Re: Import IE *.url bookmarks into Firefox

On 10/24/05 03:46, Darryl Gerbrandt wrote:
> 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

Yup, Netscape should work. :-)

It is a few steps, but, well, it should work. :-P

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