Xmarks - formerly known as Foxmarks will close 2011

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semigeek

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#68820 28-Sep-2010 21:52

Xmarks bookmark syncing service will close its doors January 10 2011. They have been unable to find a business model to support them.
Shame really as Xmarks is a very useful service. Article on Lifehacker

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#385662 28-Sep-2010 21:58

Such a shame, was a brilliant service.

When I installed the firefox 4 beta I ignored the bookmark sync, but come to think of it, i have just been syncing bookmarks between firefox on 3 different PCs all along...

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#385665 28-Sep-2010 22:08

Such a great service.

I'll just have to go back to doing it myself... which is a hassle and isn't cross browser supported.

Audiophiles are such twits! They buy such pointless stuff: Gold plated cables, $2000 power cords. Idiots.

OOOHHHH HYPERFIBRE!

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#385683 28-Sep-2010 23:01

What else is there that does it? Im ok with needing to put stuff on a server for it to sync with.

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#385716 29-Sep-2010 08:15

Bugger...been using them for quite some time also, been very handy.

XPD / Gavin

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#386110 29-Sep-2010 23:21

Why don't you use the "Xmarks BYOS" add-on to Firefox? This way, you would keep your bookmarks and more sensitive information private. Sure, you need a server to host the files on, but that's not too hard to arrange nowadays.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13255/