Aug 13 2019 12:23 AM - edited Feb 13 2021 10:57 AM
Please let us have the option to import everything from Firefox! History & Passwords ! Not just the bookmarks!
I've been using Firefox since 2004 and this is the first time that I'll completely ditch it for Edge Chromium ! That's how GOOD is the new Edge ! So I must move all my data to Edge !
I cannot move to Edge without my history and passwords! You have no idea how much I count on them on my work & my personal stuff!
I've checked most Chromium browsers and they all doesn't have the option to move anything from Firefox except the bookmarks!! Which is very ridiculous!! Specially because you can move EVERYTHING from Chromium to Firefox !!
However I found out that Vivaldi actually can import the history and the passwords of Firefox !! Which means "It's NOT impossible" for Chromium browsers !!
And since this "Edge" is Microsoft's main browser and one of the top and best and will be even a lot better when it releases it's first stable version THEN you MUST include the same option !! And very very soon too! Since millions are using Firefox and may move to Edge! Pleaseeeee!
This will also be one of the main best pros in Edge compared to Chrome !! Which means people can move from Firefox to Edge A LOT easier than moving to Chrome!
I really want to use Edge Chromium as my main browser and I can't do it without my history and passwords (And the hundreds of bookmarks I have of course) from my Firefox!
This is maybe the only thing I want you guys to do in Edge !
Aug 13 2019 01:33 AM
Great idea and as a previous Firefox user I agree with you on how good the new Edge is working already. Also how difficult it is to get use to the new browser when you do not have access to all your passwords and history.
Aug 14 2019 03:48 AM
Aug 15 2019 05:28 AM
Seriously ? Just 2 likes in 2 days ? no ones else wants this ???
Aug 16 2019 01:13 PM
@Omar-Os
Not sure what you want outside what is already available in the current Canary build ??
Aug 16 2019 01:29 PM
@StoneT WTH 😮
I'm using the Canary Build v78.0.249.0 and Firefox 68.0.2 and I don't have the option to import from Firefox !!
I'm using Windows 10 v1903 ! Why I can't see Firefox ??
Aug 17 2019 09:57 AM
Guys I need an answer ! Why am I NOT seeing Firefox ?? I'm using the regular edition not the portable or anything !
Aug 18 2019 03:44 AM
Guys you don't get it.. I won't shut up until I get an official response and explanation to all this !
Aug 18 2019 11:33 AM - edited Aug 18 2019 11:36 AM
@Omar-Os "Guys you don't get it.. I won't shut up until I get an official response and explanation to all this !"
Clearly not.
Edge Chromium imports Firefox favorites in Version 78.0.244.0 (Official build) dev (64-bit) [see below] and I have not experienced problems importing from Firefox in the past, so if you don't see the option to import from Firefox, the issue is probably specific to your computing environment.
I suggest that you contact Microsoft Edge Insider support to work on the specifics of the issue you are encountering. The support staff is competent and will be likely to resolve your issue.
Aug 18 2019 11:58 AM
@tomscharbach
Guess what ?? I tried this on like 10 machines with "Chrome, Opera, Edge, SRWare Iron & Vivaldi" and it only worked on 2 of them !!!! I thought Vivaldi was working but I was wrong! These 2 machines are working with all Chromium browsers not just Vivaldi !! Which is very weird and clearly it's a Chromium issue!
I also thought this IS the Microsoft Edge Insider Support ?!
Aug 18 2019 01:33 PM
@Omar-Os "I also thought this IS the Microsoft Edge Insider Support ?!"
It isn't. It is a forum to discuss features/functions/issues with Edge Chromium development. It isn't a help desk or support desk.
Microsoft maintains a specific help desk for Edge Chromium support. Please contact them. I've used them on several tricky issues, and the staff is excellent.
Aug 18 2019 01:36 PM
@tomscharbach Ok thanks a lot !
After all I was here to discuss this features because I thought it wasn't actually available!
Jan 07 2020 02:32 AM
Jan 07 2020 05:36 AM
@rishavsharanNow I'm using Firefox 72, but I've been testing this since Firefox 68 or something without any luck! on several different machines and Windows!!
They all have Firefox Stable and I tested Edge Canary, Dev & Beta and it's always the same, Firefox isn't in the importing list of Edge !
Feb 12 2020 10:33 AM
May 17 2020 03:57 AM
May 17 2020 05:50 AM
May 18 2020 02:10 AM
@whrsymoto
The option is definitely NOT there, for dozens of machines I've tried on.
And I'm not the only one who complains about this.
May 18 2020 02:16 AM
May 18 2020 04:29 AM - edited May 18 2020 04:34 AM
@rishavsharan
Dozens of machines and a lot more people complaining and it's a FF bug ??!!
BTW it's happening since the first build of Chromium Edge which means around a year and a half ago with all Firefox versions all that time including the Firefox ESR, nightly and Betas as well.
And all was tested on Edge Canary, Dev, Beta & Stable.. on Windows 7,8,10 x86 and x64 and it's always the same, no Firefox option! I thought you don't have the option to import Firefox until I saw people sending me screenshots telling me it's there! Which I hardly believe right now..
Edge must be is looking in an old profile location of Firefox that isn't there anymore
Mine and all the others are always in the default location:
Install Location: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\
Root Directory: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\
Local Directory: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\
Feb 13 2021 10:54 AM - edited Feb 13 2021 11:27 AM
Solution
No thanks to Edge dev/support team, After more than 1.5 years I finally just fixed this issue by creating a new profile in Firefox then removed it immediately, now Edge detects my default Firefox profile! Which proves that it was an Edge detection issue not Firefox's.