Help with Firefox

[Grumpy John]

I realise that this post probably belongs in Computers, but as we are being asked ever so subtly to install and use Firefox, I thought it would be handy to have it here.

I have installed Firefox on my laptop as the missus does not use it much, and she hates it when I change/update things on the desktop. If I cant get Firefox to at least look like IE8 I'm going to have to run two browsers , something I really don't want to do.

My question is: Can I have my bookmarks/favourites pinned to the left hand side of the window the way it is in IE8.

[snowyskiesau]

You can indeed!

From the menu, select View, Sidebar and select Bookmarks.

Ctrl B will do it too .

[Grumpy John]

Thank you, trouble was the menu was not visible. Love the Ctrl B .
looks like Firefox is about to become the default browser.

[Grumpy John]

I've now installed Firefox on both the laptop and desktop PC's and things are proceeding relatively smoothly..................except.
Firefox did not import all my favourites/bookmarks. I tried importing them again and it imported the same ones and left out the same ones it left out on the first import. Is there a limit to the number of favourites/bookmarks that you can import. I've read all the info regarding importing settings from IE and can't see any reference to the problem I'm having.

[Grumpy John]

Don't worry, I've got it sorted. I exported my bookmarks from IE as a html file and imported that file into FF .

[Mulgabill]

Don't worry, I've got it sorted. I exported my bookmarks from IE as a html file and imported that file into FF .

Good work GJ!
I have been using FF for years with very few problems. I find it a lot faster than IE.
May I make one recommendation and that is the us the Add-on "Adblock Plus". Through the menu go to Tools/Add-ons and the search for 'Adblock Plus' and follow your nose. It stops those annoying pop-up advertisements that some web sites push down to us from time-to-time.

[Rod Gilbert]

Hi,
I have just installed fire fox and have read other post's in this thread. Here is a dumb one where is the menu.

[RETIRED]

Hi,
I have just installed fire fox and have read other post's in this thread. Here is a dumb one where is the menu.

Go to the top bar and right click. A drop down pops up (?) select what you want.

[Grumpy John]

Hi,
I have just installed fire fox and have read other post's in this thread. Here is a dumb one where is the menu.

Place your cursor above the Navigation Toolbar and right click and select Menu Bar. For some reason it is not visible by default.

[Rod Gilbert]

Thank-you for the replies.
Regards Rod.