Comments on: Syncing Bookmarks (& Calendars) http://douglasjohnston.net/archives/2005/02/03/bookmarks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bookmarks random musings from a primate Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:14:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve http://douglasjohnston.net/archives/2005/02/03/bookmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-109731 Steve Sat, 04 Feb 2006 17:17:29 +0000 http://www.douglasjohnston.net/weblog/index.php/archives/2005/02/03/bookmarks/#comment-109731 Bookmarks Synchronizer is great, but... If i rearrange bookmarks i end up getting duplicates as they pull down from the server and merge with existing bookmarks. If i turn off the merge option then i frequently loose bookmarks. Sure, i could prevent this by always remembering to download bookmarks when i start browsing, and then upload when i finish. Alternately there is a setting to download on start and upload on close, but frequently i don't close the browser. Complaining aside, its the best Synchronizer i have found. Bookmarks Synchronizer is great, but… If i rearrange bookmarks i end up getting duplicates as they pull down from the server and merge with existing bookmarks.

If i turn off the merge option then i frequently loose bookmarks. Sure, i could prevent this by always remembering to download bookmarks when i start browsing, and then upload when i finish. Alternately there is a setting to download on start and upload on close, but frequently i don’t close the browser.

Complaining aside, its the best Synchronizer i have found.

]]> By: Jamie Phelps http://douglasjohnston.net/archives/2005/02/03/bookmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-5190 Jamie Phelps Thu, 03 Mar 2005 21:43:32 +0000 http://www.douglasjohnston.net/weblog/index.php/archives/2005/02/03/bookmarks/#comment-5190 A serious limitation of the Bookmarks Synchronizer extension (aside from the accidentally-deleted-bookmarks thing that I too know from experience) is that it doesn't seem to handle Live Bookmarks very well. Whenever I use it to sync my live bookmarks, invariably the feeds fail to load. I may try the newer extension called SyncMarks. Dunno if it will be any better. If the Live Bookmarks synching worked well, I would be set. I use del.icio.us to store my bookmarks and targeted live bookmarks in my browser so that I don't have to do much with it and this works out pretty well. If I could get those to synch up on a webDav server, I would be in business. Also, I have the added problem of sometimes using a public terminal at school where I would love to have access to my bookmarks outside of del.icio.us. Perhaps I should set up a links page on my webdav server that links to the targeted tag combination that I have for my Live Bookmarks. The only problem would be serving up my LBMs as tag links instead of RSS feeds. hmm.... so much to figure out. Godspeed, A serious limitation of the Bookmarks Synchronizer extension (aside from the accidentally-deleted-bookmarks thing that I too know from experience) is that it doesn’t seem to handle Live Bookmarks very well. Whenever I use it to sync my live bookmarks, invariably the feeds fail to load. I may try the newer extension called SyncMarks. Dunno if it will be any better. If the Live Bookmarks synching worked well, I would be set. I use del.icio.us to store my bookmarks and targeted live bookmarks in my browser so that I don’t have to do much with it and this works out pretty well. If I could get those to synch up on a webDav server, I would be in business. Also, I have the added problem of sometimes using a public terminal at school where I would love to have access to my bookmarks outside of del.icio.us. Perhaps I should set up a links page on my webdav server that links to the targeted tag combination that I have for my Live Bookmarks. The only problem would be serving up my LBMs as tag links instead of RSS feeds. hmm…. so much to figure out.

Godspeed,

]]> By: Andrew White http://douglasjohnston.net/archives/2005/02/03/bookmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-4305 Andrew White Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:31:47 +0000 http://www.douglasjohnston.net/weblog/index.php/archives/2005/02/03/bookmarks/#comment-4305 Be extremely cautious with bookmark synchronizer. It is entirely possible, through one's own stupidity, to empty your bookmarks through an ill-considered synch if you've just reinstalled your browser. Yes, I speak from experience. I now pair that with taking manual backups of my bookmarks every couple of days, but you could probably just use Pike's <a href="http://www.pikey.me.uk/mozilla/?extension=bb">Bookmark Backup</a>. Be extremely cautious with bookmark synchronizer. It is entirely possible, through one’s own stupidity, to empty your bookmarks through an ill-considered synch if you’ve just reinstalled your browser.

Yes, I speak from experience.

I now pair that with taking manual backups of my bookmarks every couple of days, but you could probably just use Pike’s Bookmark Backup.

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