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I am using XMarks to synchronize my bookmarks across multiple machines/browsers. I like the way that it works, and it does the job, but I am wondering about alternatives that have more features or different features that I may not know that I need. Does anyone know of any worthwhile alternatives? |
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I use Delicious to save bookmarks that I may want to share (it also allows private unshared bookmarks as well). A nice feature is the ability to add tags to each bookmark and a description. In addition, you can search by tag among the shared bookmarks saved by others. For example, you can search for bookmarks tagged with "ubuntu" and you get a list of related bookmarks, and a measure of the popularity of each -- how many users tagged a particular link. I haven't looked at XMarks, so can't comment on it. The "browser sync" feature on Google Chrome is helpful for machine-to-machine, but only works on Google Chrome. |
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In all honesty, I view XMarks as the best option. Most other options are browser-specific, such as the Google Chrome Sync utility. The benefit of XMarks is that it does work across browsers, and personally, I like that it sticks to a single domain (i.e., it only syncs bookmarks, nothing else [password syncing was dropped]). In other words, if it isn't broken, don't fix it. |
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I like Xmarks very much, have been using it for years now. Tried Google bookmarks but didn't like it much However, I've been using delicios and later switched to pinboard.in for more long-term, reference-like saving of bookmarks. It's a great way of researching a topic/purchase/party ideas, then tagging them appropriately and refer to them later. I used to either bookmark this kind of stuff before or email it to myself and use Gmail labels , but this is way more efficient in my view. |
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I liked the features XMarks provided, but it slowed the browser to a halt whenever it synced (the issue may have been fixed since I stopped using it) and it was annoying to keep the extension updated on all of my browsers and machines (4 machines with 4 browsers on each). I was also disappointed at its inability to sync custom search engines and keyword shortcuts between browsers. When XMarks announced they were shutting down, I switched to Linkman Pro for bookmarks (using Dropbox to sync between machines), created Shortmarks to manage keyword shortcuts and custom searches and started using Chrome's built-in sync (which is lightning fast) for incidental bookmarks. It's probably not the ideal solution for a typical user, but it works great for me. |
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