Thanks Ben, I found the answer by experimenting.
Opera doesn't like to import a whole bunch of unsorted Favorites. Normally,
mine are pretty tidy but this time I had 135 that hadn't been assigned to
folders.
All I had to do was tuck them away in a new folder and the import worked
fine, plus they're now available from Bookmarks on the menu bar.
Incidentally, for anyone thinking of trying Opera, it is quite a good
application - I'm more impressed the longer I use it.
It apparently has a built-in pop-up stopper, which I haven't used yet, but
one useful feature I HAVE tried is the built-in download manager. This
facility will resume broken downloads, as long as the site supports it.
Ian Porter
Computer Guys Inc.
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Moore" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Opera 7
> Something is wrong. There are already bookmarks in Opera when you install
> it. You should have bookmark items in the drop down menu without having
to
> do anything special. I'd try uninstalling/reinstalling it.
>
> Ben Moore
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ian" > Subject: [PCSOFT] Opera 7
>
>
> > I'm giving this browser a tryout and so far I'm impressed.
> >
> > But one thing puzzles me. Importing my Favorites from IE to Opera was
> > simple enough, but I can't see how to get the Favorites list to display
in
> a
> > drop-down menu, the way it does in IE when you click Favorites on the
Menu
> > Bar.
> >
> > It seems that the only way to display Favorites (or Bookmarks) in Opera
is
> > to click the Hotlist button or the F4 key, which makes the Favorites
list
> > available in a window at the left side of the page, where IE displays
the
> > History list.
> >
> > Maybe I've configured something incorrectly, as Opera has a Bookmarks
item
> > on it's Menu Bar, but nothing happens when it's clicked. Perhaps I
should
> > have added one item to the Bookmarks list after I installed Opera,
before
> > importing the IE Favorites.
> >
> > Any Opera users able to comment on this?
> >
> > Ian Porter
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