Sharing Browser Favorites
When I installed Firefox I was able to transfer favourites from Internet Explorer. I still use both browsers, so now that I have added more bookmarks to Firefox is it possible to share or transfer them to Internet Explorer?
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Transferring your Firefox bookmarks to Internet Explorer is pretty easy. Open Explorer, click on File / Import and Export, then press Next to start the Wizard. Choose Import Favorites, then Import from a File or Address. Navigate to the folder where the Firefox bookmarks reside. On my computer, this is C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\profiles. Select the bookmarks.html file and continue with the Wizard.
However, this is going to get pretty tedious. If you use both browsers on a regular basis, you could soon be importing bookmarks as a full-time job. Here are some websites that offer more convenient solutions for sharing and synchronizing for bookmarks:
AllMyFavorites
http://www.allmyfavorites.net/
Del.icio.us
http://del.icio.us/
SyncIt
http://www.2go.com.br/
Bookmarks Synchronizer
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=14
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Posted by Bob Rankin on September 6, 2005 10:47 AM
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Most recent comments on "Sharing Browser Favorites"
Posted by:
Mark O'Neill
07 Sep 2005
If you have your own website then, by using the bookmark managers, turn your links into a HTML page then upload to your website. You can do this every day very fast and the new bookmarks HTML page will automatically over-write the previous one when you upload it to your website. I do this and I like having a separate back-up which is not on my computer or on a disk.
Posted by:
rojmiller
08 Sep 2005
A nice program for transferring Bookmarks/Favourites (either direction) is BookmarkBridge:
http://bookmarkbridge.sourceforge.net/
Posted by:
brian
13 Mar 2007
Hey there Bob, I just got a new laptop and was wondering how do i get my Favorite website saved from my PC to my Laptop the easy way ?
EDITOR'S NOTE: I recommend you try Foxmarks.com if you use Firefox. In IE, try File -> Import/Export