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Title: They are going to pull the plug on X-Marks Post by: MendoDave on September 28, 2010, 05:57:53 PM [Edit]
That's right in 90 days no more fox marks. Read all about it. Short version http://www.xmarks.com/about/shutdown (http://www.xmarks.com/about/shutdown) Long version. http://blog.xmarks.com/?p=1886 (http://blog.xmarks.com/?p=1886) :'( Title: Re: They are going to pull the plug on X-Marks Post by: derby on September 28, 2010, 07:29:13 PM yup... bummed about that.
Title: Re: They are going to pull the plug on X-Marks Post by: GAAN on September 28, 2010, 08:27:58 PM ok read the article...don't get it
can one of you technophiles please make summary? Title: Re: They are going to pull the plug on X-Marks Post by: Rameses on September 28, 2010, 10:49:19 PM ok read the article...don't get it can one of you technophiles please make summary? +1 Well, except for the first part. tl;dr Title: Re: They are going to pull the plug on X-Marks Post by: MendoDave on September 29, 2010, 12:53:52 AM Fox marks, renamed x-marks is an add on application to you browser that lets you synchronize all of your Bookmarks (or favorites) with all of the browsers that you use. Like the one at work, your lap top the old computer in the den, whatever. If you add a new book mark on your lap top it shows up on the PC at work for instance, or on your Mac at home. It started out just doing sync on Firefox, Thus Fox Marks, and later working with I.E. Chrome & Safari, Thus the rename to X- Marks.
I put the Short version link above. http://www.xmarks.com/about/shutdown (http://www.xmarks.com/about/shutdown) Title: Re: They are going to pull the plug on X-Marks Post by: zooom on September 29, 2010, 01:27:11 AM man...at 1st I saw the thread title and I thought X-Mark mowers were going out of business...and I was like WTF....
Title: Re: They are going to pull the plug on X-Marks Post by: Monsterlover on September 29, 2010, 02:26:51 AM Delicious?
Doesn't that do the same thing? Title: Re: They are going to pull the plug on X-Marks Post by: MendoDave on September 29, 2010, 02:47:16 AM Pretty similar.
I will probably go with this. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/sync/ (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/sync/) After they work some of the Bugs out. The reviews aren't so good. Title: Re: They are going to pull the plug on X-Marks Post by: Ahks on September 29, 2010, 03:12:53 AM my linux box and both my windows machines run xmarks for a total of 2 installs of IE, 3 chrome and 3 FF. All using xmarks to keep my BM's synced across them.
This is gonna be a PITA :( I guess I'll go poke @ delicious Title: Re: They are going to pull the plug on X-Marks Post by: Oldfisti on September 29, 2010, 04:05:01 AM man...at 1st I saw the thread title and I thought X-Mark mowers were going out of business...and I was like WTF.... [laugh] Me too! Title: Re: They are going to pull the plug on X-Marks Post by: 1KDS on September 29, 2010, 08:48:31 AM Title: Re: They are going to pull the plug on X-Marks Post by: MendoDave on September 29, 2010, 04:08:48 PM This is gonna be a PITA :( I guess I'll go poke @ delicious Let me know how it is. Title: Re: They are going to pull the plug on X-Marks Post by: derby on September 29, 2010, 04:21:31 PM Delicious? Doesn't that do the same thing? not exactly... delicious is more of an online social repository for bookmarks, while x-marks iss a cross-browser synchronization tool. i'd use x-marks to keep browsers on my 3 home machines and two work machines in sync. here are the services/products that they "recommend": http://www.xmarks.com/about/shutdown (http://www.xmarks.com/about/shutdown) and here is the solution i'll most likely implement (especially if somebody makes it work on safari and ie): http://lifehacker.com/5651152/how-to-continue-syncing-bookmarks-with-xmarks-on-your-own-server?skyline=true&s=i (http://lifehacker.com/5651152/how-to-continue-syncing-bookmarks-with-xmarks-on-your-own-server?skyline=true&s=i) Title: Re: They are going to pull the plug on X-Marks Post by: mstevens on October 04, 2010, 11:13:19 AM Yeah, I sync bookmarks across 5 computers running 3 different operating systems and multiple browsers per computer using Xmarks.
Firefox Sync seems to work just fine for me, but does nothing to sync a bookmark change in Firefox with Chrome. I'll probably have to set up a private server. |