Here's the situation. I started gmarks in like... 10th grade of highschool when I had some free time. It was good for Firefox 2 because Firefox's bookmarking system at the time really sucked. There also weren't very good alternatives. Now with Firefox 3 and 4 the bookmarking system has improved a lot that it makes more sense to integrate directly with that system instead of layering on top like gmarks does (although the next Firefox system might remove tags... so maybe not) It was released also around when google bookmarks was just released. Other than the one time Google added lists support, they really don't seem to care much about Google Bookmarks so there isn't much incentive to keep working on it. Now I'm finishing up college and I just don't have the same time anymore. Schoolwork, work, and other projects I have started since then. Its not like Google is going to hire me to keep working on this.
I don't really use GMarks myself because I don't think it is the best solution for bookmark sync (although I do like some of the features I added in like filters, suggestions, and nested tags that few people know of) One of the large problems with making the system separate from the browser's bookmarking system is needing to re-implement everything the browser does and potentially what other extensions do as well. I have been emailed by someone who said they would be willing to try maintaining GMarks and I might go ahead and give him a shot, but I just don't think its worth the little time I have to keep working on this. There is no need to reverse engineer. If you rename the .xpi file the extension comes in to .zip you can unzip it and get the source. Oh, also it looks like the amount of work required to port it to FF4 is more than what was required between 3 and 3.6 or from 2 to 3, another reason I'm hesitant to start upgrading. On Mar 10, 2011, at 2:19 AM, Richard H. Mezger wrote: > Since the developer seems to have abandoned this extension, perhaps someone > can reverse engineer it and port it? > > On Mar 10, 2011 7:43 AM, "charos" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Firefox 4 RC released. High time for porting! > > > > On Feb 28, 9:24 am, 赖裕 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Pls try Firefox sync which was build-in Firefox 4. > >> > >> 2011/1/11 rimez <[email protected]> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Hi, > >> > >> > Are there any plans to support Firefox 4? If so, when can we expect > >> > it? > >> > >> > It would be nice if there were a development version to try :) > >> > >> > thanks > >> > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> > "GMarks" group. > >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > [email protected]. > >> > For more options, visit this group at > >> >http://groups.google.com/group/gmarks?hl=en. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "GMarks" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/gmarks?hl=en. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GMarks" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/gmarks?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GMarks" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmarks?hl=en.
