Firefox bookmarks

Post by **dzjepp** » Thu May 26, 2005 1:40 am

I have 2 main bookmark folders (with more folders inside). How do I import said bookmars into FF without using File | Import | From Internet Explorer?

Thx.

Post by **inphlict** » Thu May 26, 2005 1:43 am

Try moving the boomkmark folders together then moving them into ie bookmarks.

Post by **inphlict** » Thu May 26, 2005 1:44 am

Retain the copies and move them back after, but you should get the result you are looking for.

Post by **dzjepp** » Thu May 26, 2005 1:45 am

Isn't there some folder that Firefox reads as the default bookmark folder? Not the IE one.

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Thu May 26, 2005 1:46 am

I think FF uses an XML file.

Post by **inphlict** » Thu May 26, 2005 1:47 am

There is probally a prog to convert it to an XML file.

Post by **dzjepp** » Thu May 26, 2005 1:48 am

Gah. Yeah I guess. I'm only asking cuz I ripped IE from my system. :ninja

Post by **inphlict** » Thu May 26, 2005 1:49 am

Bad idea, you are using IE anyway because windows explorer is pretty much that.

Post by **Scourge** » Thu May 26, 2005 1:50 am

inphlict wrote:Bad idea, you are using IE anyway because windows explorer is pretty much that.

Say what????

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Thu May 26, 2005 1:50 am

Copy/paste the links.

Post by **dzjepp** » Thu May 26, 2005 1:51 am

Nah explorer works fine, I've kept the IE core, because you need that for displaying feeds in Xfire and such, but the ie component (browser) I've removed.

Post by **dzjepp** » Thu May 26, 2005 1:51 am

FragaGeddon wrote:Copy/paste the links.

I put the folders into favorites (the one that ie uses) import and it worked. I guess that's the only way of importing initially.

Post by **inphlict** » Thu May 26, 2005 1:54 am

Go into windows explorer and type a url in the address bar, does it work?

Post by **dzjepp** » Thu May 26, 2005 1:55 am

Nope, it wants to save as document. That's the only thing that's broken, but I never used explorer to browse the net anyway.

Post by **Scourge** » Thu May 26, 2005 1:56 am

inphlict wrote:Go into windows explorer and type a url in the address bar, does it work?

Only if I allow it access to the net. There's a lot of programs that allow you to do that which have nothing to do with IE.

Post by **dzjepp** » Thu May 26, 2005 1:58 am

I think MS tried to make the big excuse some time ago when the EU told them to remove IE from Windows, but MS said it's not possible since it's too heavily tied to the OS. lolz...

Post by **inphlict** » Thu May 26, 2005 1:59 am

On a normal system it should access the internet but anyway, doesn't matter I just think removing ie fully is bad. Not all sites support firefox and ie is sort of part of the system (windows update, etc)

Post by **dzjepp** » Thu May 26, 2005 2:00 am

Well I've removed win update too, I get all my updates via http://www.autopatcher.com

Post by **Scourge** » Thu May 26, 2005 2:06 am

inphlict wrote:On a normal system it should access the internet but anyway, doesn't matter I just think removing ie fully is bad. Not all sites support firefox and ie is sort of part of the system (windows update, etc)

No argument here about removing it. I keep it for that purpose, other than that I just leave it alone and don't use it.

About the other thing, why would you want WE to have internet access? I've never found a reason or need to.

Post by **inphlict** » Thu May 26, 2005 2:21 am

How would you limit it then? zonealarm? Bah I don't use firewalls like that just have my router setup to prevent ddos attacks and log connections.

Post by **Scourge** » Thu May 26, 2005 2:24 am

Yeah I block it with a firewall. But once again, why would you need WE to have internet access?

Post by **inphlict** » Thu May 26, 2005 2:30 am

I have no idea, but I know that IE is the same as Windows Explorer and unless you do some nifty tricks you can't really avoid it. I think my main point is that IE is part of the OS.