[Bug 62116] Re: Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks
I hope its ok for me to do this... but i'm very sure its fixed ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Fix Released -- Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks https://launchpad.net/bugs/62116 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 62116] Re: Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks
Is it ok for simple mortals like us to close this bug as fixed? I'll just go ahead anyway. If we're not supposed to, we wouldn't be allowed to, right? -- Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks https://launchpad.net/bugs/62116 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 62116] Re: Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks
Well, it IS definitely fixed with the full FF 2.0 release that was recently downloaded through an update. Whether it was fixed upstream or by Canonical, I'm not sure. I don't see the ability to mark it as fixed, but I'm not a subscriber to the bug like you are. So, if you have an option to mark it fixed in the Launchpad menu, then I think it is safe to assume that you're allow to. Anyway, if you're not, I'm sure they'd tell you. -- Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks https://launchpad.net/bugs/62116 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 62116] Re: Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks
Your argument is very persuasive, Ralf. Philosophically, I'm not convinced that we should be looking at Egdy from a new user perspective as much as we did Dapper. In reality, I'm finding Edgy more usable and with fewer breakages that I experienced with Dapper. -- Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks https://launchpad.net/bugs/62116 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 62116] Re: Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks
Is there an annoying classification? :-)) -- Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks https://launchpad.net/bugs/62116 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 62116] Re: Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks
Is there an annoying classification? :-)) Perhaps I'll suggest it in a launchpad wishlist. There really should be such a thing. Anyway, the new classification I suggest is FIXED. Where do I sent my thank-you-postcard? ;-) -- Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks https://launchpad.net/bugs/62116 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 62116] Re: Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks
Bless you, developers. -- Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks https://launchpad.net/bugs/62116 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 62116] Re: Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks
Same here. I think the importance should be critical or high at least, since it doesn't allow for a clean install of Ubuntu without loosing all your favorites. How else do you get your bookmarks into there? It means most users will download and install firefox manually and disregard the effort of bundling the browser with the operating system and all the integration work that comes with that. It not an occasional crash or something: its a show-stopper. -- Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks https://launchpad.net/bugs/62116 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 62116] Re: Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks
I think the importance should be critical or high at least Probably should be as when they actually release 6.10, and this isn't fixed, their gonna get a lot of complaints. since it doesn't allow for a clean install of Ubuntu without loosing all your favorites. I suspect your referring to an upgrade here rather then a clean install. FWIW I use two applications before installing any OS. They are: http://www.killdisk.com I kill the entire disk or at least the front end sectors and tracks before doing any install. http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php I create the (ext3) partitions first before loading the Live-CD then committing to the install. This process makes sure that I am dealing with a clean and completely empty drive. I never ever do an upgrade. It means most users will download and install firefox manually and disregard the effort of bundling the browser with the operating system and all the integration work that comes with that. This is true. How else do you get your bookmarks into there? If you look down through the .mozilla hidden directory you'll find the working bookmarks.html file in there. You can edit that directly to add or remove bookmarks. But, that's a pretty horrible way to have to deal with this. It not an occasional crash or something: its a show-stopper. I've found another Mozilla bug that's pretty serious and that has to do with the way Seamonkey handles Java and Flash plugins. In a Mandriva 2007 install you have a default Firefox and Epiphany install. You put the Flash and Java plugins in: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins and that works just fine for both of those Browsers. You then install the latest version of Seamonkey and you would expect it to pick up those plugins correctly, it does not. In fact if Seamonkey encounters a website with either Java or Flash it crashes. I believe the same thing happens on Ubuntu 6.10. I am still in the middle of testing the recently released Mandriva 2007 and have not got back to test these mozilla wrinkles again. FWIW Edgy Eft is looking really good. Thanks - Bill Kenney Linux User 277211 -- Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks https://launchpad.net/bugs/62116 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 62116] Re: Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks
A critical bug is A bug which has a severe impact on a large portion of Ubuntu users (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/CommonTasks). Not being able to import firefox bookmarks is very annoying in some situations, but in my personal opinion doesn't rate critical; critical are bugs like X doesn't work for all users or filesystem continously corrupt files or passwords are found in cleartext in a a file on disk. This bug report is currently rated medium, which seems about right looking at the descriptions on that wiki page. -- Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks https://launchpad.net/bugs/62116 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 62116] Re: Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks
Although I found this bug annoying, it should not be classifies as critical. Even medium level of criticality is pushing it in my opinion. I might add that, in terms of a workaround, copying my backup bookmark HTML file into my new Firefox profile did not work for me. -- Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks https://launchpad.net/bugs/62116 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 62116] Re: Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks
Workaround: - download firefox2-release-candidate - unpack right on your desktop - close all running instances of firefox - start the firefox shell script in the unpacked firefox-directory - import bookmarks - close all running instances of firefox - delete unpacked directory and download archive (you don't have to install firefox to run it) A bug which has a severe impact on a large portion of Ubuntu users The amount of users might not be subjective, but the severity of the impact is. Firefox is by far the most used program of Ubuntu. Its the first thing they are going to try out. Now I suppose most could figure out how to fix this eventually. The question is: will they have the patience? Importing your bookmarks and moving your documents is the first investment they make. And with investment comes loyalty. If they can get up and running with their daily task they may tweak for days getting their 3d card to work. But if they never get up and running I doubt many new users will put in the learning-effort required to fix this. That is why I say its critical. It's just one of those bugs you're gonna see in all the reviews. Everywhere. It's not a hardware failure. It's not a security hole. But its severe, as in, it is very damaging to Ubuntu's momentum. If one of the first things you do fail, you might stop looking and assuming everything else is as badly tweaked. First impressions are gold. And it would be a waste, because Edgy is really looking to be as stable and balanced as Dapper was supposed to be. Now I assume the bug priorities are related to the likelihood of the bug being fixed on release. If so, i still am in favor of increasing the priority. You can get away with a hardware failure (people will just try it on different hardware). You can't get away with a broken browser. They'll just think: this just isn't for me, and move back to windows or try another linux distrobution. Never underestimate the importance of a good first-impression. -- Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks https://launchpad.net/bugs/62116 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 62116] Re: Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks
** Bug 63896 has been marked a duplicate of this bug -- Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks https://launchpad.net/bugs/62116 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 62116] Re: Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks
** Bug 62329 has been marked a duplicate of this bug ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged = Medium Status: Unconfirmed = Confirmed -- Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks https://launchpad.net/bugs/62116 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 62116] Re: Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks
Same for me. -- Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks https://launchpad.net/bugs/62116 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 62116] Re: Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks
I can confirm this bug. Import is not possible. The next button is still deactivated after file selection. ** Attachment added: screenshot http://librarian.launchpad.net/4416974/bookmark1.png -- Firefox / Can't Import Bookmarks https://launchpad.net/bugs/62116 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
