Can bookmarks from another browser be imported?

[Deleted User]

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IE wasn't included because I don't use it, but I would imagine it's much like the Firefox method, as you said.

I just tried copying the Opera 20 bookmarks file over to the Chrome folder, and it does work, but it adds on to Chrome's existing bookmarks (instead of overwriting them), so you end up with both sets of bookmarks. Whether that's good or bad for anyone depends on their personal viewpoint.

[lem729]

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That's because you already had some bookmarks in your Chrome. But some Opera 12 people are worried about moving to Opera 20, thinking there's no export function, and they might end up trapped there -- in Opera 20. All that would have to be done would be to download a Chrome browser with no bookmarks yet, or delete the ones there, and then make the transfer of the Opera 20 bookmarks. The point is that while Opera 20 could benefit from an export feature, it's not essential. Opera 20 bookmarks can easily be moved to Chrome, and from there (since it has an export feature) anywhere.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

The point is that while Opera 20 could benefit from an export feature, it's not essential.

It is pretty much essential if anyone is to be persuaded to migrate to Opera 20. The average user is not willing to search for workarounds, even if they are simple. They expect to be able to import/export bookmarks with a bare minimum of effort using the GUI, not finding and copying files from Windows Explorer.

The other bookmark features like nicknames, or sorting by created order, etc., might be regarded is not essential, but import/export of bookmarks should be a high priority, and it's not something to leave to extension developers.

[lem729]

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You're absolutely right, Pesala. I didn't choose the best word with "not essential". it ought to be a high priority -- the bookmarks manager so Opera 20 can easily handle imports of bookmarks from other browsers and exports to them. I mean, you would think Opera wants more Opera 20 users, and what you say would help encourage average users to move to Opera 20. On whether Opera should do it or a developer through an extension, I think the problem is that it's too important that it get done quickly than to wait for a developer extension. If we had right now a developer extension that did all of this, well, that would certainly help some. But we don't, at least not as far as I can see.

Still, it's nice to know in my mind, just for my use that it's easy enough, even now, to move bookmarks from Opera to Chrome (which has a bookmarks export feature and can, thus, move its bookmarks almost anywhere), and from Chrome to Opera just by copying over bookmark files from one browser into a bookmarks folder in the other. All you need to know is the location. Also, it's nice to now because absent the import-export feature built into the browser, we still might have people asking in the forum how to do it right now.

[lem729]

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@Islander5460

FIREFOX BOOKMARKS - Note: You need to have Opera 12.x installed for this procedure.

In Firefox, go to Bookmarks Manager > Import and Backup > Export Bookmarks to HTML...
In Opera 12, go to Manage Bookmarks > File > Import Firefox Bookmarks...
In Opera 20, click the Opera button in the top left of the browser, go to More Tools > Bookmark Importer

While I've never done it, @colderwinters has pointed out in this thread that you can export Firefox bookmarks to [as?] HTML, and then with the help of the Bookmarks Manager extension import them directly into Opera 20 (bypassing Opera 12). Now I know you did say you don't use extensions yourself, but for people who want to go into Opera 20 from Firefox, they seem to have two possible paths. And it would seem that the same is true for Internet Explorer (as I believe they can export bookmarks to HTML)

[l33t4opera]

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What I did was export the bookmarks as HTML from Dragon, A chrome derivitive browser, bookmarks were already sorted by the extension SuperSorter I use on Chrome style browsers, I think exporting bookmarks from a Chrome style browser is the way to go, I also copied the Bookmarks file from Dragon to replace Operas Bookmarks folder in AppData/Roaming, Not sure which of those did the trick
Hi guys, ( @lem729 @colderwinters ), to make it clear: "I also copied the Bookmarks file from Dragon to replace Operas Bookmarks folder in AppData/Roaming" - that did the trick

[lem729]

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I think in Opera 20 (and I am not at my desktop right now to check) there is just a bookmarks file in the profile. So you substituted the Dragon file for the bookmarks file that was already in Opera? Sounds easy.

[kuhlmanck]

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Or use a third party bookmark manager/sync service. Sync your old browser to the service, then sync your new browser.

[lem729]

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@kuhlmanck

Do you have any names of some of the players who do that sort of thing?

[kuhlmanck]

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it appears that linkman will do that, testing a few others. Like everyone here I am distressed at operas abandonment of Opera Link and am looking for alternatives.