476191 - bookmarks import from IE aborts on hitting a corrupt bookmark

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: Migration, defect)

Description

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5

Hi, recently I reported and confirmed bug 456956 resolved. And indeed, I can now scroll up and down the Bookmarks list in 1 column.

However, the list is incomplete. The column is longer than one screen, and so scrolls up and down. But about 2/3 are missing. If I look at 'Manage Bookmarks', there is nothing beyond hxxxxxxx.

By comparison, the plugin 'Plain old Favourites' sees them all - at least, it looks like all.

I'd say there are about 4 or 5 columns worth of favorites, mostly folders, some individual ones.

IE7, Maxthon 2, XP PRo.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install FF3.05
2. Import IE Favorites
3. View them



IE7, Maxthon 2, XP PRo.

A number of FF plugins.

Comment 1

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

can you provide (also by mail) an html export of your ie7 bookmarks?

Comment 2

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

not enough informations to reproduce, please provide the file to import by mail if you want for someone to look into this

Comment 3

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Hello, I will endeavour to do so.

Meanwhile, using 'Plain Old Favourites' means I can keep a single favorites folder between IE7 and FF, as I understand it.

What I dislike is that this means scrolling vertically through a long list, which is cumbersome. I believe that was the behaviour in FF too.

Maxthon's multi column approach is MUCH friendlier. Would really like to see this in FF.

IE7 uses the vertical scroll presentation.

Comment 4

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Attachment: Screenshot, normal mode

Comment 5

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Attachment: Screenshot, safe mode, scrolled to limit (HTT)

Herewith two screenshots showing IE imported favourites scrolling at the limit, latest FF in Vista SP1. The rest - more than half- are inaccessible by this means.

Plain old favourites add-in allows me to access all.

I have sent a set of favourites as requested by email.

Hope that lets you investigate or advise.

Thanks David Lawrie

Comment 6

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Hi, perhaps this is actually a problem in importing the list of favourites.. could the import be curtailed for some reason?

I've not tried exporting and the file isn't directly accessible.

Comment 7

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Ok, I've identified the problem for you.

There's an improperly formed shortcut in the list.

Either:
- the import process fails when it encounters this
Or:
- the display terminates when the shortcut is encountered.

Its URL is 
http--www.fco.gov

Comment 8

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Attachment: Problem improperly formed URL shortcut

When this is encountered, action should be at least to ignore it, preferably warn.

Comment 9

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

yes, a corrupt bookmark entry in IE could cause import to fail in the middle. Moving to migration.

Comment 12

[Jim Mathies [:jimm]]

This should be addressed by the patches in bug 575591.