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@Rockhead,

Oh good!
um ... did you have to do much "tinkering" to achieve that , Rocky?
I'm not good with tinkering I'm afraid.

@Rockhead,

turns out Set was forced to upgrade to FF 8.0 at around 5 a.m. today

he and the dogs went for a walk while I fought with the puter

I uninstalled the FF 8.0 he'd installed - some kinda glitch in it

reinstalled FF 8.0 - it's still ugly, but after 2 refreshes the bookmarks came back (phew)

I wouldn't choose this over 3.6, but I'll learn to live with it. Still need to figure out how to get my toolbar back.

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@msolga,

no, it did it for me the other day when stuff got crashy and weird.

no troubles since.

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@Rockhead,

OK.
Thank you for the feedback!
That's encouraging.
I may make the leap soon, then. Smile

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@CalamityJane,

CalamityJane wrote:

After I lost most of my bookmarks the last time my hard disc died on me, I now made a screen shot of my bookmarks and printed it out - very convenient!

Um ... yeah ... or you could just backup your bookmarks like the rest of the world. Razz

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MsOlga, I love Firefox 8.0 - I don't even remember how the old set up looked like.

Rocking FF 8.0 in the Maya household also, Miss Olga.

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@Ticomaya,

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Rocking FF 8.0 in the Maya household also, Miss Olga.

Thank you for that, Tico.
Even more encouraged now! Smile

Now I'm just figuring out how to back up my bookmarks ... like the rest of the world. Wink

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@ehBeth,

ehBeth wrote:

I wouldn't choose this over 3.6, but I'll learn to live with it. Still need to figure out how to get my toolbar back.

What toolbar?

Have you tried: Firefox button(big orange button in upper left>Options ... and then clicking on the toolbar selections there?

Maybe you'd prefer the "Menu Bar" over the big orange "Firefox" button?

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@Ticomaya,

Ticomaya wrote:

Maybe you'd prefer the "Menu Bar" over the big orange "Firefox" button?

Set and the dogs are safe now Mr. Green

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@ehBeth,

does Set have to thank Tico?

I wanna watch...

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@Rockhead,

hahahahahaha

I thought about that turn of events.

I may wait a bit to tell him.

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@msolga,

msolga wrote:

Now I'm just figuring out how to back up my bookmarks ... like the rest of the world.

Big Orange Firefox button in the upper left corner ... click on "Bookmarks" (actually click the word) ... click "Import and Backup" ... then "Backup" (or, "Export to HTML", or both).

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@ehBeth,

ehBeth wrote:

I may wait a bit to tell him.

No thanks necessary.

But some day, and that day may never come, I may call upon him to do a service for me.

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@Ticomaya,

Ah. Thank you again, Tico.
I was hoping you'd advise! Wink

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@Rockhead,

Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source Web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. Firefox is the second most widely used browser.

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Can anyone help?
Before I change to from Firefox 3.6 to 8 I need to back-up my bookmarked material.

I can't follow this advice:

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Big Orange Firefox button in the upper left corner ... click on "Bookmarks" (actually click the word) ... click "Import and Backup" ... then "Backup" (or, "Export to HTML", or both).

... because all I can find under the big ff orange button is restore & minimize & close (in bold text).
When I click on "bookmarks" none of those prompts (in the above quote) are there.

Any suggestions, please?
What am I doing wrong?

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@msolga,

msolga wrote:

.. because all I can find under the big ff orange button is restore & minimize & close (in bold text).
When I click on "bookmarks" none of those prompts (in the above quote) are there.

Any suggestions, please?
What am I doing wrong?

My instructions were designed for those using FF 4.0+.

I no longer have ver. 3.6, so this may or may not work: From your menu bar at the top left, click on "Bookmarks." Then, click on "Show All Bookmarks." Then, click on "Import and Backup." Then, click on "Backup," and save the backup file to a location you will remember.

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@Ticomaya,

Thank you for trying, Tico, but those links don't exist under"bookmarks" in the 3.6 version.

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@msolga,

What do you see under "Bookmarks"? Do you see "Organize Bookmarks"? If so, try that to see if you find the "Import and Backup" feature.

http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/6668/backup1.png

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@Ticomaya,

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@msolga,

Click "Organize bookmarks" > "Import and Backup".

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