Please expose an "export to html/json" format that would allow importing synced tabs as bookmarks

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Issue type
Feature
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Mostly clear
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Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend

Research direction

Start with the linked Stack Overflow answer and the AboutSync UI for Synced Tabs. Determine where a device's synced tabs can be selected and where export actions belong; done means producing Firefox-bookmarks-compatible JSON and an HTML export that can be imported or used to create bookmarks.

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Observations:

  • Firefox Android exposes a "share tab" feature, but afaict there's no feasible option that would allow me to import them as bookmarks.
  • Firefox Android does not offer an easy way to bulk bookmark open tabs
  • Firefox Android does not offer a way to bulk open "Synced Tabs" from other devices.
  • Firefox for Desktop exposes "Synced Tabs" in a variety of ways, none of which can be used for bulk operations

so it seems that using AboutSync and manually munging data is ... the best? only? approach.

It would be fantastic if AboutSync could integrate the JS bits from this StackOverflow answer in a way that a user can simply export a firefox-bookmarks-compatible JSON of the Synced Tabs of a given device.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/68309779

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