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By: Evan

Evan — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:30:08 +0000

Now you're really getting me motivated to try out Weave. I'm going to go add it to my to-do list!

By: Benry

Benry — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:02:47 +0000

Yeah, it's not so much about having private stuff in your bookmarks, it's the way Xmarks defaults to social bookmark behavior since the changeover. They've moved beyond just being a sync tool. That, and I just don't like the bloat–for example, the extra icons & links that get inserted into every google search, among other new “features.”

Weave may still be a bit rough around the edges, but has mucho potential. Pretty sure the intent is to make it a full Firefox sync, so the user experience is the same on all PCs and platforms. Currently syncs bookmarks, passwords, browser history, and your tabs–I seem to recall extensions syncing was on the agenda, as well…

By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:53:03 +0000

I'll definitely have to check out Weave. I don't think I have much in the way of private stuff in my bookmarks (that's all I use XMarks for), but I've been thinking about looking at Weave for a while now.

By: Benry

Benry — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:14:59 +0000

LastPass is loaded with awesome sauce. I stumbled across LP maybe four months ago, and after a few weeks uninstalled AI Roboform which I had used for years. The software is still a bit raw, but the developers are *very* responsive on their forums, to the point that I've seen suggestions implemented within a day or two. Can't wait to see where this one goes.

Dropbox is an old standby, use this one daily.

As for Xmarks… I too was a longtime Foxmarks user, but privacy concerns since the swithover to Xmarks has driven me to Mozilla's Weave. For those of you that aren't familiar, I highly recommend checking it out… they have a very ambitious scope for the project.

By: Evan

Evan — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:51:47 +0000

Awesome! I'm glad it worked out for you. And thanks for the tip on the Firefox stylish script. My status bar is looking a bit cluttered. I count 10 icons there now, plus Forecast Fox, which takes up a good bit of room. I may need need to check out the stylish script.

By: helenhum

helenhum — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:32:17 +0000

I decided to check out Lastpass on your recommendation in the earlier blog post, “Password Manager Shootout.” After a week or so, I can't see being without it, so thanks!

On your tip of hiding the tool bar, I hid the tool bar through the browser. I didn't like having the icon show in the status bar; a little digging uncovered a stylish script for firefox that hides status bar icons until a mouse-o ver. Name of style: “Statusbar:Mouseover for clutter”

By: holas84

holas84 — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:40:33 +0000

I've used Xmarks for a while but I'm going to look into getting dropbox. It looks like something that I can definitely use.

By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:17:18 +0000

Evernote is awesome. I hope you like Dropbox.