I have been a long term user of Foxmarks (now Xmarks) to sync my Firefox bookmarks across different PCs I use. Now Foxmarks supports Internet Explorer too.
Mozilla has come out with a similar service which provides more. Weave not only syncs the bookmarks but also open tabs across PCs. The tabs from other PCs are available via the History>Tabs From Other Computers menu.
But what is more interesting is that the disabled options shown above. When complete the extension would sync themes, extensions, search addons… That’s when it will become really compelling.
Frank
April 22, 2009 at 12:31 PM
Loved your blog!
One thing you should discuss is how Foxmarks has created a new kind of malware…its being referred to as ‘foxware’. ‘Foxware’ is any application that acquires end user data for a purpose other than the purpose of the application. Foxmarks is now taking the data users were backing up, and publishing that data to the net. The new weave add on does not, and in fact goes to the effort of encrypting the end user data.
Vasanth Dharmaraj
April 22, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Thanks for the info. I noticed that about Foxmarks too but thought they had communicated that to the users. Anyway I am glad I moved to Weave.