Bookmark Loss

[Real Rodrigue]

>I worried all the way home Friday after I popped off this rather
>unsympathetic reply. I apologize to Rebecca and all who have lost bookmarks
>in Netscape upgrades. The first time I upgraded Netscape I was such a newbie
>the helpful helpdesk techie at TexasNet had to practically hold my hand all
>the way through it. He suggested I move my bookmarks to a new folder. I
>ignored him and lost my bookmarks. The second time I upgraded Netscape I
>remembered losing my bookmarks and told myself I should save them in a new
>folder. I IGNORED MYSELF! and lost them again. It wasn't until the third
>upgrade that I wisely saved my bookmarks.  Now I save them frequently to a
>diskestte because I never know when I'll get crazy and sacrifice them to
>another upgrade. So Rebecca, et. al., I didn't really mean to be snide or
>unsympathetic. Just realistic.
>(By the way, starting over again (twice) actually proved to be a valuable
>learning experience and confidence boost. I found anything I remembered well
>enough to really want much easier to find again than I had expected.)
>
>>Unless you saved them to a diskette or in another directory, start over again!
>>>I was able to download the Netscape 2.0b but my previous bookmarks from 1.0
>>>did not transfer.  What should I do?
>>>  Thanks
>>>
>>>Rebecca  Hankins
>>>Acquisitions Archivist
>
>
>Ginger Payne, Electronic Resources Coordinator
>San Antonio Public Library
>600 Soledad,  San Antonio, TX 78205
> 210-207-2628  E-Mail gpye at texas.net

Personally, I am fortunate that I nerver lost any bookmarks in upgrading
NetScape. I went from version 0.9something to 1.0 to 1.1 to 2.0, and I
managed to keep my old bookmarks. What I do is that when I download a new
version, I just put the new version in the same folder as the old one, and
delete the old one. When I start NetScape after that, my old bookmarks are
all there (I use both a Power Macintosh 6100/60 at work, and a LC575 at
home).


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