Pain in the Tech comments on [Synchronize Your Bookmarks Between Different Computers]

Comment on [Synchronize Your Bookmarks Between Different Computers] by Donald

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:30:48 -0800

Another way to synchronize your bookmarks is to use Advanced URL Catalog a bookmark manager that can integrates with all browsers.

Comment on [Synchronize Your Bookmarks Between Different Computers] by Doug

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:53:23 -0800

Zinkmo does not run on Linux does it? It requires .net Correct me if I'm wrong.

Comment on [Synchronize Your Bookmarks Between Different Computers] by mhardy

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:00:18 -0700

Check out Zinkmo. Free, supports IE and Firefox, and has sharing capabilities.

Comment on [Synchronize Your Bookmarks Between Different Computers] by cris

Wed, 30 May 2007 01:06:40 -0700

SyncMarks extension for Firefox v0.4.2 (originally on mozilla site but not maintained there anymore) synchronizes between Firefox and: InternetExplorer, FTP/HTTP/HTTPS server, local file system. For local and servers it supports XML and HTML. The extension does more an export than a real sync because it overwrites the targets.

Comment on [Synchronize Your Bookmarks Between Different Computers] by Andrey

Thu, 24 May 2007 23:25:52 -0700

Link Commander is a bookmark manager that allow to synchronize your bookmarks between IE, Firefox and Opera.

Comment on [Synchronize Your Bookmarks Between Different Computers] by Julio Ojeda-Zapata

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 06:34:08 -0800

I once used Bookmarks Synchronizer with Firefox, but I now swear by Foxmarks, which works a bit more invisibly and dependably.

Comment on [Synchronize Your Bookmarks Between Different Computers] by Ken Rice

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:00:34 -0800

One solution is the del.icio.us Bookmarks extension for Firefox. https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3615/ This extension works on all computers that Firefox runs on (you would need to install Firefox on your Mac). Your bookmarks are all in one place then. You can even login to your del.icio.us account on the web for a computer without the extension and just add your bookmarks via the web. I run this on Ubuntu Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows and it works great. Of course if you do not want Yahoo (owners of del.icio.us) being the owner of your bookmarks then it is not a solution for you. Oh and also del.icio.us supports tagging of your bookmarks (think multiple folders for the same bookmark) and public bookmarks via a url you can share. And finally you can upload all of your bookmarks from various computers and tell it to eliminate duplicates as you do so.

Comment on [Synchronize Your Bookmarks Between Different Computers] by Loy

Sun, 07 Jan 2007 22:58:17 -0800

But is this possible if I want to export my Firefox Bookmarks (PC) then import them to Safari (Mac)?

Comment on [Synchronize Your Bookmarks Between Different Computers] by runamonk

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:21:09 -0700

Highly recommend foxmarks for this. It works great. I have it setup to upload my bookmarks to my personal ftp site. http://www.foxcloud.com/wiki/Main_Page

Comment on [Synchronize Your Bookmarks Between Different Computers] by Andy Atkinson

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:05:47 -0700

A timely comment for me since I'm buying the Pragmatic Version Control: Using Subversion [book from Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/Pragmatic-Version-Control-Subversion-Starter/dp/0977616657/sr=8-1/qid=1159228907/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-2392960-0821766?ie=UTF8&s=books) tonight! Sounds like a good project for someone. I'm still trying to find one solution that (1) is always available (minimal web server outages) (2) doesn't break with Firefox updates (3) supports tagging (4) is browser agnostic (5) lets me export to plain XML (6) is fast and easy to use.

Comment on [Synchronize Your Bookmarks Between Different Computers] by bobby gordon

