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| Thread ID: 40231 | 2003-12-02 04:57:00 | Firebird survey | Susan B (19) | Press F1 |
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| 196466 | 2003-12-02 08:20:00 | >It does not update the current favorites from Ie6, it just seems to stay with the ones it originally imported. It won't do this automatically as your bookmarks for IE and FB are two separate files. You can do this manually, a little bit fiddly but if you do it once a week it shouldn't be a problem. In IE go File > Import and Export. Use the wizard to select "Export Favourites" and select the top "Favourites" folder and then Next. Browse and choose your desktop to save the bookmark.htm file on to, but first rename the file to bookmarks.html. Then go to where Firebird saves its bookmarks (in XP it is C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name\Application Data\Phoenix\Profiles\Default\[random8letters].slt). Copy and Paste your saved IE file from the desktop into that directory, you will see a message asking whether you want to replace the existing file - click Yes. Warning - any bookmark existing in Firebird only and not in IE will be lost. This will make all bookmarks that are in IE appear in Firebird. If you use the Import bookmark function in Firebird to add more bookmarks from IE, you will end up with duplicates from the previous import. >Does not put the favorites in alphabetical order. Bookmarks > Manage Bookmarks ... View - select how you would like your bookmarks sorted. Try out the "New Separator" button, you can add horizontal bars to your bookmark list so that you can put related folders all together separated by top and bottom separator lines. >And if you right click the the favorites drop down lists all the entries disappear and will not return until you restart. Hmm .... that is unfortunate. I have tried to replicate this bug but cannot with my Firebird and XP. Don't give up on Firebird as an alternative option to IE it is great! Your MyIE2 however looks promising for those who wish to stay with IE but enjoy tabbed browsing. Susan: sorry for the little side-track on your thread. :) |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 196467 | 2003-12-02 08:36:00 | Susan,no trouble with stockstandard Firebird on ME. :-) |
Neil McC (178) | ||
| 196468 | 2003-12-02 10:48:00 | Firebird 0.7 and Thuderbird 0.3 Extensions: QuickTools 2003 1029.0 Things They Left Out 0.1.4.2 (tools & options) UA String Widget Get All Messages (installed for Thuderbird, don't know why its ended up in here) address context Quote Colours 0.1c Diggler I'm going to go through them and cull out what I don't need but I've had no problems with Firebird. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 196469 | 2003-12-02 11:22:00 | Stock standard install pretty much (who needs buttons for navigation?). Only crashes with java/pdf I find. That is mainly due to me being too impatient and killing it off before hand as well. | -=JM=- (16) | ||
| 196470 | 2003-12-02 18:46:00 | No brobs here using it on OS/2 or win32. Stock standard. | mark.p (383) | ||
| 196471 | 2003-12-02 20:15:00 | Hey everyone, thank you for all the replies, much appreciated . :-) Obviously it must be my extensions so I nuked the whole lot and started again from scratch . Several of the extensions have been updated since I installed mine so I got just the two essential ones and a fresh Bluemonkey skin and will now see how I go . > Only crashes with java/pdf I find . Same here . I have had quite a bit of trouble with . pdf documents and thought that was the culprit but it did it at other times as well so was not the only cause . zqwerty: I have also been a little frustrated with Firebird's bookmarks at times but no browser yet has had everything that I would like . Firebird is the only one that comes close so is my preference . Have you tried Opera? If it were not for the way that Opera handles its tabs when closing pages I would be using that . I still think that FB's bookmarks management is better overall than Opera's though . > Susan: sorry for the little side-track on your thread . No problem, it is still related to FB . :-) > If you are crashing yours so frequently, perhaps your driving skills are in need of a refresh? Have just passed my Defensive Driving Skills (Firebird) with first class honours and am ready to take your baby for a spin now . Would 10am tomorrow morning suit you? :-) |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 196472 | 2003-12-02 23:32:00 | you could try K-Meleon it seems to be similar to firebird | kiwibeat (304) | ||
| 196473 | 2003-12-03 02:00:00 | I use full mozilla 1.4. Never crashes for me. | Wilky (776) | ||
| 196474 | 2003-12-07 08:04:00 | Update: Well I am very pleased to report that since nuking everything and starting with a fresh installation of Firebird and the two essential tab extensions I have had not one single crash. Even had 42 pages loaded in tabs 20 minutes ago and it didn't even blink. I am soooo happy. :-) Thanks for all the responses to my original post, they were a big help. :-) |
Susan B (19) | ||
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