented on GitHub (Oct 11, 2018): Lo, Just wanted to say that I've been temporarily storing URLs in a text file for the last couple of months while I re-install a few machines until I get settled again. Just installed the new floccus (using the XBEL method) and seems to be working great. Have also restarted the liberapay thingy - apparently it went a bit odd with their payment processor a while back. I was wondering (in terms of this issue), if perhaps since the DTD for XBEL has stayed stagnant for a while... if floccus is now the most prominent use of it? If it is stagnant (or perhaps if we can reach out to the maintainers of it for a comment on that?)... then maybe we can work on a 1.2 version (there already seems to be 1.1 - but I can't find the DTD for it... and floccus is using 1.0)... where we could add in some mechanism for recording the icons as base64 or something. As mentioned before, browser extensions (like Bookmark Favicon Changer) do have the ability to read and even change favicons associated with bookmarks - so some mechanism must exist. Thanks for all the hard work guys. :)

kerem commented

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@marcelklehr commented on GitHub (Aug 1, 2020):

I think this is borderline out of scope for this project. It's probably a nice feature, but not something I prioritize. I'm closing this for now.

@marcelklehr commented on GitHub (Aug 1, 2020): I think this is borderline out of scope for this project. It's probably a nice feature, but not something I prioritize. I'm closing this for now.

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@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Mar 21, 2023):

This issue has been automatically locked since there has not been any recent activity after it was closed. Please open a new issue for related bugs.

@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Mar 21, 2023): This issue has been automatically locked since there has not been any recent activity after it was closed. Please open a new issue for related bugs.

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[GH-ISSUE #1115] floccus not sync favicon between client of Firefox #743

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