Bringing in bookmarks from Firefox

Has anyone brought in bookmarks from Firefox?
how does it work?
Can one get rid of all present bookmarks and replace with what you have in firefox, or just add on? thanks

Hi Kevin you are very welcome,
No, I don't think there is a reason to stay with it, if it is not working well for you, personally
I prefer Safari it works well for me.
If you do not have the Debug menu activated I suggest you do so.
You can do that with Onyx or the Terminal app. if you search Debug menu in AD, Safari category you are bound to get some hits: )
I am not saying you will, but don't delete your Safari app if you decide not to use it, It barely takes any space MBs .
I just download the nightly web kit Safari,I have not opened the dmg yet,
it is a Safari version that is worked on daily & then released nightly, see the link below if you are interested.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4323039#4323039
When it comes to browsers I prefer more to less.
I have Safari Camino ◈ Opera ◈ Firefox◈ Shiira ◈ Realplayer which is also a browser,& I
just very recently dumped IE 5.2.3. it was useless.
I don't use any Safari enhancing apps with my Safari.
Hope this helps, long drawn, eh?
Maria'~[) eme

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