Reviews for Bookmark 301 Updater
Bookmark 301 Updater by Dan Wallis, Dan Wallis
Review by Firefox user 12987208
Rated 2 out of 5
by Firefox user 12987208, 8 years ago10 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by farshad, 5 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by x13, 6 years ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 13191507, 7 years ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 13092540, 8 years ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 12827221, 8 years agoSince there is no description, i pulled it from the inspiring firefox bug discussion (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8648#c45)
The extension watches for redirects that the browser follows. If they have status code 301 (ie, permanent), it'll search all bookmarks for the old URL, and update them with the new URL.
There's no current handling for 404s or any other status codes. Also, HSTS upgrades aren't detected by the extension, as these don't generate a 301 from the server. (They happen client side.) - Rated 3 out of 5by Martin Ueding, 8 years agoI have tried this add-on and it works reliably. It seems to remove the bookmark and create a new one, either way: The tags get removed after visiting the site. This can be destructive if lots of tags are used.
Developer response
posted 7 years agoThe API the add-on uses doesn't have access to the tags nor description. The way this add-on uses the API it only changes the URL, and doesn't delete/recreate the bookmark.
[Update] I've looked into this and it appears to be a bug in Firefox itself. I've raised a bug report to get this fixed.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1388890 - Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 11430268, 8 years agoThis is a really good and necessary idea, but how does it works, in concrete terms ?
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12917396, 8 years ago