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It's hard to move browsers permanently if you're not prepared. I moved to FF Quantom for a bit, but had to regularly open Chrome to get passwords etc. And the C

It's hard to move browsers permanently if you're not prepared. I moved to FF Quantom for a bit, but had to regularly open Chrome to get passwords etc. And the Chrome assholes removed the password export (or at least I could not for the life of me get it to work at the time) I ended up going back for a bit and added a password manager, and now I can move between browsers easily - but as I said, it's not always straightforward, especially for _most_ non-tech users.

ripdog 7y ago
Firefox has a built in import of browser data from other browsers such as Chrome. Does this no longer work?
- lorenzhs 7y ago
  It doesn't exist on Linux. When I moved from Chrome to Firefox, I used https://github.com/louisabraham/ffpass https://github.com/louisabraham/ffpass.
hutattedonmyarm 7y ago
> It's hard to move browsers permanently if you're not prepared. I find it rather easy, at least in my case. Passwords are all managed via a password manager, I barely use bookmarks, so most of the work is re-installing and configuring a few plugins, which I also don't use many of
vatueil 7y ago
> And the Chrome assholes removed the password export (or at least I could not for the life of me get it to work at the time) Chrome Settings > Passwords > "Export passwords..." (under the three-dots menu). Not sure when you last checked but the option has been available since at least Chrome 66, which was released almost two years ago: https://www.ghacks.net/2018/04/18/google-chrome-66-password-export-autoplay-blocker-and-security-updates/ https://www.ghacks.net/2018/04/18/google-chrome-66-password-... I distinctly recall the option to manually import passwords being harder to find (solution is to either import them from another browser or enable a flag to import passwords from a CSV file). Ironically Firefox currently still lacks the native ability to manually export passwords, relying on add-ons or third-party tools: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/20/technology/personaltech/firefox-quantum-passwords.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/20/technology/personaltech/f...

ripdog 7y ago

Firefox has a built in import of browser data from other browsers such as Chrome. Does this no longer work?

lorenzhs 7y ago
It doesn't exist on Linux. When I moved from Chrome to Firefox, I used https://github.com/louisabraham/ffpass https://github.com/louisabraham/ffpass.

hutattedonmyarm 7y ago

> It's hard to move browsers permanently if you're not prepared. I find it rather easy, at least in my case. Passwords are all managed via a password manager, I barely use bookmarks, so most of the work is re-installing and configuring a few plugins, which I also don't use many of

vatueil 7y ago

> And the Chrome assholes removed the password export (or at least I could not for the life of me get it to work at the time) Chrome Settings > Passwords > "Export passwords..." (under the three-dots menu). Not sure when you last checked but the option has been available since at least Chrome 66, which was released almost two years ago: https://www.ghacks.net/2018/04/18/google-chrome-66-password-export-autoplay-blocker-and-security-updates/ https://www.ghacks.net/2018/04/18/google-chrome-66-password-... I distinctly recall the option to manually import passwords being harder to find (solution is to either import them from another browser or enable a flag to import passwords from a CSV file). Ironically Firefox currently still lacks the native ability to manually export passwords, relying on add-ons or third-party tools: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/20/technology/personaltech/firefox-quantum-passwords.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/20/technology/personaltech/f...