I moved to Foxmarks when Google Browser Sync was discontinued by Google. It works pretty well.
On Dec 1, 2:16 pm, "Evan Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > speaking purely of bookmark sync and FF3 compared to FF2... is that googles > browser sync works(ed) with FF2 and well... rocked.. completely... but when > FF3 came out google also discontinued support (and possibly service) for the > browser sync... that saddened me greatly... this message has no real value.. > i felt i could flame a bit.. haha.. so you guys can just skip over it.. > > On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 2:00 PM, JMJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Jason Orendorff wrote: > > > > What is it that FF3 does with bookmarks that you don't like? > > > It has been at least a month since I had to deal with this so I might > > misremember the details. As I recall, my main objective was to sync the > > bookmarks of my main FF2 installation (MDV 2008.1) with the bookmarks of > > the PortableApps-based FF2 (then upgraded to FF3) running from a > > flashdrive, which was then accessed via my work laptop running Windows > > XP. [1] I hope that makes sense. LOL > > > With FF2, it was as simple as copying the "bookmarks.html" file from the > > laptop to the flashdrive. When I went with FF3, I could export/import, > > but that added the new bookmarks to the old, rather than replacing > > everything. I tried copying the file like I did with FF2, but FF3 > > seemed to want to restore a saved copy of the bookmarks. I only had to > > wrestle with it a couple of weekends, so I never made time to find a > > simple way to deal with it once I was off the road. > > > I did briefly look at Foxmarks, but IIRC, that didn't really seem to > > scratch this particular itch. > > > So, there ya go. :-) > > > JMJ > > > [1] FWIW, the reason I went the PortableApps route is that my "work > > laptop" could be either of the 2 that I carried with me, or another pair > > altogether. PortableApps has proven to be the best way of having access > > to the applications I wanted, without having to install (and update) a > > bunch of stuff on a variety of laptops. > >http://www.portableapps.com/ > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" 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/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
