You have been VERY helpful Lem, may be they'll get enough feedback and add Bookmarks to the next release and it also seems strange that you don't UPGRADE from one version to another version but install the new version and uninstall the old version.
Anyway, I am using Opera but would use it MUCH more if I was able to import my Bookmarks and it should have been DEVOTED but for dyslectics like me, it came out "devoid".
Bob

Hi Lem, please let me know when Opera goes public, with devoid users like you it is sure to be a HUGH success. FYI, I was able to download v20 and also have v12.17, what I don't have is the Bookmarks from v12.17 on v20, (I tried all your suggestions but they didn't work) and have invested enough time for something that is an easy import with every other browser that I used, so I will live with what I have and hopefully I will find Opera to be a "speed demon" and will do away with Mozilla and Chrome.
Thank you again for your help Lem and good luck to you
Bob

Hi Lem, you appear to be VERY passionate about Opera or work for them and/or own shares in the company, in any event I wish I had the same passion for ANYTHING as you do for Opera. I was able to download 12.17 and it wasn't quite so simple,I was able to download 923 Bookmarks. FYI, I use quite a few Websites and don't want to memorize them (I don't use all of them but I would guess that I use 50-75 at least once a week) so bookmarks ARE important to me. Also when I said that's why they have vanilla and chocolate it was not a comment on Opera per se, it was meant as, "one size does not fit all and why people are given choices.
But now that I uninstalled Opera 20 and installed Opera 12.17 (with Bookmarks), I am having difficulty upgrading 12.17 to Opera 20 and would appreciate your help.
Thanks Bob
P.S.- this is what's installed at the moment (I have aW7-64bit not 32bit)

About Opera
Version information
Version 12.17
Build 1863
Platform Win32
System Windows 7

Thank you for the explanation Leushino, I understand but doesn't make sense at least from my prospective and people that I know, Bookmarks/Favorites are VERY important and will limit my use of Opera.
I use Chrome, Mozilla and IE and have found IE to be terrible so I am replacing IE with Opera (I would have used Safari but Apple no longer supports Windows).
And under the circumstances (no Bookmark import function), I probably will only use Opera to have quick access to my Yahoo mail account (I have 2 Yahoo Mail accounts and unlike Gmail, Yahoo only allows you to view (open) 1 Yahoo Mail account in a browser so I will use Mozilla and Opera to view my Yahoo accounts and also use Mozilla to "surf the Web" and use Gmail for my Gmail accounts and "surfing".
Too bad Opera came to the conclusion that Bookmarks/Favorite Places are no used but that's why then offer vanilla AND chocolate and I am sure that they know what they are doing.
Thank you for your help Leushino,
Bob

Thanks for the suggestions guys, Lem, the https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/bookmarks-manager/?display=en like doesn't open and (the latest version of Opera) Opera 20 is the only available download (earlier versions are redirected to Opera 20) http://www.opera.com/download/guide/?ver=12.17

and Leushino, the link (article) was interesting but it appears to be OLD (i.e. directed to earlier versions of Opera) but at least it gives me a better understand.

FYI, I was able to piece together a something that includes my bookmarks but it really is not very usable since I need to click (drill down) 4-5 deep to get to a bookmark.

Do you know of any reason why a Browser )like Opera) would NOT include "normal" bookmarks?

Thanks,
Bob

Hi, I am replacing IE with Opera and have a question about importing Bookmarks/Favorites Places to Opera. I see that Opera has Speed Dial, does it also have or allow Bookmarks/Favorite Places to be imported (and used) in the Opera Browser?
Thank you,
Bob