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Option to backup your settings as an external .JSON file #2192

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sweckform2 opened this issue Apr 18, 2024 · 2 comments
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Option to backup your settings as an external .JSON file #2192

sweckform2 opened this issue Apr 18, 2024 · 2 comments
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sweckform2 commented Apr 18, 2024

PROBLEM:
No existing mechanism exists for backing up modified preferences in the extension. This is particularly frustrating when reinstalling the extension on the same PC (or another system).

SOLUTION:
Add an option for all preferences to be backed up to an external .JSON file for easier management of user settings. Ideally, this should be incorporated in to a separate 'Save Settings' tab within the existing menu structure.

ALTERNATIVES:
Another possible mechanism is to point advanced users to the exact file that saves all modified preferences (that they can navigate too in their respective Firefox profiles folder) and manually copy that file for future use. However, this route would only apply to (and be used by) power users. The above idea would make it easier for all users to save and manage their preferred settings profile.

RELEVANCE / SCOPE:
This feature would benefit all users.

"SIDE EFFECTS":
None.

CONTEXT:
Most of the established Firefox extensions, do provide a way for the user to export modified keys in order to create a customized profile that can be easily exported.

@sweckform2 sweckform2 added Feature request Wish or idea good first issue A GitHub standard for inviting (new) contributors *Congratulations in advance!* help wanted Just an old github standard we add automatically. (The team can remove it when working on it.) up-for-grabs (a github standard for inviting new contributors) - Welcome! ♥ labels Apr 18, 2024
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hi & thanks! @sweckform2 we got this. Yet it's hard to find at ""? - and missing in our search too 0 results

@ImprovedTube ImprovedTube added Completion / Revision Rethink, complete, improve, tweak our feature or structure. and removed Feature request Wish or idea labels Apr 21, 2024
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raszpl commented Apr 23, 2024

Settings / Backup & reset / Export settings

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