Comments on: Use Flock 2.0 to Import Delicious Bookmarks & Tags Into Firefox 3.0 http://www.fansoftech.com/2008/06/16/use-flock-20-to-import-delicious-bookmarks-tags-into-firefox-30/ Web. Gadgets. Tech. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:02:57 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: DazzlinDonna http://www.fansoftech.com/2008/06/16/use-flock-20-to-import-delicious-bookmarks-tags-into-firefox-30/comment-page-1/#comment-2378 DazzlinDonna Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:56:43 +0000 http://www.fansoftech.com/2008/06/16/use-flock-20-to-import-delicious-bookmarks-tags-into-firefox-30/#comment-2378 Ok, I followed jah's instructions, which includes the tip to first import my current bookmarks into delicious. However, I also backed up my original file to an html file, just so I could easily recreate my bookmarks toolbar (which is the most important aspect for me). In any case, it was a bit tedious, but it all worked! Thanks, everyone! Ok, I followed jah’s instructions, which includes the tip to first import my current bookmarks into delicious. However, I also backed up my original file to an html file, just so I could easily recreate my bookmarks toolbar (which is the most important aspect for me). In any case, it was a bit tedious, but it all worked! Thanks, everyone!

]]> By: Jason http://www.fansoftech.com/2008/06/16/use-flock-20-to-import-delicious-bookmarks-tags-into-firefox-30/comment-page-1/#comment-2375 Jason Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:22:29 +0000 http://www.fansoftech.com/2008/06/16/use-flock-20-to-import-delicious-bookmarks-tags-into-firefox-30/#comment-2375 @jah, @Len: Excellent tip! Didn't think to try the HTML import *after* the .json import. Thanks for sharing! @Matti: Looks like we've just about got a good fix now. Read Jah's & Len's comments above. Also, Delicious has done a pretty good job of offering data portability so far...even after being acquired by Yahoo!...so, I wouldn't necessarily count a .json export option out just yet. @Dazzlin: I wonder if you could export current your bookmarks first, try the fix(es) above and then re-import your original bookmarks.html file. Seems like that would work. Let us know what you find! @jah, @Len: Excellent tip! Didn’t think to try the HTML import *after* the .json import. Thanks for sharing!

@Matti: Looks like we’ve just about got a good fix now. Read Jah’s & Len’s comments above. Also, Delicious has done a pretty good job of offering data portability so far…even after being acquired by Yahoo!…so, I wouldn’t necessarily count a .json export option out just yet.

@Dazzlin: I wonder if you could export current your bookmarks first, try the fix(es) above and then re-import your original bookmarks.html file. Seems like that would work. Let us know what you find!

]]> By: DazzlinDonna http://www.fansoftech.com/2008/06/16/use-flock-20-to-import-delicious-bookmarks-tags-into-firefox-30/comment-page-1/#comment-2371 DazzlinDonna Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:57:10 +0000 http://www.fansoftech.com/2008/06/16/use-flock-20-to-import-delicious-bookmarks-tags-into-firefox-30/#comment-2371 Well, I was "almost" happy about this process until I realized that importing the delicious .json file will overwrite all my current ff3 bookmarks. That's definitely NOT what I want. I just want to add to them, not overwrite them. Oh well. :( Well, I was “almost” happy about this process until I realized that importing the delicious .json file will overwrite all my current ff3 bookmarks. That’s definitely NOT what I want. I just want to add to them, not overwrite them. Oh well. :(

