Description of problem: Bookmarks that were created with firefox 2 (bookmarks.html) do not fully import into firefox 3. In particular, when importing, bookmarks in subfolders in bookmark toolbar do not load and subfolders that previously contained bookmarks in firefox 2 are empty after import in firefox 3. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): firefox-3.0-0.59.beta5.fc9.i386 How reproducible: Tried twice, with same result. Steps to Reproduce: 1. In firefox 2, populate bookmark toolbar with folders of bookmarks, including some sub-folders with more bookmarks. 2. Install F9 preview with firefox 3 3. Go to Bookmarks->Organize Bookmarks 4. Click on "Import and Backup"->Import->Import from file 5. Select firefox2 bookmarks.html that was created in step one. Actual results: Bookmark sub-folders are empty. Expected results: Bookmark sub-folders should contain the bookmarks created in firefox 2. Additional info: Using F9 Preview i386 Selected high severity, because it significantly affects user's ability to transition to Fedora release: basic expectations of transition, like transferring browser settings, are not met.
Can you post your generated bookmarks.html that exhibits this?
Sorry, I cannot. My only bookmarks.html file generated from firefox 2 contains a lot of banking/private links. Nor do I have access to another installation of firefox 2, so I can recreate one (and I'm not reverting from F9 just to test this). Hopefully somebody else can provide a generated one. Would it have mattered that I used the bookmarks.html file in my firefox profile directly, without explicitly exporting them to a new file?
It shouldn't, but I can't reproduce given your steps which you apparently didn't even follow... nor can i reproduce on an F8->F9 upgrade, which effectively does what you just did (go from Fx2 to Fx3 without actually exporting/importing)
Created attachment 304357 [details] Firefox 2 bookmarks I followed my steps, I just didn't specify which bookmarks.html file I used (I used the one in the firefox profile folder, not exported from bookmarks interface). I went from F7->F9, and noticed the problem. I looked again at the bookmarks file I used, and determined it'd be okay to post it here. (it's not incriminating to know where I bank or that I do my parent's finances, or that I live in Ypsilanti, and am still a student, I suppose... :)
Yes, can fully reproduce with firefox-3.0-0.60.beta5.fc9.i386 Removed ~/.mozilla, restarted FF, imported attached bookmark.html and really there was no bookmark imported.
Created attachment 304446 [details] Screenshot (In reply to comment #5) > Yes, can fully reproduce with firefox-3.0-0.60.beta5.fc9.i386 Removed > ~/.mozilla, restarted FF, imported attached bookmark.html and really there was > no bookmark imported. Sorry, this is mistake -- I just couldn't find the bookmarks before -- they are so deeply nested.
Reporter, are you sure, that the bookmarks are not somewhere deeply hidden?
I'm sure they aren't where they are supposed to be. I don't know any other place they could be. For example, the "Bookmarks Toolbar Folder"->Other->Linux folder is empty after import, but it is clearly not empty if you view the bookmarks.html page directly. It seems like it stops importing at a certain nested depth.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=427310 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=427442 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=427475 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=427062 all seem related. we should make sure upstream gets this report.
We found that this bug has been already registered in the upstream database (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=427310) and believe that it is more appropriate to let it be resolved upstream. Red Hat will continue to track the issue in the centralized upstream bug tracker, and will review any bug fixes that become available for consideration in future updates. Thank you for the bug report.