Re: Import IE *.url bookmarks into Firefox

Matt Nordhoff wrote:
> On 10/23/05 17:00, Darryl Gerbrandt wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a set of Internet Explorer *.url bookmarks from work that I 
>> need to import into my Firefox browser on Fedora Core 4. I have FTP'd 
>> the files into my *nix filesystem, so they are physically available, 
>> but the Bookmark Manager doesn't recognize the filetype.
>>
>> Any ideas on how I could accomplish this?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Darryl Gerbrandt
> 
> 
> Yeah, I guess Firefox wouldn't be expecting IE bookmarks on *nix.
> 
> Honestly, I'm not sure how you can do it. I know -- This is a few steps, 
> but import your IE bookmarks into Firefox on Windows, and them export 
> them via the Firefox Bookmarks Manager, and import that file on Linux.
> 


I didn't want to do that because I didn't want to have to go through the 
process of booting into Windows, installing Firefox on Windows, 
importing, then exporting, then importing again...

But then I can do the conversion at work, where I do have at least 
Netscape so yeah. :)

Thanks

Darryl Gerbrandt