Hear, hear. I am willing to pay for it. I love Gmarks. I haven't even bothered with FF4 due to the lack of Gmarks for it. I don't use Chrome, because it doesn't have Gmarks. And I don't use Safari or any other browser, because they don't have Gmarks.
I always pay for add-ons that I like. I have donated to sites like Wikipedia as well, because the site and its contents are useful to me. John: I think you are underestimating the attraction and usefulness of Gmarks to those who use it. If you allow people to make monetary contributions for your effort, I will be one of the first ones to pay for it. Considering how much money people pay for useless apps on the iPhone/Android phones, I think (and certainly hope) the majority of Gmarks users will be willing to pay for them. Cheers, Benjamin On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 9:51 AM, charos <[email protected]> wrote: > There are different reasons for GMarks users to prefer Gmarks over > other bookmark services( no point mentioning the reasons since that's > not part of this discussion). I think a fundraising can be a solution. > You estimate the time for development and place a fundraise based on > hours of work that are needed. That way you approach GMarks as a part- > time job and not something that you do on your free time. On the other > hand, users that find GMarks essential for their systems can actually > help by supporting the development and sustain its usage. Just > planting seeds! > > On Mar 10, 6:16 pm, John Marshall <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 athttp:// > 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 athttp:// > 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. 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