Tech: Computer Heaven (not Quite)

Subject: RE: Tech: Computer Heaven (not Quite)
From: JennyO
Date: 20 Mar 06 - 12:19 PM

I use Firefox, and I love the tabs. I have a bookmarks toolbar across the top with my favourites under different headings. When you drop down one of the headings, you can open just one of the favourites, or you can open the whole lot with the "open in tabs" option. I particularly use this to open my favourite chat forums, and to open a number of weather websites at the same time. Don't know anything about the importing though, I'm afraid.

Subject: RE: Tech: Computer Heaven (not Quite)
From: Geoff the Duck
Date: 20 Mar 06 - 12:09 PM

Most obvious difference with firefox is you can open web pages in new "Tabs" withing the same open window. You don't have to open everything in a new window. Quite honestly IE on XP is a total pain in the neck if you have more than about 4 pages open at the same time. It is also very easy to manage the downloaded cookies in firefox. You can jst open a box in the preferences and delete individually anything you don't actually want or need (mostly anything which isn't mudcat).
Quack!
GtD.

Subject: RE: Tech: Computer Heaven (not Quite)
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 20 Mar 06 - 11:41 AM

Firefox accepts the IE favorites if you set up the IE first and add the favorites as John suggested. Install Firefox after that and let it import all of the IE favorites.

My kids use Firefox as their default browser and have had no complaints. I go back and forth between several of them, and the main reason I use IE most often is because I haven't kept up with the favorites in Firefox. I'll have to reinstall it myself one day soon and let it pick up all of those favorites.

SRS

Subject: RE: Tech: Computer Heaven (not Quite)
From: Shiplap Structure3
Date: 20 Mar 06 - 10:28 AM

In the continuing quest for computer heaven I thought I'd have a try with the firefox browser rather than IE. To be honest I cant see a right lot of differance, Anyone done the same? Found any snags?

Subject: RE: Tech: Computer Heaven (not Quite)
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 23 Jan 06 - 05:47 PM

If you used IE to browse, a "clean" way of moving favorites is to open IE on the old machine and use "File | Import and Export" to export your Favorites. (Other browsers probably have a similar feature?) If you used another browser, and don't find an export function, you should be able to open IE on the old machine and it probably will find the old Favorites. The export from IE should be usable in your other preferred browser on the new machine.

The export puts all your favorites in a single .htm file. After you copy that file to your new machine, you can use the same Import and Export wizard to import all the old Favorites to your new browser.

You can do the same with all your old cookies, if you really want all of them.

An alternative to importing all the old Favorites into the new browser is just to open the Favorites that you copied to the new machine file (by just double-clicking it). The "page" should open in any browser since it's just a "web page on your own machine." Since it will open in your new browser, you can "Add to Favorites" to add the exported page as a Favorite in your new browser, and you'll have your "old Favorites" page as a "website" in your new browser, with each of the old links showing as a "clickable link." The layout resembles a "table of contents" when you view the exports in your browser, and you may find it easier to navigate there than with the Favorites imported back into your browser, since you're not confined to a little window for the display.

While you can just copy the Favorites folder from one machine to another, there is a very slight risk of affecting your new Windows setup. (The folder is a "hidden/system" folder, usually, and multiple versions will be there for different users on most machines.) Using the export/import procedures is probably a little safer.

For moving cookies, the import/export method is urged, since there are several places where cookies can be stored and it's hard to find all the right places to make the move just by copy and paste.

John

Subject: RE: Tech: Computer Heaven (not Quite)
From: wysiwyg
Date: 23 Jan 06 - 04:45 PM

If you can access it from the old drive, sure-- it's a folder in Windows you can copy to a CD and paste into your new baby. Look for "Favorites" folder in a SEARCH operation from the old Start menu.

~S~

Subject: Tech: Computer Heaven (not Quite)
From: Shiplap Structure3
Date: 23 Jan 06 - 04:43 PM

I recently got a tremendous amount of help from people posting here when I had an ailing hard drive, I got that sorted but got floored by a software update that didnt like my eldely OS, the outcome has been I've bought a new computer, Its been a fairly painless transition to the new machine with just one snag. My wife had built up a labyrynthian system of Favourite web sites, she is missing her old favourites.
Does anyone know how the favourites can be reinstalled onto the new machine in a similar manner to importing old address books