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 [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
