I just started using FireFox in my new XP computer and would like to know
how to import the Favorites/Bookmarks list from my old networked Win 2000
computer. I can't find the folder they are stored in so I can use the
import function. Can this list help me? can someone point me to the
right group?
Thanks,
Butch
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Butch wrote:

I just started using FireFox in my new XP computer and would like to know
how to import the Favorites/Bookmarks list from my old networked Win 2000
computer. I can't find the folder they are stored in so I can use the
import function. Can this list help me? can someone point me to the
right group?

Thanks,

Butch

They are called bookmarks in Firefox and Favorites in IE

Are you talking about importing from FF or from IE. Two different
programs require 2 different procedures.

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Chris Ilias wrote:

This newsgroup is for Mozilla development.
For Mozilla Firefox user support, go to

That page doesn't seem to agree that this NG ()
is for development. Right now, it says:

Use a newsgroup reader like Thunderbird or to subscribe to these newsgroups
which cover support-related issues.

* General issues: netscape.mozilla.user.general
* Windows issues: netscape.mozilla.user.win32
* Macintosh issues: netscape.mozilla.user.mac
* Linux issues: netscape.mozilla.user.unix

There does seem to be some disagreement over where newbies should go for
help. I'd suggest that attempting to make a NG with "mozilla" and "user" and
"general" in its name into a developers' NG is a losing cause. The name says
very clearly to any newbie that it's the place for users to ask general questions
about mozilla. So no matter what you say, they'll keep coming here. Trying to
keep them away is a waste of time and effort.

The moz developers should just shrug, create a set of NGs with .dev. in their
names, and let this one be for general mozilla questions from all users.

Ya can't fight the English language. ;-)

(And it looks like someone at mozilla.com decided not to fight it.)

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John Chambers wrote:

Chris Ilias wrote:

>>This newsgroup is for Mozilla development.
>>For Mozilla Firefox user support, go to

That page doesn't seem to agree that this NG ()
is for development. Right now, it says:

Use a newsgroup reader like Thunderbird or to subscribe to these newsgroups
which cover support-related issues.

* General issues: netscape.mozilla.user.general
* Windows issues: netscape.mozilla.user.win32
* Macintosh issues: netscape.mozilla.user.mac
* Linux issues: netscape.mozilla.user.unix

There does seem to be some disagreement over where newbies should go for
help. I'd suggest that attempting to make a NG with "mozilla" and "user" and
"general" in its name into a developers' NG is a losing cause. The name says
very clearly to any newbie that it's the place for users to ask general questions
about mozilla. So no matter what you say, they'll keep coming here. Trying to
keep them away is a waste of time and effort.

The moz developers should just shrug, create a set of NGs with .dev. in their
names, and let this one be for general mozilla questions from all users.

Ya can't fight the English language. ;-)

(And it looks like someone at mozilla.com decided not to fight it.)
This has been discussed for years and its still going on, especially
with newbies. This is the way the newsgroup life was set up long ago.

For end user newsgroups see the following:

CMMUNICATR: (the NG for Netscape 4 users)

NETSCAPE 6:

NETSCAPE 7: NS 7.0 - 7.2

NETSCAPE 8: (this is a BRWSER NLY application - no eMail)

MZILLA: The Mozilla Suite (Thunderbird and Firefox users, please
subscribe there!)

FIREFX: "Browser only" application.

THUNDERBIRD: "eMail only" application.

FR TESTING THINGS:
To test anything on your eMailer or Browser (HTML stuff, graphics etc)
use these Test groups

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The "netscape" in the name is mostly a historic artifact, since
the original browser that started it all was called "netscape".
But there's now a whole flock of separate programs that spun
off, including the mozilla and firefox browsers. This newsgroup
seems to be the default place to talk about all of them. This is
sorta implied by the "mozilla" in the name. You'll also find lots
of Thunderbird questions here, too, as well as questions about
the Compose and Chatzilla parts of the package.

(Is there a mozilla RSS reader yet?)

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John Chambers wrote:

The "netscape" in the name is mostly a historic artifact, since
the original browser that started it all was called "netscape".
But there's now a whole flock of separate programs that spun
off, including the mozilla and firefox browsers. This newsgroup
seems to be the default place to talk about all of them. This is
sorta implied by the "mozilla" in the name. You'll also find lots
of Thunderbird questions here, too, as well as questions about
the Compose and Chatzilla parts of the package.

(Is there a mozilla RSS reader yet?)

I'm sorry to be the one to burst your bubble, but Moz and FF did not
spin off from Netscape. Try the other way around.

Net 7.2 is based on Mozilla 1.7.1. The only difference between the
two are the Netscape/AL add ons.

Firefox {and Thunderbird] is based on Mozilla, aswell. Net 8 is based
on Firefox.

It was Mozilla that was used for the developement and testing
purposes, before the Coding was used in Netscape. Its just that end
users started to discover Mozilla and started to use it instead of
Netscape. Seamonkey and Mozilla were the LD developers code cames
for Netscape. Just like Deerpark was the developers code name for Firefox

The place to discuss end user comments, questions, or problems are not
in these newsgroups, but rather here:

CMMUNICATR: (the NG for Netscape 4 users)

NETSCAPE 6:

NETSCAPE 7: NS 7.0 - 7.2

NETSCAPE 8: (this is a BRWSER NLY application - no eMail)

MZILLA: The Mozilla Suite (Thunderbird and Firefox users, please
subscribe there!)

FIREFX: "Browser only" application.

THUNDERBIRD: "eMail only" application.

FR TESTING THINGS:
To test anything on your eMailer or Browser (HTML stuff, graphics etc)
use these Test groups

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gwtc wrote:

This has been discussed for years and its still going on, especially
with newbies. This is the way the newsgroup life was set up long ago.

True, true. But one lesson from UI design is that if you find all your
users misinterpreting something the same way, you don't call them
idiots. You grudgingly admit that your design was wrong, and you
change it so that your users use it correctly. Mistakes don't have to
be propagated forever.

It seems that mozilla.com is advertising n.p.m.g as the place to go
for support questions. The NG's very name says that it's the place
for general user questions about mozilla. So why would we keep
trying to scare users away? In any case, it's not working. They
keep flocking here, for all the obvious reasons. Chiding them won't
have much more effect in the future than it has had in the past.

Actually, if all those other newsgroups were propagated like this
one, and questions got answered there, it might work a lot better.
That hasn't been my experience so far, though. You're a lot more
likely to get an answer here, along with the chiding.

And it would be nice if the others could be made more useful. It
takes Thunderbird forever to load the 100810 messages that are
in this NG's right now on the speakeasy server that I'm using. If
I try to sort them, I have to make and drink a cup of coffee before
it's done. ;-)

But I don't know how to make this happen, either.

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