Is organising bookmarks in Safari REALLY this lame?

For such a supposedly excellent browser, this is driving me mad! There seems to be no way for me to organise my bookmark folders in 'Show All Bookmarks' without the folders that I am trying to move being placed into other, existing bookmark folders, thus utterly compromising the entire purpose of a categorised bookmarks system!! In Google Chrome, all I have to do is click on the 'Organise' drop down in 'Bookmark Manager' and hey-presto, I can alphabetise my folders and individual bookmarks by title.
I was hoping to be able to do the same in Safari i.e. organise my folders and individual bookmarks so that they are in alphabetical order. However, when I try to move a newly created folder so that it fits in between existing folders and is thus into the correct alphabetical sequence, the folders either side of the new folder 'open up' and I have no choice but to drop the new folder into an existing yet utterly unrelated folder or leave it at the bottom of the bookmarks folders list where it is NOT alphabetised.
1) For example, say I have the following folders:
→ A
→ B
→ D
→ E
→ F
2) I now wish to create a new folder:
→ A
→ B
→ D
→ E
→ F
→ (New Folder)
3) I wish to rename this New Folder - 'C'
→ A
→ B
→ D
→ E
→ F
→ C
4) As you can see, the New Folder is not alphabetised, so I need to drag and drop it between Folder B and Folder D, however:
→ A
↓ B
→ C
→ D
→ E
→ F
It is not possible for me to drag New Folder C so that it drops in between Folder B and Folder D, but only for me to drop New Folder C INTO Folder B. The contents of folder B and New Folder C are totally unrelated so I have no reason to associate them in such a way, yet have no choice. My only alternative is to leave New Folder C at the bottom of the bookmark folder list (see part 3 above).
Does anyone know how I can re-order my bookmark folders alphabetically? I've tried Safari help > Organise Bookmarks but all that does is suggest the same, ineffective drag and drop method as I have described above.
Many thanks
Jon

I totally agree. Organising bookmarks in Safari is clunky and amateurish. I actually like the Browser but the devil is in the detail and this the one thing is stopping me using it. I constantly go back to it and see if I can get it to work but eveytime it drives me mad.
Firefox is sooo easy and slick. Have a look Apple.

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