scabbynacker

September 29, 2010 at 1:56pm

Firefox Sync needs to add the option to use profiles like Xmarks.  It was nice being able to sync all my bookmarks except a couple.  It let me leave my work bookmarks at work.

crc32

September 29, 2010 at 1:35pm

Is xmarks open source?  Any chance I could hack it to work from my own server?

 

Ignore that, there is a "use own server" setting.  This isnt the end after all.

Scootiep

September 29, 2010 at 1:05pm

This makes me a saaaaad Panda!

lunchbox73

September 29, 2010 at 10:50am

Boo. x-marks = awesomeness. I only use FF so I'm not too bummed about the whole cross platform deal. Firefox Sync is pretty good too and it looks like it will be built into FF 4, right?

KLund1

September 29, 2010 at 10:33am

I've been using this for year as well. Love it.

Now that's going away, what do we do now as a replacement!!!!?!!!!???!!!!!??!!??

 

Eoraptor

September 29, 2010 at 9:36am

This really sucks... I parrot some of the blog comments that I've seen which say "why didn't you just ask me if I'd be willing to pay" on the various sites covering this story.

I use this to synch Firefox and Chrome across Windows XP, Windows 7, Ubuntu, Mint, and Chromium, and had beem eagerly awaiting the Firefox 4 update to it. I'm not sure HOW MUCH I'd pay for the ability to synch across all my browsers and OSes, but it's definitely something I'd pay for. I could have gotten behind the scaled costs, say, a fre version that backs up one browser across two compiters, and then two or three more tiers to allow more browsers and/or devices.

But, no one asked me, and i had to get the news in blogs and emails :(

Spencer Taylor

September 29, 2010 at 8:33am

I have been a Firefox (primarily) user for years. X-Marks was actually "Foxmarks" originally and only supported FF. When Firefox added "Sync", it wasn't the greatest, but it is now is very good and the FF app is also a plus for iPhone. Chrome has many extensions with the same funtionality, including Google's own Bookmarks. I wish X-Marks would have held on a little longer because it looks like IE9 is going to be decent, and the new version of Safari is "gasp" good. It would be great to sync btwn. all the browsers. Before, who cared about IE or Safari? Like a lot of things in tech, they were just a hair too early. Rest in peace.

Cache

September 29, 2010 at 7:00am

It's the cross-browser backup that has made this so invaluable for me.  I can carry my bookmarks on my phone, my work PC (which uses IE), home PC (Chrome and FireFox).  And I never had to worrk since I always had everything at my fingertips.

You'd think these big-name browsers could at least offer the cross-synchronization since it would make swapping so much easier.  Otherwise, I have to start looking at who gets axed in favor of a single, monolithic browser experience.

Kevin_Eleven

September 29, 2010 at 6:19am

1. Create Service.

2. ???

3. Profit!