Import Delicious Bookmarks into Firefox

Just a few days after realizing that the new Stumbleupon Toolbar had the function to save every new website that is stumbled as a Firefox bookmark and that it provided the option to import all (older) Stumbleupon sites into Firefox I literally stumbled upon a similar solution for Del.icio.us users.

Del.icio.us is a online bookmarking service where users can add websites to. A small description and tags can be added to those websites and an account is required to store them online.

To import all Delicious bookmarks into Firefox do the following. Head over to Delicious and select settings > export/backup to save all bookmarks in an html file. Make sure to include the tags. A click on Export To HTML starts the process.

Now export all bookmarks of Firefox 3 as a JSON file as well. This can be done in Bookmarks > Organize bookmarks and there by clicking on the Import and Export button.

Now that you have both files saved go to the website that combines both bookmarks and merges them so that only one bookmark file is left in the end that can be imported into Firefox again. The new file is in JSON format as well, the format that is the default Firefox format for storing bookmarks. The import of that merged bookmarks file is done in the same menu as the export mentioned above.

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Tags: bookmarks, del.icio.us, favorites, firefox, firefox tips
Categories: Browsing, firefox

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2 Responses to “Import Delicious Bookmarks into Firefox”

1. Thomas Murphy says:

   June 29, 2008 at 2:03 pm

   The Delicious bookmark on Firefox 3 is so easy to use. You can also drag the Delicious button to the Firefox3 side toolbar, which makes your Firefox3 more manageable.

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2. Bob says:

   August 7, 2008 at 2:42 am

   @Thomas: Yeah, but your bookmarks are on the delicious site and are not integrated into Firefox. For example, you can’t type a tag into the address bar and have it match like it will with locally tagged bookmarks. With tagging built into Firefox, there is no need for delicious now.

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