Can't create folders in "Bookmark this page"

[Imagineer]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

The ability to create a new folder is no longer in the "Bookmark this page"/"Page Bookmarked" dialog boxes. While I understand that we can now create tags, this does not alleviate the need for folders. Please restore this feature that has been in previous versions of Firefox.

Using:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9b4) Gecko/2008031317 Firefox/3.0b4

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Mar 30 22:10:28 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: firefox 3.0~b4+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-12-generic i686

[JaSaavedra (jasaavedra)]

I have the same problem with Firefox 3.0b5 (update from Gutsy to Hardy beta): new folders and bookmarks disappear on every Firefox restart.

The source of the problem it's seem to be inside the "~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/" folder. There are two bookmarks files into this folder:

    "bookmarks.html" and "bookmarks.postplaces.html"

Rename the first of them to "bookmarks.html.something" fix the problem. I suspect that "bookmarks.html" (posibly the original bookmarks file from Gutsy's Firefox) is updating the "bookmarks.postplaces.html" content on every Firefox restart.

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Thank you for filing this bug i will check my set up to see if its there for me but so far my bookmarks are fine.

[JaSaavedra (jasaavedra)]

Reviewing my bookmarks, I can confirm that all my new bookmarks are the old ones from my Gutsy's Firefox. My first Firefox version in Gutsy was 3.0b3 (not surely 100%).

I haven't reviewed the Firefox deb package, then the following is a posibilitity to recreate this instalation fault:

During the actualization from firefox2 to firefox3 let a firefox2 windows open. Firefox2 should keep a bookmarks.html copy to disk ruining the firefox3 configuration script job.

There is a 99% probability for me if this was a posible situation.

Excuse me John. I didn't think at this explanation yesterday.

[Olivier Mengué (dolmen)]

There is a "new folder" button in Firefox 3.0 final.

Marking this bug as Invalid.

[Olivier Mengué (dolmen)]

There is a "new folder" button in 3.0 final.