Comments on: OFFICIAL: Firefox 2.0 Alpha Download http://employees.org/~abhinav/blog/2006/03/official-firefox-20-alpha-download/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:59:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: abhinav http://employees.org/~abhinav/blog/2006/03/official-firefox-20-alpha-download/#comment-36 abhinav Mon, 27 Mar 2006 04:36:24 +0000 http://employees.org/~abhinav/blog/2006/03/22/official-firefox-20-alpha-download/#comment-36 <em> If you use 2.0 your bookmarks will be lost in some binary SQL format, never to be seen again. </em> While 2.0 <em> does </em> store bookmarks in binary SQL, the original bookmarks.html file is infact intact - So you just need to copy or import it if you go back to 1.5 <em> This is a huge step backward for Firefox, we should all stop and demand our user data continue to be stored in human readable XML format! </em> While SQL data can be retrieved, it is not better than the html/xml format. In addition, the fact that the import of bookmarks from 1.5 to 2.0 is not non-destructive <strong> is </strong> a major turn-off. Hopefully this is set right in the Beta. Remember, this is just an Alpha version of the software - <strong><strong>not</strong> for production use! :) </strong> If you use 2.0 your bookmarks will be lost in some binary SQL format, never to be seen again.

While 2.0 does store bookmarks in binary SQL, the original bookmarks.html file is infact intact - So you just need to copy or import it if you go back to 1.5


This is a huge step backward for Firefox, we should all stop and demand our user data continue to be stored in human readable XML format!

While SQL data can be retrieved, it is not better than the html/xml format. In addition, the fact that the import of bookmarks from 1.5 to 2.0 is not non-destructive is a major turn-off. Hopefully this is set right in the Beta. Remember, this is just an Alpha version of the software - not for production use! :)

]]> By: Chuckles http://employees.org/~abhinav/blog/2006/03/official-firefox-20-alpha-download/#comment-35 Chuckles Sat, 25 Mar 2006 06:47:59 +0000 http://employees.org/~abhinav/blog/2006/03/22/official-firefox-20-alpha-download/#comment-35 If you use 2.0 your bookmarks will be lost in some binary SQL format, never to be seen again. One bad byte and they all go *poof*. This is a huge step backward for Firefox, we should all stop and demand our user data continue to be stored in human readable XML format! If you use 2.0 your bookmarks will be lost in some binary SQL format, never to be seen again.

One bad byte and they all go *poof*.

This is a huge step backward for Firefox, we should all stop and demand our user data continue to be stored in human readable XML format!

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