diff --git a/xpfe/components/bookmarks/resources/bookmarks.js b/xpfe/components/bookmarks/resources/bookmarks.js
index 96f12ce34d00..470eadba06a3 100644
--- a/xpfe/components/bookmarks/resources/bookmarks.js
+++ b/xpfe/components/bookmarks/resources/bookmarks.js
@@ -612,12 +612,6 @@ function doContextCmd(cmdName)
 	cmdResource = cmdResource.QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIRDFResource);
 	if (!cmdResource)        return(false);
 
-	var select_list = treeNode.selectedItems;
-	if (!select_list)		return(false);
-	if (select_list.length < 1)	return(false);
-
-	debug("# of Nodes selected: " + select_list.length);
-
 	// set up selection nsISupportsArray
 	var selectionInstance = Components.classes["component://netscape/supports-array"].createInstance();
 	var selectionArray = selectionInstance.QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsISupportsArray);
@@ -630,7 +624,22 @@ function doContextCmd(cmdName)
 	var parentArc = rdf.GetResource("http://home.netscape.com/NC-rdf#parent");
 	if (!parentArc)        return(false);
 
-	for (var nodeIndex=0; nodeIndex<select_list.length; nodeIndex++)
+	var select_list = treeNode.selectedItems;
+	debug("# of Nodes selected: " + select_list.length);
+
+	if (select_list.length < 1)
+	{
+		// if nothing is selected, default to using the "ref" on the root of the tree
+		var	uri = treeNode.getAttribute("ref");
+		if (!uri || uri=="")    return(false);
+		var rdfNode = rdf.GetResource(uri);
+		// add node into selection array
+		if (rdfNode)
+		{
+			selectionArray.AppendElement(rdfNode);
+		}
+	}
+	else for (var nodeIndex=0; nodeIndex<select_list.length; nodeIndex++)
 	{
 		var node = select_list[nodeIndex];
 		if (!node)    break;
diff --git a/xpfe/components/bookmarks/src/nsBookmarksService.cpp b/xpfe/components/bookmarks/src/nsBookmarksService.cpp
index 761bb5845a14..2907ba305812 100644
--- a/xpfe/components/bookmarks/src/nsBookmarksService.cpp
+++ b/xpfe/components/bookmarks/src/nsBookmarksService.cpp
@@ -861,6 +861,19 @@ BookmarkParser::ParseMetaTag(const nsString &aLine, nsIUnicodeDecoder **decoder)
 	content.Mid(charset, start, content.Length() - start);
 	if (charset.Length() < 1)	return(NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED);
 
+	NS_WITH_SERVICE(nsICharsetAlias, calias, kCharsetAliasCID, &rv);
+	if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv) && (calias))
+	{
+		nsAutoString	charsetName;
+		if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv = calias->GetPreferred(charset, charsetName)))
+		{
+			if (charsetName.Length() > 0)
+			{
+				charset = charsetName;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	// found a charset, now try and get a decoder from it to Unicode
 	nsICharsetConverterManager	*charsetConv = nsnull;
 	rv = nsServiceManager::GetService(kCharsetConverterManagerCID, 
@@ -3273,12 +3286,19 @@ nsresult
 nsBookmarksService::insertBookmarkItem(nsIRDFResource *src, nsISupportsArray *aArguments, PRInt32 parentArgIndex, nsIRDFResource *objType)
 {
 	nsresult			rv;
-
+	PRInt32				srcIndex = 0;
 	nsCOMPtr<nsIRDFResource>	argParent;
-	if (NS_FAILED(rv = getArgumentN(aArguments, kNC_Parent,
-			parentArgIndex, getter_AddRefs(argParent))))
-		return(rv);
 
+	if (src == kNC_BookmarksRoot)
+	{
+		argParent = src;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (NS_FAILED(rv = getArgumentN(aArguments, kNC_Parent,
+				parentArgIndex, getter_AddRefs(argParent))))
+			return(rv);
+	}
 	nsCOMPtr<nsIRDFContainer>	container;
 	if (NS_FAILED(rv = nsComponentManager::CreateInstance(kRDFContainerCID, nsnull,
 			NS_GET_IID(nsIRDFContainer), getter_AddRefs(container))))
@@ -3286,9 +3306,11 @@ nsBookmarksService::insertBookmarkItem(nsIRDFResource *src, nsISupportsArray *aA
 	if (NS_FAILED(rv = container->Init(mInner, argParent)))
 		return(rv);
 
-	PRInt32		srcIndex;
-	if (NS_FAILED(rv = container->IndexOf(src, &srcIndex)))
-		return(rv);
+	if (src != kNC_BookmarksRoot)
+	{
+		if (NS_FAILED(rv = container->IndexOf(src, &srcIndex)))
+			return(rv);
+	}
 
 	nsCOMPtr<nsIRDFResource>	newElement;
 	if (NS_FAILED(rv = BookmarkParser::CreateAnonymousResource(&newElement)))
@@ -3324,9 +3346,8 @@ nsBookmarksService::insertBookmarkItem(nsIRDFResource *src, nsISupportsArray *aA
 	if (NS_FAILED(rv = mInner->Assert(newElement, kNC_BookmarkAddDate, dateLiteral, PR_TRUE)))
 		return(rv);
 
-	if (NS_FAILED(rv = container->InsertElementAt(newElement, srcIndex + 1, PR_TRUE)))
+	if (NS_FAILED(rv = container->InsertElementAt(newElement, ((srcIndex == 0) ? 1 : srcIndex), PR_TRUE)))
 		return(rv);
-
 	return(rv);
 }