# I Accuse My Browser!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accuse-my-browser/298133>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 7, 2005, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accuse-my-browser/298133 "2005-04-07T00:24:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accuse-my-browser/298133/1 "2005-04-07T00:24:29Z")

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And it’s not the one you’re thinking of. Mozilla, I pit thee! You have caused my bookmarks and preferences to vanish from the mortal coil, whilst leaving my history file intact. Now I am forced to reconstruct the dozens and dozens of links that have disappeared, like so much Ralph Macchio career.

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**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accuse-my-browser/298133/2 "2005-04-07T00:34:59Z")

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Oh, you poor non-Opera users.

Just kidding, I’m sure Opera has its share of problems. Having never encountered any major ones, though, I can’t say for sure. 🙂

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**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accuse-my-browser/298133/3 "2005-04-07T00:50:31Z")

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I had the exact same thing happen to me. Apparently it’s a known bug. Well, unknown to me, but known to others. Real bummer.

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accuse-my-browser/298133/4 "2005-04-07T01:05:07Z")

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Yikes, didn’t know about this one. I tend to export my bookmarks to a file and upload it to my Yahoo briefcase for backup, but haven’t in a while.

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**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accuse-my-browser/298133/5 "2005-04-07T02:46:16Z")

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It’s no help now, but for the future try this extension:

[http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/bookmarkbackup](http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/bookmarkbackup)

It’s saved my ass on at least one occasion.

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**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accuse-my-browser/298133/6 "2005-04-07T04:40:32Z")

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They laughed when I accused my browser, and I killed them; we’ll see if they’ll be laughing noooowwwww!!!

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**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-accuse-my-browser/298133/7 "2005-04-07T12:53:40Z")

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Seems like a pretty major bug to me. Is it fixed in the more recent versions?