Re: Safari and getting Netscape bookmarks into it
Re: Safari and getting Netscape bookmarks into it
- Subject: Re: Safari and getting Netscape bookmarks into it
- From: "Gary (Lists)" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 15:26:29 -0500
Steffy, Fred wrote [3/28/05 12:18 PM]:
> About 10 years of bookmarks were lost...
and
> however they do exist in Netscape.
Hmm. Out here in the boondocks, that ain't "lost". (Lost is when you're so
drunk you decide to sleep on Bill's boat and you wake up floating in a large
body of water, no land in site.) ;)
> We exported the bookmarks from Netscape as the Safari Help suggested, but the
> one link that is needed does not come over properly. Do you guys have any
> idea how else we can get these bookmarks? Thanks!
Netscape (and many other) bookmark files are in HTML format. Primarily using
<DT> and <DD> to make entries: <!DOCTYPE NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1>
(Netscape/Moz's text format is UTF-8 while IE's is ISO-8859-1 if you are
doing any AppleScripting with that text.)
Even if the file is in XML format then you can still use the file. In IE or
other browser that supports XML tree rendering, you can even have an
efficient collapsible-folder view of your bookmark file by loading it
directly like that.
Some low-tech options include...
1. If it is indeed true that "the one link that is needed" is all that
matters, then just retype the danged thing into some other bookmark
collector. Or open the netscape bookmark file in a text editor and
copy/paste it.
2. If it is really all the bookmarks you want to keep, then keep a copy of
the actual 'bookmark.html' file (or whatever it's called in your old
Netscape folder) and open it in your browser or sidebar as a widget and go
from there. As you decided you want to "migrate" a link to some other
source, simply click, hold, copy, whatever. Or click, load the site, then
bookmark to wherever you want.
3. Use URL Manager Pro to read the original HTML bookmark file, then export
to whatever format you want (that it can export to). [My favorite is '.mcf'
where I still use the old plug-in to "zoom through" bubble clouds of
bookmark folders. I do not know what happened to that format/plug-in but it
was fun. URL Manager Pro still writes that format, so I find it very cool
to export certain folders as ".mcf" and then I have a lot more stimulation
when looking for a bookmark.]
4. Consider yourself lucky and free from the burden of keeping a 10 year old
bookmark file alive. I am surprised when a bookmark works 10 weeks after I
save it. (But I do have some that old too, so I feel you.)
HTH, best of luck.
--
Gary
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