Thursday, November 09, 2006

Firefox Add On - Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer 0.84

I use Firefox 2.0 on my desktop and the BPCA laptop, as well as Firefox Portable 1.5.0.8 on a USB Drive. Getting my bookmarks and RSS feeds synchronized manually was very tedious and error prone.


When I upgraded the other day to 2.0, one of the recommended add ons was the Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer, so I thought OK give it a try.


I made back ups of the various profiles, as I always do in case of a foul up and then installed the Foxmarks extension, available at https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2410/, and ran the setup on each of the computers and the USB drive. Now I have the same bookmarks on each of my devices.


Part of the setup includes getting a free account at http://foxmarks.com/, where all your bookmarks are stored. Also, you can access your bookmarks from that site, using the user name and password created during setup, from anywhere, yes even using IE provided Javascript is enabled.


More in depth information is available through the Foxmarks FAQ: http://www.foxcloud.com/wiki/Foxmarks:_Frequently_Asked_Questions#Help.21_Something_strange_happened_to_my_bookmarks._What_do_I_do.3F.


I find this to be a very useful Firefox add on, making my collection of bookmarks available no matter where I am accessing the Internet from.


What are your favorite Firefox add ons?

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