Difference between "Bookmarks Menu" and "Others Bookmarks"
I've now migrated from IE to Firefox (should have done this years ago) and I can’t find an article that discusses why there are two Bookmark folders (the “Bookmarks Menu” and “Other Bookmarks”). While I’m sure this has been asked before, Firefox doesn’t seem to provide a good answer or I haven’t found one. So what’s the thinking (or purpose) behind the two folders.
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Hi Jeff, the "one-click bookmark" star was introduced in Firefox 4 and those went into a new container called Unsorted Bookmarks. It's now called Other Bookmarks, but following the original idea, if you didn't want to think about where to add or file a bookmark, it would remain in the Unsorted/Other category.
When you add a new bookmark, Firefox can show you an editor that allows changing the folder before saving. After you bookmark a page, click the blue star, and use the "Show editor when saving" checkbox to set that:
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If you always want to save new bookmarks on the bottom of the Bookmarks Menu, you can use an add-on to change the default new bookmark folder:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/default-bookmark-folder/
And for more direct access to the Bookmarks Menu, you can add an optional toolbar button. Either:
(A) Use the Customize panel (Customize Firefox controls, buttons and toolbars) to drag the 
icon to the desired spot on the toolbar
(B) Use the method from Bookmarks in Firefox - section entitled: How do I add the Bookmarks Menu button to the toolbar?
- Click the "Library" button:
- Click "Bookmarks"
- Click "Bookmarking Tools"
- Click "Add Bookmarks Menu to Toolbar"
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The “Bookmarks Menu” refers to the mail folder while “Other Bookmarks" refers to a sub-folder within.
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Hi Jeff, the "one-click bookmark" star was introduced in Firefox 4 and those went into a new container called Unsorted Bookmarks. It's now called Other Bookmarks, but following the original idea, if you didn't want to think about where to add or file a bookmark, it would remain in the Unsorted/Other category.
When you add a new bookmark, Firefox can show you an editor that allows changing the folder before saving. After you bookmark a page, click the blue star, and use the "Show editor when saving" checkbox to set that:
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If you always want to save new bookmarks on the bottom of the Bookmarks Menu, you can use an add-on to change the default new bookmark folder:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/default-bookmark-folder/
And for more direct access to the Bookmarks Menu, you can add an optional toolbar button. Either:
(A) Use the Customize panel (Customize Firefox controls, buttons and toolbars) to drag the icon to the desired spot on the toolbar
(B) Use the method from Bookmarks in Firefox - section entitled: How do I add the Bookmarks Menu button to the toolbar?
- Click the "Library" button:
- Click "Bookmarks"
- Click "Bookmarking Tools"
- Click "Add Bookmarks Menu to Toolbar"
