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Xmarks closes doors

LoneIgadzraLoneIgadzra Registered User regular
http://blog.xmarks.com/

How the hell am I going to synchronize my bookmarks across three different browsers now? This service has been invaluable to me.

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  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    do all the browsers use the same file format.

    if so just symbolic link all three browser's favorite folders to where you want to keep your favorites?

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  • LoneIgadzraLoneIgadzra Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Three browsers, three computers. Not really an option.

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  • Roland_tHTGRoland_tHTG Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I'm sure you won't like them as much, but there are some alternatives to it.

    Or you can just set up your own private links page on some web space. Things like this are one of the reasons I never seem to bother with, well, things like this.

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  • kitchkitch Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Export your bookmarks to an HTML file and keep it on a USB drive so you can store it locally on all 3 computers. Or take that HTML file and upload it to a website and keep it up-to-date.

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Opera does this automagically.

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  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Three browsers, three computers. Not really an option.

    on the same network?

    If so link them to a shared folder.

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  • syndalissyndalis Getting Classy On the WallRegistered User, Loves Apple Products regular
    edited September 2010
    you have no choice; you must switch to mac, pay for mobile me, and start using Safari everywhere.

    Also, get an iPhone and an iPad for maximum sync.

    ;-)

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  • StormwatcherStormwatcher Blegh BlughRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    kitch wrote: »
    Export your bookmarks to an HTML file and keep it on a USB drive so you can store it locally on all 3 computers. Or take that HTML file and upload it to a website and keep it up-to-date.

    That's like a trillion times more complicated than using xmarks. I'm really gonna miss it.

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  • StarfuckStarfuck Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2010
    Xmarks was great for syncing IE, FF, Chrome at home, work, laptop. Nothing else could touch it in ease of use.
    Too bad.

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Opera's pretty easy to use.

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  • DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Firefox Sync and Google Bookmark Sync are great, and Opera has something that works, but that's not the point; the services aren't unified so if you use more than one browser you're pretty much screwed.

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  • LoneIgadzraLoneIgadzra Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Exactly. All the solutions put forward so far are non-solutions. Way too much trouble to be worth doing.

    Fucking Opera re-adds all the default Opera bookmarks every time you log into your opera account on a new machine without first deleting them all. Fucking retarded.

    If Xmarks let me just store my bookmark sync on a site wherever I wanted, that would be fantastic.

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  • DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Exactly. All the solutions put forward so far are non-solutions. Way too much trouble to be worth doing.

    Fucking Opera's re-adds all the default Opera bookmarks every time you log into your opera account on a new machine without first deleting them all. Fucking retarded.

    If Xmarks let me just store my bookmark sync on a site wherever I wanted, that would be fantastic.

    Well, shit, looks like you're in luck:

    http://lifehacker.com/5651152/how-to-continue-syncing-bookmarks-with-xmarks-on-your-own-server

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  • K0dosK0dos Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    You can try last pass to sync passwords. They have a paid version but I am happy with the free version. It doesn't sync bookmarks that don't have an account associated with it but it at least syncs passwords. I am currently using Chrome for 99% of my browsing so I just use it to sync bookmarks.

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  • TincheTinche No dog food for Victor tonight. Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Here's an interesting article about possibly using Chrome or Firefox synchronization facilities in other browsers.

    In summary: possible, but not easy. Will probably be made easier in the future.

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  • StormwatcherStormwatcher Blegh BlughRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Also, maybe they're maybe not really closing maybe.
    maybe.

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  • DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Also, maybe they're maybe not really closing maybe.
    maybe.

    Too late, I already switched to Firefox Sync.

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  • mrflippymrflippy Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I've been using Delicious for a while. I'm not sure whether that's the sort of thing you're looking for.

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