Well, if you sign into chrome with your google account, it might just store the bookmarks in the cloud and have them ready for you in the case of a new instal.
On 09/11/2015, Bill White via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, David. I don't save favorites the traditional way in Firefox. I use an > AdOn called PlainOldFavorites which you can get from the folowing link: > > http://www.iosart.com/firefox/plainoldfavorites/ > > This causes Firefox to save Favorites the same way as Internet Explorer > does, and in the same folder as IE does. > > Thank you. > Bill White [email protected] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Moore via Jfw" <[email protected]> > To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <[email protected]> > Cc: "David Moore" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2015 12:24 PM > Subject: Re: Chrome and bookmarks/favorites > > >> Hi Bill, >> Book marks are stored in Chrome just like they are in Firefox. >> Unfortunately, just like Firefox, you cannot go to your favorites folder >> on your computer and get them there. Only IE favorites are stored in that >> >> favorites folder on your computer. Do you know how to download the >> bookmarks you save in Firefox? I like to save all of my favorites on my >> external disk drive. That is easy for IE favorites, however, book marks >> are not stored in the favorites folder under your name on the C drive. I >> had to bring up each book mark in Firefox, copy the URL, and paste it in >> IE and save it as a favorite in IE so it would go into the favorites >> folder on the computer. Take care. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bill White via Jfw >> Sent: Sunday, November 8, 2015 10:26 AM >> To: The Jaws for Windows support list. >> Cc: Bill White >> Subject: Re: Chrome and bookmarks/favorites >> >> Hi, Adrian. When you say that Bookmarks in Chrome is like Favorites in >> Internet Explorer, do you know if Bookmarks in Chrome are stored as >> shortcuts the way IE stores them, or does Chrome store Bookmarks in a >> data >> file the way Firefox does? >> >> Thank you. >> Bill White [email protected] >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Adrian Spratt via Jfw" <[email protected]> >> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <[email protected]> >> Cc: "Adrian Spratt" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2015 4:18 AM >> Subject: RE: Chrome and bookmarks/favorites >> >> >>>I can elaborate on this. Note that the term "bookmarks" in Chrome means >>>the same thing as "favorites" in IE. >>> >>> First, the fastest way I've found to get to book marks is to press alt, >>> down arrow once, then press b. From there, as David says, right arrow >>> into the main bookmarks menu, which includes bookmarks created in Chrome, >>> >>> and arrow up or down through the options. >>> >>> However, first-letter navigation through this main bookmarks menu is >>> risky. When entering this menu, do not press "I." It seems to take me to >>> >>> the bookmarks bar, which I find inefficient and confusing. This impairs >>> the value of using bookmarks in this list, at least for me, because I use >>> >>> first-letter navigation in my IE favorites list all the time. >>> >>> However, as I mentioned in an earlier post, Chrome makes it very easy to >>> >>> import IE favorites. In the main bookmarks menu, arrow to "Import book >>> marks and settings..." Press enter and start tabbing. >>> >>> Now that I've imported my IE settings, I now arrow down through the main >>> >>> bookmarks menu to "Imported from IE " to access the favorites/bookmarks >>> I've created over the years. At that point, right arrow twice to enter >>> the IE favorites/bookmarks list. First-letter navigation works fine >>> here. >>> >>> The bookmarks shortcut, control-shift-b, doesn't immediately work, and >>> I'm confused by what it actually does do. This so-called bar, once I >>> finally get there, requires tabbing, and first-letter navigation doesn't >>> >>> work. I've unchecked "Show bookmarks bar" by pressing enter on this main >>> >>> bookmarks menu item. >>> >>> Short version: for now, I'll avoid creating bookmarks in Chrome, even >>> though control-d makes it easy to do, and rely on my imported IE >>> favorites. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Moore >>> >>> via Jfw >>> Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2015 1:54 AM >>> To: The Jaws for Windows support list. >>> Cc: David Moore >>> Subject: Re: Chrome and bookmarks/favorites >>> >>> Hi all, >>> David Moore here. I can tell you now how to work with book marks in >>> Chrome. >>> To put a web page in your book marks, press ctrl + D. It is saved right >>> then. Now, to Look and open your book marks, just press alt and down >>> arrow >>> through the chrome menu until you hear book marks. Next, press right >>> arrow >>> to open up your book marks, and just press enter on the one you want to >>> open >>> up. I will tell you about other features as I figure them out and some >>> time >>> this week, I hope to do an audio tutorial for Chrome. Take care. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Adrian Spratt via Jfw >>> Sent: Saturday, November 7, 2015 12:18 PM >>> To: The Jaws for Windows support list. >>> Cc: Adrian Spratt >>> Subject: RE: Chrome and bookmarks/favorites >>> >>> Thank you, Ann. Needless to say, it works. However, with IE as my >>> default, >>> naturally when I click a favorite, IE takes over. I won't make Chrome my >>> default until various problems are solved. It would be nice to find >>> Chrome >>> "fully" accessible because it runs much better than the other browsers, >>> but >>> I'm not yet convinced. I hope David Moore can address bookmarks and >>> other >>> issues. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ann Byrne >>> via >>> Jfw >>> Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2015 11:48 AM >>> To: The Jaws for Windows support list. >>> Cc: Ann Byrne >>> Subject: Re: Chrome and bookmarks/favorites >>> >>> In windows 7, Favorites can be accessed by pressing Windows key, then >>> tab, then enter, then 'f' or down arrowing to the favorites >>> list. This should be independent of your browser. So if you just >>> want one favorite, it might be faster to go that way. >>> At 10:35 AM 11/7/2015, you wrote: >>> >>>>Which explains why Eric Damery still advises JAWS users to avoid >>>>Chrome. As far as he is concerned, Chrome is still not ready yet >>>>for prime time. >>>> >>>>Gerald >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>-----Original Message----- From: Adrian Spratt via Jfw >>>>Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2015 10:51 AM >>>>To: The Jaws for Windows support list. >>>>Cc: Adrian Spratt >>>>Subject: Chrome and bookmarks/favorites >>>> >>>>Hi. >>>> >>>>I can't get favorites, which Chrome calls bookmarks, to work as >>>>quickly as they do in IE. Here's what I've figured out so far. I >>>>hope the gaps can be filled in. >>>> >>>>You get to bookmarks by pressing alt for the menu, then arrowing >>>>down. Press enter on bookmarks. Here, I'm told that the shortcut >>>>control-shift-b brings up bookmarks, but that shortcut isn't working >>>>on my system when I'm outside this menu. Each time I have to go >>>>through the menu. >>>> >>>>In IE, I press alt-a to bring up my favorites list, and first-letter >>>>navigation works. I can't find anything this simple using Chrome. >>>> >>>>One item in the bookmarks submenu allows you to import favorites >>>>settings. I clicked on this, tabbed through the options, and was >>>>told at the end that I was successful. 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