Xmarks The Spot
It is totally unwise to dwell on the web with a single browser nowadays. What with the different plug-ins that are installed in most browsers available to humankind. Example, a good number of Windows users spend only about 5% on Internet Explorer, and 95% on Firefox. Reason being the latter is faster and much more flexible to plug-ins. Until Google rocked the Mozilla turf with a growing number of Chrome users on both Windows and Mac platforms. I keep three on my Mac, switching from Apple’s own Safari (55% use), to Google Chrome beta (45% use ), and Opera (5% use). But other than speed and adaptability, what compels us to settle more on a specific browser are the bookmarked sites that have been collected over time. Most of my bookmarks are in Safari, and such a circumstance makes me think twice before jumping to a much faster Chrome. Sacrificing speed for convenience.
This is where Xmarks comes to the rescue. It will solve your bookmark hassles because it works across popular browsers–and on each computer you use. Xmarks is an online sync and backup site for your bookmarks. Say, you have a desktop at home and a laptop or netbook that you bring with you on the way out. Don’t you think it would be much of a trouble to revisit each and every site you have bookmarked on your desktop just so you can have an identical set on your portable? It is possible for Xmarks to be installed in each computer you use. All you need is a backup of your bookmarks on the Xmarks server online. The server would then feed your desktop and your portable with the same bookmarked sites like how iTunes feeds the iPod with audio files.
For my purpose, I need an identical set of bookmarks on Safari and Chrome. While Xmarks can merge bookmarks created from both browsers, I decided on my Safari bookmarks as my default since that is where most of recent sites are saved. Next, I installed the Xmarks plug-in on both Safari and Chrome, making them both accessible to the server and vise-versa. Logically, I only need to backup and sync, only, my Safari bookmarks to the server. Chrome, using its own installed Xmarks plug-in can adopt the same bookmarks and install them in a like manner. Regarding Chrome’s import bookmarks function, well, doesn’t do the job like Xmarks does, especially when I would need to update my sites every now and then. That easy.
You wouldn’t mind if I tell you that Xmarks is a FREE download, right? You can download HERE
