I only have 2 old computers but I find my jumpdrive works well to transfer stuff as does Yahoo Notepad. I love the way I have my bookmarks set up on my laptop and I wish I could just transfer that over to the desktop and not have to take the time to reorganize all of them again on the desktop. -- The HarmyBoard HarmDrive

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Date Posted: 16:34:43 02/14/07 Wed
Author: Sarahsue
Subject: I only have 2 old computers but I find my jumpdrive works well to transfer stuff as does Yahoo Notepad. I love the way I have my bookmarks set up on my laptop and I wish I could just transfer that over to the desktop and not have to take the time to reorganize all of them again on the desktop.
In reply to: judi 's message, "What do you wish computers could do that they're not doing right now?" on 16:31:58 02/13/07 Tue

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[> [> I can't live without my jumpdrive! It just doesn't work when you are transferring really big stuff (like a folder full of video files). BTW--I have moved my bookmarks all over the place. Inside -- JAG Junkie (Ronda)--I can't live without my bookmarks either!, 17:05:38 02/14/07 Wed [1]

I use Netscape and Mozilla (and sometimes Internet Explorer). All of them have a way to export and import your bookmarks. I keep my exported bookmarks file in "My Documents" and on my jumpdrive so I can easily import it to whatever spare computer I am forced to use. I also have emailed my bookmarks file to my yahoo email so that I can access them anywhere even without my jumpdrive (like when I'm at work). Tell me which browser you are using and I'll tell you how to do it if you need me to.

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[> [> [> I may have spoken too generally. Inside -- JJ (Ronda), 17:43:01 02/14/07 Wed [1]

If you organized your bookmarks in Netscape or Mozilla and are exporting and importing to another Netscape or Mozilla, then everything should work fine (since Netscape is really just a jazzed up version of Mozilla). However, if your bookmarks are from Netscape or Mozilla, and you are importing them into Internet Explorer, it will try to alphabetize them and mess them up from the way you had them organized. And IE doesn't like "&" symbols on bookmark imports from N or M either.

And if you are using the newest version of IE, I'm not sure how to even import your bookmarks. It doesn't work at all the way old IE did, and I gave up before I got to the importing bookmarks part (see my rant above).

The reason (actually, one of many) that I prefer Netscape and Mozilla is the Personal Bookmarks Toolbar feature. If your bookmarks are organized into folders, you can copy them in a personal bookmarks folder and then all your folders will appear across the top of the page. It's like each bookmark folder is a drop down menu. You can't get any easier than that!

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[> [> [> I use Firefox almost exclusively. I do have way more bookmarks on my desktop and I'm pretty sure the laptop's bookmarks are all bookmarked on my desktop already. It's just the organization of them! I share the desktop with others so I try and hide some of the bookmarks so the others don't click on them. It's just lazyness in not putting in the line dividers and re-organizing them. -- Sarahsue, 16:58:45 02/15/07 Thu [1]

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[> [> [> [> You can export them from Firefox and they will stay organized the same way. Just go to Bookmarks, then Organize Bookmarks. Once it opens up, go to File, then export. Wherever you export them to, they will stay in the same order as the way you have them in Firefox. -- JJ (Ronda), 19:11:10 02/15/07 Thu [1]

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