1170558 - [RFE] Make Bookmark Folders "first-class objects" -- Enable cross-referencing

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[David A. Cobb]

This one looks difficult, so I will explain a bit.  

My bookmarks database is a tiny partition of the Semantic Web!  I try to maintain things of interest by (a) Site, (b) Document Title, and (c)Subject-Heading.  Inconveniently, the best I can do is copy bookmarks around into multiple folders.  But that means if I update them in one place I need to find where else I've put them.  

A partial model of what would be better is what I get if I "copy" entries from History to Bookmarks (Copy/Paste, not Bookmark this Page).  That, however, is very deceptive -- it is NOT a copy, it's a reference; if I delete from History, the content of the virtual folder is gone.  

I request the ability to right-click a Bookmark Folder and "Create a Reference" to it which I can then move or copy wherever. Then, only the original "actual" folder need be updated.

Comment 1

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

Sounds too complex for the average user, and since it would only be used by a niche of users, its maintenance cost overweights the benefits. An add-on could maybe do something like that.