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camille65 -> Switching Browsers (6/4/2008 6:24:07 AM)

I'm switching to FireFox from Avant, I just downloaded FF but I can't figure out how to get my bookmarks from Avant to FF. I went to export bookmarks in Avant and that opened my program files. So I clicked on FF and that opened the following folders:chromedictionariespluginsuninstallcomponentsextensionsresdefaultsgreprefssearchplugins That is when I got lost. I tried finding the directions on Mozillas home page and Avants but.. argh. Computer stuff is not my forte`. Please can someone give me step by step directions for dummies? I really do need the most basic of directions. Pleaseeeeeeee help me.



Lucylastic -> RE: Switching Browsers (6/4/2008 6:38:41 AM)

HI Camille, under your defaults(as mentioned above), there will be a "profile"  folder, click on that  and in that folder should be a bookmarks.html file, that should be it, best of luck:)
Lucy



camille65 -> RE: Switching Browsers (6/4/2008 6:58:54 AM)

Lucy all I get are the bookmarks from IE, which I hardly used and had only a couple of bookmarks. When I used the import wizard thingie, it only gave me the option of importing from IE not Avant.Argh I hate being lost.



SugarMyChurro -> RE: Switching Browsers (6/4/2008 7:36:46 AM)

I don't know much about Avant. Sounds like you're in for a messy transfer of those bookmarks. You might try using Internet Explorer as an intermediary between Avant and Firefox. Go from Avant to IE Favorites to Firefox bookmarks. See more here:

http://forum.avantbrowser.com/viewtopic.php?t=16808

I dunno, I googled it.

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Stusmobile -> RE: Switching Browsers (6/4/2008 7:44:09 AM)

If you can export the favourites from Avant as a text file then you can import it into Firefox that way as well.

edited for silly spelling



camille65 -> RE: Switching Browsers (6/4/2008 7:51:17 AM)

Oooooh Stus uhuh I am trying to do that.. but I don't know how to make them into a text file.Yuppers SMC this is messy. At least it is for me. I swear my concentration level is sooooo low that if I blink I forget what I'm supposed to do next. [sm=hewah.gif] Looking at that link now, thanks muchly, hope it helps.



camille65 -> RE: Switching Browsers (6/4/2008 8:19:20 AM)

[sm=skiprope.gif] Yayyy I did it! I think.Thanks for the help!



kc692 -> RE: Switching Browsers (6/4/2008 6:00:15 PM)

I dont know how avant works with this site, but FF at times has some glitches that IE doesnt. (Just an FYI, smiles)



camille65 -> RE: Switching Browsers (6/4/2008 6:37:57 PM)

Avant locked up on me a lot, but jeez it had features that FF hasn't and I miss them. Especially being able to change the color of the browser, the pale blue is hard for me to read against. And I still can't quite figure out my bookmarks.
But then I'm fairly pc illiterate.



MistressHolly71 -> RE: Switching Browsers (6/4/2008 10:16:35 PM)

There are a lot of themes available for FF in all sorts of color combinations. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:2/cat:all?sort=name

What are you trying to figure out with the bookmarks?



camille65 -> RE: Switching Browsers (6/5/2008 4:16:29 AM)

Thanks so much for that link MistressHolly71, it should help.
On the bookmarks, well it took ages to figure out how to import them (but YAYYYY I did it with help from this thread).
Now I have the ones from IE under bookmarks naturally but the important bookmarks from Avant ended up under bookmarks then under 'Bookmarks Tool Folder' and I cannot seem to make them merge. So they are scattered between two different sections within 'bookmarks'.
I spent an hour on Mozillas site trying to find help but alas I think I'm too computer-idjity even for that. Most annoying dang it!

On the skins... I am not super familiar with them. If I download one and end up not liking it, is it easy to uninstall a skin? Oy I feel like I'm in PC 101 remedial hah.
Thanks!



farglebargle -> RE: Switching Browsers (6/5/2008 4:53:16 AM)

Firefox *really* shines with the Adblock+ and NoScript plugins.

Tools->Add Ons... Yadda Yadda Yadda...





TreasureKY -> RE: Switching Browsers (6/5/2008 6:06:15 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: camille65

... I have the ones from IE under bookmarks naturally but the important bookmarks from Avant ended up under bookmarks then under 'Bookmarks Tool Folder' and I cannot seem to make them merge. So they are scattered between two different sections within 'bookmarks'...


Camille, in FF you can move your bookmarks around a couple of different ways...

1)  Open the bookmarks in the sidebar... click View>Sidebar>Bookmarks... then you can drag and drop your bookmarks into any folder you like.

2)  Open the Bookmarks Manager... click Bookmarks>Organize Bookmarks... again, you can drag and drop to organize your bookmarks however you like.



MistressHolly71 -> RE: Switching Browsers (6/5/2008 11:08:32 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: camille65
On the skins... I am not super familiar with them. If I download one and end up not liking it, is it easy to uninstall a skin?



Yes it is. Just go to Tools -> Add-ons-> Themes. You can switch to a different one or uninstall it from there.



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