Problem with Firefox - maybe use Edge instead?
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Morne van der Merwe
Good day list,
This is going to be a quite lengthy email. I will describe my problem as best as I can. I’m running the latest version of NVDA as well as the laters version of Windows 10.
I downloaded Firefox extended version and installed it on my computer. I saved quite an amount of bookmarks. Last week I did something wrong and Firefox wasn’t my default browser anymore. I went to my list of default programs in settings, but couldn’t find Firefox there. Not even my sighted wife didn’t find it. I went on Mozilla’s page and the solution I found was to uninstall Firefox and reinstall it again – which I did. After reinstalling, I ended up with a folder on my desktop called “Old Firefox data.”
Now I get to the problem. Before I uninstalled Firefox, I got 36 bookmarks saved. After the reinstallation, I bookmarked 3 new webpages. They are not listed among the 36 bookmarks. However, when I hit enter on “show all bookmarks”, then I find the last three bookmarks. Only those three are in “show all bookmarks”. All my other bookmarks is outside that folder.
Then I tried Edge. But when I open Edge and press the alt-key to open the menu of Edge, nothing happens.
Can somebody help me with the Firefox issue? Or is it better to start using Edge? I personally find Edge more rresponsive. On the other hand, all my bookmarks are in Firefox.
Any help would be apreciated.
Kind regards Morné
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With regard to Firefox, you can use Bookmarks Manager (CTRL+SHIFT+B) to manipulate your existing bookmarks into whatever folder structure you'd like. It behaves not unlike File Explorer in that you can cut and paste, create new folders, etc., for your bookmarks. I cannot say how your current folder structure is arranged but it sounds like your old bookmarks are in a subfolder and your new ones at the top level (or perhaps vice versa).
With regard to using Edge, in Settings, there is a section named Import favorites and other info with the button Import from another browser. If you activate it you will find you can import directly without having to export from the other browser or you can choose to go the old school method of exporting to an HTML file and importing from that file. -- Brian - Windows 10 Home, 64-Bit, Version 1803, Build 17134 A little kindness from person to person is better than a vast love for all humankind. ~ Richard Dehmel
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Gene
I never worry about where Book marks are in
Firefox. I'm not sure where they are now. Try using the bookmarks
search feature in Firefox. When you are in the main window, issue the
command control I.
You will be placed in a book marks search
field. Type part or all of what you want to search for. Tab
once.
There will be a list of results. See if what
you want is there. Press enter on it to activate the book mark. When
the page finishes opening, turn the book marks feature off with the same command
you turned it on with, control I.
If you type something and find the result as the
second in the list of results, you can type whatever it is, tab once, then down
arrow once to be on the second item, then press enter. This will work
consistently unless you add a new book mark that shows up before the one you are
looking for. It's possible but not likely unless you add another book mark
to another page on the same site.
If you want to see all your book marks in a list,
no matter what folder they are in, open the book marks feature with control
I. Don't search. Just tab once. You will be in a list of all
your book marks. Move to the one you want and press enter. then
after the page loads turn the book marks feature off again.
If you have to move the book marks back before this
feature works properly, the list can help you do that. But in general, not
just in dealing with this situation, using this feature means you will never
have to organize book marks again.
Gene ----- Original Message -----
From: Morne van der Merwe
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2018 10:47 AM
Cc: 'Andre Vosloo'
Subject: [nvda] Problem with Firefox - maybe use Edge
instead? Good day list,
This is going to be a quite lengthy email. I will describe my problem as best as I can. I’m running the latest version of NVDA as well as the laters version of Windows 10.
I downloaded Firefox extended version and installed it on my computer. I saved quite an amount of bookmarks. Last week I did something wrong and Firefox wasn’t my default browser anymore. I went to my list of default programs in settings, but couldn’t find Firefox there. Not even my sighted wife didn’t find it. I went on Mozilla’s page and the solution I found was to uninstall Firefox and reinstall it again – which I did. After reinstalling, I ended up with a folder on my desktop called “Old Firefox data.”
Now I get to the problem. Before I uninstalled Firefox, I got 36 bookmarks saved. After the reinstallation, I bookmarked 3 new webpages. They are not listed among the 36 bookmarks. However, when I hit enter on “show all bookmarks”, then I find the last three bookmarks. Only those three are in “show all bookmarks”. All my other bookmarks is outside that folder.
Then I tried Edge. But when I open Edge and press the alt-key to open the menu of Edge, nothing happens.
Can somebody help me with the Firefox issue? Or is it better to start using Edge? I personally find Edge more rresponsive. On the other hand, all my bookmarks are in Firefox.
Any help would be apreciated.
Kind regards Morné
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Morne van der Merwe
Thanks for the advice. I sorted out my bookmarks.
Regards Morne
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Brian Vogel
With regard to Firefox, you can use Bookmarks Manager (CTRL+SHIFT+B) to manipulate your existing bookmarks into whatever folder structure you'd like. It behaves not unlike File Explorer in that you can cut and paste, create new folders, etc., for your bookmarks. I cannot say how your current folder structure is arranged but it sounds like your old bookmarks are in a subfolder and your new ones at the top level (or perhaps vice versa). Brian - Windows 10 Home, 64-Bit, Version 1803, Build 17134 A little kindness from person to person is better than a vast love for all humankind. ~ Richard Dehmel
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Brian's Mail list account
What about Waterfox?
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I'm not sure how come you lost bookmarks, this sounds a little bit like something in FF got currupted, but in my experience FF has a good recovery and fix system that normally sorts it out. I now use waterfox as its just more reliable than Firefox and all my old add ons work in it, it also imported all the firefox bookmarks without any issues. Brian bglists@... Sent via blueyonder. Please address personal E-mail to:- briang1@..., putting 'Brian Gaff' in the display name field. ----- Original Message -----
From: "Morne van der Merwe" <mornevdmerwe@...> To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> Cc: "'Andre Vosloo'" <andre.vosloo@...> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2018 4:47 PM Subject: [nvda] Problem with Firefox - maybe use Edge instead? Good day list, This is going to be a quite lengthy email. I will describe my problem as best as I can. I'm running the latest version of NVDA as well as the laters version of Windows 10. I downloaded Firefox extended version and installed it on my computer. I saved quite an amount of bookmarks. Last week I did something wrong and Firefox wasn't my default browser anymore. I went to my list of default programs in settings, but couldn't find Firefox there. Not even my sighted wife didn't find it. I went on Mozilla's page and the solution I found was to uninstall Firefox and reinstall it again - which I did. After reinstalling, I ended up with a folder on my desktop called "Old Firefox data." Now I get to the problem. Before I uninstalled Firefox, I got 36 bookmarks saved. After the reinstallation, I bookmarked 3 new webpages. They are not listed among the 36 bookmarks. However, when I hit enter on "show all bookmarks", then I find the last three bookmarks. Only those three are in "show all bookmarks". All my other bookmarks is outside that folder. Then I tried Edge. But when I open Edge and press the alt-key to open the menu of Edge, nothing happens. Can somebody help me with the Firefox issue? Or is it better to start using Edge? I personally find Edge more rresponsive. On the other hand, all my bookmarks are in Firefox. Any help would be apreciated. Kind regards Morné |
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