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:16:55 -0700

The talk of wishing there was a versioning solution for synchronizing bookmarks got me thinking. Assuming you know how to use Subversion (and that you always use firefox for your browser) this would probably work: 1) Create an empty Subversion repository and server. 2) Check out the repository into the folder where Firefox holds your bookmarks file. 3) Add the bookmarks file to the repository and commit it. 4) Now, write a script that runs SVN update, then runs Firefox, then runs SVN commit. Or you could choose to update your bookmarks manually. 5) Change your start menu so that the icon for firefox points to your script instead. 6) On your other computers, do steps 2-5, except on step 3 you won't have to add the file to the repo, just commit it. There are several disadvantages to this approach. First, it is a lot easier to install a firefox extension, unless you wrote an extension that was a front-end for this process. Also, this requires the ability to install Subversion on each computer, and either get the script working or know how to use Subversion. But, if you are even thinking about versioning, it is probably within your grasp. Lastly, I haven't tried this, so there might be some other problems that need to be worked out. But it's an idea at least. The nice thing about this is that your bookmarks would be more secure (encrypted password & data transfer instead of using FTP, RSS, etc), you won't have to worry about accidentally deleting a bookmark and nver being able to get it back, and you could presumably share bookmarks with multiple people, all of whom are updating them at the same time, and be able to easily merge them (provided you know how to use Subversion).

Comment on [Synchronize Your Bookmarks Between Different Computers] by Glenn

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 04:25:24 -0700

I've foxmarks for about a year now to sync bookmarks between 4 computers, 2 of which are usually behind a proxy at work. It's free and it works flawlessly. I also noticed that it will catch any conflicts between your local and your server's bookmarks when you get on a different computer and will let you choose which you want to keep. I definitely recommend this one.

Comment on [Synchronize Your Bookmarks Between Different Computers] by Alexander

Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:32:37 -0700

I recommend you to check out 'Bookmark Base' tool

Comment on [Synchronize Your Bookmarks Between Different Computers] by Jack Dean

Fri, 21 Apr 2006 08:55:39 -0700

Works through a proxy using simple http (no FTP required), handles tens of thousands of bookmarks and synchronizes between different browsers, computers and operating systems (PC and Mac OSX). You can use the web interface alone (like del.icio.us or spurl) or download the client utility to automatically synchronize your bookmarks. Mobile access and social bookmark discovery feature (Bookmark Clusters - similar to tagging, but no user input required). Free for 100 bookmarks or less, small annual fee for more. http://www.sync2it.com

Comment on [Synchronize Your Bookmarks Between Different Computers] by rush

Sun, 09 Apr 2006 17:42:46 -0700

Great tool, but once i downloaded the .xml file, all the live bookmarks in Firefox changes to normal bookmarks. Does it support live bookmarks? Thx!

Comment on [Synchronize Your Bookmarks Between Different Computers] by Anonymous

Fri, 24 Feb 2006 23:54:21 -0800

Hi Liljoe, Just go to your "Profiles" folder, and look in the sub-folders for another profile - you'll find (your old) bookmarks.html somewhere in there.

Comment on [Synchronize Your Bookmarks Between Different Computers] by Liljoe

Sat, 11 Feb 2006 04:13:16 -0800

Hi everyone! i just installed firefox 1.5 and I have lost all my bookmarks... I dont understand why because the other times, they were automatically imported in the new version...can anyone help me please? do you know if they are stored somewhere? thanx

Comment on [Synchronize Your Bookmarks Between Different Computers] by Andy Atkinson

Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:41:47 -0800

These are interesting points. A versioning system for bookmarks sounds interesting, although I can't see how one person might use it that well. What might be nice is a "ranking" system instead of versioning system. Also, why might you want your bookmarks encrypted? I'm sure you have a reason, but I can't think of one myself. The private and public flag certainly seems logical and easy enough. That would be a nice feature for del.icio.us or any of the other guys to implement (an extra database column called IsPublic for example), for people that might not want to share *all* of their bookmarks.

Comment on [Synchronize Your Bookmarks Between Different Computers] by Anonymous

Mon, 16 Jan 2006 11:52:02 -0800

If I want to store my bookmarks on an Internet-accessible site, I would want the data encrypted before and after transmission. Another feature would be the ability to selective share bookmarks with friends. I..e mark one or more links as private so they do not get exported to files meant for sharing bookmarks. I think a database solution with versioning control would be best, include the abililty to mark a link as 'static' so it cannot be overwritten. Oh, and you definitely would want to make the plugin work with Internet Explorer somehow, for those who have to use IE at work but use Firefox at home, or who want to share links with people who use IE as their browser. Fortezza

Comment on [Synchronize Your Bookmarks Between Different Computers] by yako

Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:48:57 -0800

i am interested