]]> By: Matti http://www.fansoftech.com/2008/06/16/use-flock-20-to-import-delicious-bookmarks-tags-into-firefox-30/comment-page-1/#comment-2366 Matti Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:18:10 +0000 http://www.fansoftech.com/2008/06/16/use-flock-20-to-import-delicious-bookmarks-tags-into-firefox-30/#comment-2366 I started using Delicious because I got tired of fiddling with FF2's folder-based bookmarking system, what with the endless process of naming and renaming folders and then deciding what to include in which. Like many people using live bookmarking, I find tagging to be a much more convenient way to organise bookmarks; provided your live bookmarking client suggests tags that you have used before, otherwise you may end up with many different forms for what is essentially the same tag (e.g. singular and plural forms of the same word, such as castle - castles). Then I installed FF3 and found that they have now updated the bookmarking system to include a tagging option. Wonderful! The first thing I did with the new browser was to import the huge database of bookmarks that had accumulated to my Delicious account into the browser's local bookmarks. The idea was that I would start using FF3's bookmarking with the new extension which allows me to access FF bookmarks from anywhere. I didn't mind that there is no way to have Delicious bookmarks to be automatically organised under files but the fact that the import excludes tags... Well, it just makes imported FF bookmarks useless, doesn't it. I mean, if you have thousands of bookmarks in a row but without the tags on the basis of which you can browse them, that's almost the same as not having bookmarks at all. If there is a database of anything that you cannot search or browse in any way, it pretty much boils down to not having a database. I suspect that Delicious will not be adding a .json feature to their export options any time soon as this would facilitate migration from Delicious to FF3 bookmarking. I started using Delicious because I got tired of fiddling with FF2’s folder-based bookmarking system, what with the endless process of naming and renaming folders and then deciding what to include in which. Like many people using live bookmarking, I find tagging to be a much more convenient way to organise bookmarks; provided your live bookmarking client suggests tags that you have used before, otherwise you may end up with many different forms for what is essentially the same tag (e.g. singular and plural forms of the same word, such as castle – castles). Then I installed FF3 and found that they have now updated the bookmarking system to include a tagging option. Wonderful! The first thing I did with the new browser was to import the huge database of bookmarks that had accumulated to my Delicious account into the browser’s local bookmarks. The idea was that I would start using FF3’s bookmarking with the new extension which allows me to access FF bookmarks from anywhere. I didn’t mind that there is no way to have Delicious bookmarks to be automatically organised under files but the fact that the import excludes tags… Well, it just makes imported FF bookmarks useless, doesn’t it. I mean, if you have thousands of bookmarks in a row but without the tags on the basis of which you can browse them, that’s almost the same as not having bookmarks at all. If there is a database of anything that you cannot search or browse in any way, it pretty much boils down to not having a database. I suspect that Delicious will not be adding a .json feature to their export options any time soon as this would facilitate migration from Delicious to FF3 bookmarking.

]]> By: Len Currie http://www.fansoftech.com/2008/06/16/use-flock-20-to-import-delicious-bookmarks-tags-into-firefox-30/comment-page-1/#comment-2318 Len Currie Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:07:40 +0000 http://www.fansoftech.com/2008/06/16/use-flock-20-to-import-delicious-bookmarks-tags-into-firefox-30/#comment-2318 Hi There.. thanks for the info! I just thought I'd mention that if you do an export in del.icio.us, then import them as html in FF3, they will show up properly in the proper tags. (After the steps you've taken). So now I have all my tags, sites in Firefox 3. Regards, Len Hi There.. thanks for the info! I just thought I’d mention that if you do an export in del.icio.us, then import them as html in FF3, they will show up properly in the proper tags. (After the steps you’ve taken).

So now I have all my tags, sites in Firefox 3.

Regards,

Len

]]> By: jah http://www.fansoftech.com/2008/06/16/use-flock-20-to-import-delicious-bookmarks-tags-into-firefox-30/comment-page-1/#comment-2292 jah Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:56:54 +0000 http://www.fansoftech.com/2008/06/16/use-flock-20-to-import-delicious-bookmarks-tags-into-firefox-30/#comment-2292 Great post, I'm sure lot's of people want to do this. I've found that if you export .json from flock and export html from the del.icio.us website and then import both into firefox (.json first) then you'll have tags and bookmarks! I've posted steps at jahboite.co.uk Great post, I’m sure lot’s of people want to do this.
I’ve found that if you export .json from flock and export html from the del.icio.us website and then import both into firefox (.json first) then you’ll have tags and bookmarks! I’ve posted steps at jahboite.co.uk

]]> By: Max http://www.fansoftech.com/2008/06/16/use-flock-20-to-import-delicious-bookmarks-tags-into-firefox-30/comment-page-1/#comment-2269 Max Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:13:10 +0000 http://www.fansoftech.com/2008/06/16/use-flock-20-to-import-delicious-bookmarks-tags-into-firefox-30/#comment-2269 The released version of FF3 (at the least the Windows version) does allow import of an .html file. So, I just exported my bookmarks from del.icio.us and imported them into FF3. However, it's worth noting that this did not include any of my tags, just the bookmarks themselves, even though my del.icio.us export DID include the tags. Descriptions imported fine. The released version of FF3 (at the least the Windows version) does allow import of an .html file. So, I just exported my bookmarks from del.icio.us and imported them into FF3. However, it’s worth noting that this did not include any of my tags, just the bookmarks themselves, even though my del.icio.us export DID include the tags. Descriptions imported fine.

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