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    • lem729
      lem729 last edited by

      Yes, they do need a better way to import bookmarks. Of course, the ability to make bookmarks is very much in Opera 20. Thanks so much, though, Boblink for your kind note.

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      • blackbird71
        blackbird71 last edited by

        Yes, they do need a better way to import bookmarks. Of course, the ability to make bookmarks is very much in Opera 20. ...

        If I were "king" of Opera, the very highest of priorities would be placed on development of an effective means of importing user data into Opera directly from other browser brands. If Opera intends to grow its market share, that share will have to come from somewhere - and it will want/need to bring its data with it, whether or not Opera believes bookmarks are that major a deal. But if users can't easily bring in their favorite/bookmarked sites from other browsers, that barrier risks killing the deal for many of those users. A good product trying to win users from other products will strive to make their transition as painless and easy as possible... but Blink Opera, 9 months later, still has a glaring "import" defficiency. Now that Opera has a bookmark bar, that import deficiency seriously needs to be corrected.

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        • lem729
          lem729 last edited by

          @blackbird71

          Absolutely. We can't ask users to jump through a thousand hoops to get their bookmarks into Opera 20.

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          • alex00752
            alex00752 last edited by

            I transfered my bookmarks from opera 12 to opera 20 whit the help of bookmark-importer option from "more tools" menu. It gives you the option to import opera 12 bookmarks to bookmark bar or to a single speed dial folder...

            It will be nice for the bookmark bar to have a alternative display, for example a button in the area where extension buttons are. On a laptop 16:9 display 1366x768 you need all the vertical space you can get. Full screen also needs a auto hide bar for displaying and switching tabs.

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            • lem729
              lem729 last edited by

              @boblink

              @alex00752

              Perhaps, I missed that idea with boblink. The more tools menu and the "import" option. hmmm. Well, perhaps he'll stop back and look at this thread again.

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              • lem729
                lem729 last edited by

                @bonblink

                @alex00752

                It would be better if one could send a personal note -- say, Oh, yeah, I forgot, check the "More Tools," menu item, and click the Bookmarks importer. One could do that in the old days in the forum. Perhaps, they'll bring back that feature. I hope so.

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                • lem729
                  lem729 last edited by

                  @boblink

                  Haven't seem you in the forum lately. For importing bookmarks from Opera 12 into Opera 20, all you need to do is click on the Opera menu in the far top left, then click on "More Tools," and then on the Bookmark Importer.

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                  • Deleted User
                    Deleted User last edited by

                    The import bookmarks is not on my settings>more tools.

                    I want to import my bookmarks & favorites from firefox and IE8.

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                    • Deleted User
                      Deleted User last edited by

                      The import bookmarks is not on my settings>more tools.
                      I want to import my bookmarks & favorites from firefox and IE8.

                      How do I do this?

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                      • albatros48
                        albatros48 last edited by

                        The import bookmarks is not on my settings>more tools.
                        I want to import my bookmarks & favorites from firefox and IE8.

                        How do I do this?

                        Quick answer: it's just not possible. One of the big missing functions.:-(

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                        • lem729
                          lem729 last edited by

                          @longshotblues
                          @albatros48

                          You can do it. It's just a two step process.

                          (1) You have to first get your bookmarks from IE or Firefox in Opera 12. So you go to this link, scroll 2/3 down the page, and install Opera 12

                          http://www.opera.com/computer/windows

                          Then click on File (In Opera 12, Import and Export, and the click on Import from Internet Explorer, or Firefox.
                          Now you should have your bookmarks in Opera 12.

                          (2) I'm assuming you have Opera 20 installed already. If not download and install from the link above (at top of that page). In Opera 20, click on the File menu at the top left of the page, Click on Settings, Browser, and under User Interface, put a dot in Show the Bookmarks bar. Now click on in Opera 20 again the File menu at the top left of the page, click on more Tools, and click on Bookmark importer. And then choose to connvert the Opera 12 bookmarks into Opera 20. I would definitely convert to the bookmarks bar (which will run across the top of the browser), and use the Speed Dial for what you want to highlight/emphasize/give quick access to, but you have a choice.

                          I hope that helps 🙂 Ignore some of the earlier material in this thread, as this issue has become clearer to me more recently. At some point you might want to add a bookmark manager extension but for the moment, see about getting the bookmarks transferred to the bookmarks bar.

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