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 Foxmarks - 1.0Browser add-on syncs & backs up bookmarks across multiple computers & more. |
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| Overall Rating: |   (3.0) |
Features: | (3.0) |
Support: | (4.0) |
| Ease of Use: | (2.5) |
Quality / Stability: | (3.0) |
Price: | (5.0) |
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Beware! FoxMarks = Xmarks = Deceiptive business practices - Version: 1.0, 4/17/2009 01:41AM PST
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younkint
Bad. Avoid this Mess !!! - Version: 1.0, 3/6/2009 07:48AM PST
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pukuru8
Here is the best way to screw-up your bookmarks. On the outset this appears to be a great tool, but very poor quality for the primary purpose you intend to use this tool. I have been using it for over 2 years. Every time i Synchronize i find 2 sets (repetition) of every bookmarks and Bookmark folders in my Safari and Firefox. You will spend hours cleaning the mess! If you are a Mac user just dont use this kind of poorly developed product!
Yay! - Version: 1.0, 2/5/2009 09:04PM PST
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robeden
I've been using Foxmarks in Firefox for a long time now and honestly it's one of the reasons I've been using Firefox over Safari. Since I use Mac, Windows and Linux from time to time, it's really helpful to have my bookmarks all in one place. So, I'm really excited to see it support Safari.
I'm also very impressed with the Mac integration. It's not a thrown-together ugly piece of software. They seem to have really taken the time to make it nice. The preference panel (although it's a little strange that it's not in the Safari preferences) is really nice.
So, works as advertised. Supports Firefox, Safari and that other browser I never use. I highly recommend.
I'm also very impressed with the Mac integration. It's not a thrown-together ugly piece of software. They seem to have really taken the time to make it nice. The preference panel (although it's a little strange that it's not in the Safari preferences) is really nice.
So, works as advertised. Supports Firefox, Safari and that other browser I never use. I highly recommend.
Rather than giving you the choice to opt-out to the Xmarks marketing schemes, you are instead automatically forced to participate, as the DEFAULT is "opt-in."
Further, the name change from FoxMarks to Xmarks has caused failure due to many firewalls, both of Internet Service Providers and businesses, blocking the Xmarks site (as the domain was a former porn domain).
The Mac version here is still the original "FoxMarks" branded version, but if you go to your account you will find that they are now using your bookmarks, Xmarks-style, unless you specifically opt-out. Again, the DEFAULT is "opt-in."
Had the developers ASKED for permission to data-mine our stored bookmarks and load our searches with "suggestions," this situation might not have come to the uproar that it has come to. Unfortunately, FoxMarks/Xmarks has make a colossal marketing blunder.
I no longer trust them, and neither do many others. Inform yourself before making the decision as to whether you trust them. Personally, I consider their business practices to be deceptive at best. They seem to be bringing the worst of the Windows world to the Mac.