Bookmark Synchronizer Xmarks Hangs Up Their Hats 225
krulgar writes "On January 10, 2011, Xmarks will be closing their doors. A free service being replaced by free software. It would still be nice to have a single way to keep my bookmarks from my work machine in sync with my home machines and my mobile devices without exerting much effort. Xmarks seemed to be the only ones with that clear vision, maybe the replacement tools can grow into this space, but it's still a little sad to see a useful tool wave goodbye."
Delicious (Score:4, Insightful)
What did Xmarks do that delicious does not?
This Really Sucks (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Eh, good riddance (Score:2, Insightful)
Thanks guys (Score:5, Insightful)
Next time start a business _and_ ask to be paid... (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Fare Thee Well... (Score:3, Insightful)
So write one. SyncPlaces uses standard protocols for communication and standard file/data formats for storage. It should be easy enough to handle the chrome bookmarks in the same way. And you can use your own server, so your bookmarks are yours alone and private, and won't go away just because somebody shut down their free service.
Re:Delicious (Score:4, Insightful)
FF Sync does not allow you to:
1. Access your bookmarks from the web (when using somebody else's machine), and
2. Have different profiles (not syncing the NSFW bookmark-subtree to your work machine)
That said, I will start switching to FF Sync before Xmarks goes under so I can have a backup if anything foes wrong.