Re: VDQ :saving bookmarks

Stelian Ionescu <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.galeon.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 11:38:50PM +0000, Crispin Flowerday wrote:
>On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 14:53 -0500, Bear Tooth wrote:
>> If I copy the bookmarks.xbel files above to a CD before wiping the drive,
>> will I be able to salvage the bookmarks, even if Galeon won't run on the
>> new OS? I.e., will they all be there, and in some form that Firefox and
>> Opera can import?
>
>Your best bet is to save both the bookmarks.xbel, and a copy of the
>bookmarks exported in netscape format from the galeon bookmark editor.
>When the exporter asks for a path, just
>give /home/<username>/bookmarks.html and then save that across your
>re-install as well.
>
>The netscape exported version is needed, as firefox can't import the
>galeon format bookmarks AFAIK
You can do that with this extension:
https://update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=14&vid=1187

-- 
Stelian Ionescu aka fe[nl]ix
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.


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