Heads Up - Proper Bookmark Syncing!

[MuGeN]

Hey guys,

just wanted to give you a heads up, I (along with a lot of people) have been waiting ages for Everyday Software to get there arse in gear and finish the development of Bookit 4, it is software to sync bookmarks between the different browsers and still doesn't support Firefox 3.

the alternative was always bookdog, but in comparison although the functionality was there the software is nowhere near as aesthetically nice looking and easy to use...

so anyway, i'd been checking periodically for updates to bookit but it never (and still hasn't) came, and basically I don't think they ever will develop the update now...

... due to this: foxmarks has recieved an overhall and now can be installed for safari and IE

http://www.foxmarks.com/

its an addon for FF, and a system preferences install for safari, and i gotta say it works like a dream - i can now let it sync away and it means my firefox bookmarks now end up synced with my iphone...

Top dog

 

[MuGeN]

MobileMe has had this for ages

no it hasn't... MobileMe syncs between the cloud and Safari, and then down to the Safari on your iPhone or whatever. until now there has been no nice way to sync from FF3 through to MobileMe

For people who use FF most of the time, but want to be able to access the same bookmarks on your iPhone or iPod Touch without having to export your bookmarks from FF then import them into Safari periodically, this is the first decent solution...

 

[MuGeN]

OK, I've installed it on Firefox and Safari and am using Safari to tidy up my bookmarks and it seems to be syncing straight back to the server, but how often does each side check for changes? I know that if I change something on either browser that they sync the changes pretty much straight away but it's when they're sitting idle that I'm wondering about.

I had growl telling me for a while (only reports on the safari side of things) and it seemed about every 5 minutes at a guess... i don't think they sync straight away?

I'm not quite sure where the "master" is yet... but it all seems to be working well