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exporting bookmark.html file

Eekman
Eekman
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In Firefox 5 on exporting HTML files, two unnecessary elements are included for each web page entry; namely,

In Firefox 5 on exporting HTML files, two unnecessary elements are included for each web page entry; namely, <DT><A HREF="http://www ... ICON_URI=" ... /favicon.ico" ICON="data:image/png;base64 , ... </A> These two elements (ICON_URI and ICON) add significantly to the storage size of the bookmarks.html file which keeps getting larger and larger. These two elements are not necessary in my opinion. Please remove those two elements: the ICON_URI=" ... /favicon.ico" and the ICON="data:image/png;base64 , from the bookmarks.html file structure; or at least give an option for their inclusion or not in the exported HTML file.

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David McRitchie
David McRitchie
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you did not finish you sentence.

The exported file contains additional information relating to bookmarks that you do not see when viewing the file, including the links, but also the favicons in a bitmap and as a link, and and some timestamp information, the purpose is to transfer bookmarks between two browsers.