New Features
- Status bar indicator: Foxmarks 2 displays a small icon in the bottom right of your browser window that allows you to see at a glance your synchronization state. You can also click on it to open Foxmarks Settings and right-click (control-click on the Mac) to open a context menu to get convenient access to commonly used sync functions. If status icons annoy you, you can disable it from the menu.
- Foxmarks Settings: We completely redesigned the Foxmarks Settings dialog to make it easier to understand and (we think) much easier on the eyes.
- Password management: Some users objected to Foxmarks 1.0.1's use of the Password Manager to store your password. Foxmarks 2 gives you the option of storing it there or not; if you choose not to, Foxmarks will prompt you for it as needed.
- Password security: Foxmarks 2 now by default encrypts your password when it is transmitted over the wire.
- Synchronization: The synchronization engine itself is much more robust in Foxmarks 2 than in Foxmarks 1.0.1. We'll save the details for a future post, but suffice it to say that synchronization under Foxmarks 2 is a much more predictable, reliable process. It can sync just about anything you throw at it.
- Favicons: Foxmarks 2 now synchronizes your bookmarks' icons.
- Server communication: Foxmarks 1.0.1 transmitted your entire set of bookmarks each time you changed anything about your bookmarks. Foxmarks 2 now transmits (and receives) only the changed bits, making it a much more efficient consumer of network bandwidth and a far more pleasant experience for users with large collections of bookmarks.
There are a raft of small improvements not listed here that, we hope, add up to a much more solid, transparent, and convenient experience. Try it out and let us know what you think!
My Foxmarks
And don't forget to check out out My Foxmarks, too. It's been promoted from Beta to 1.0.
The Next Few Days...
You may notice some slowness the first time you use Foxmarks 2 as all of your data has to be uploaded to our new server. This is exacerbated by everyone converting over to the new system at the same time. Once you have successfully completed that first upload, though, it should be a smooth ride and well worth the effort.
Thank you for this. One thing I suddenly noticed was the speed. It's much slower now and the log file runs into the sky...however, great tool and I'm thankful for your hard work!
ReplyDeleteFirst : Thanks a lot for a great program.
ReplyDeleteToday I have been upgrading and then downgrading again because a bug somewhere. After upgrading I see some code in the 4. part of the screen.
Do you have any ideas ?
Best Regard
Henrik Mosekjær
@Simon:
ReplyDeleteIt's going to be slow going for the next couple of days as all users make the transition to the new system. After that, you should find it to be quite speedy. Thanks for your patience.
Oh, and you can turn off logging if you care to. There's a control on the "Advanced" pane of Foxmarks Settings.
@Henrik Mosekjaer:
I don't understand what you're describing. Can you please send us a screenshot at support@foxmarks.com ?
-Todd
New versions are always nice, except for those it doesn't work for...
ReplyDeleteI have always used my own web space to save the sync file. That worked fine until today when I installed the new version of Foxmarks. So I created a
New versions are always nice, except for those it doesn't work for...
ReplyDeleteI have always used my own web space to save the sync file. That worked fine until today when I installed the new version of Foxmarks. Foxmarks now reports login problems all the time.
So I created a Foxmarks account to solve the problem. Works fine, but I still prefer to save things at my own web space
New versione does NOT WORK.
ReplyDeleteIt stand forever at "Verifing account".
After 1 year, I'm thinking to migrate to another system......
Same here... hangs at "Verifying account". All my.foxmarks.com is missing all my bookmarks. Hope you can resolve this quickly...
ReplyDeleteMarc I was able to get it to work with my web space by uploading a new file as it is looking for a different file extension (.json) rather than the plain .xml file.
ReplyDeleteMY problem is that it is now synchronizing every 60 seconds and it actually locks up my Mac for about 4 seconds every time, rainbow wheel and all - fans even ramp up for a couple seconds then back down. From the log file it looks to be sync-ing all bookmarks every time.
I don't see a way to set sync intervals, or am I just missing it?
Used to work with Safari for me. Seems not to now - any ideas why?
ReplyDelete@All:
ReplyDeleteWe are experiencing extremely heavy load as users migrate to the new system. This is impacting users who are trying to sync as well as users of My Foxmarks. We're working on it and will get it dialed in. Please bear with us.
-Todd
After updating, and trying to sync with my own webdav server, it hangs with "Verifying Account"
ReplyDeleteWhen I selected Manual Overwrite: Force overwrite of server (because I noticed the change in file extension) I then got a hang at "Status: Writing to sync file..." although .json file was written.
Please fix this.
Great extension and great update. I use 3 different computers to kill time when I should be working and this makes my surfing a lot easier and consistent regardless of where I am in the world :-)
ReplyDeleteExcellent add-on and great update. I use 3 different PCs/Laptops to kill time at work and this makes my time-killing a lot easier and consistent regardless of where I am in the world on travel :-)
ReplyDeleteI have the same issue here. It hangs forever on "Verifying account..." :-( Which I didn't upgrade the extension
ReplyDeleteVersion 2 don't work for me, down to version 1.1 again and now, nothing work with foxmark !!! what's the Hell ?
ReplyDeleteHad to revert to 1.0.1, because of the inability to sync with my own webdav server. (The username and password have to be for my own webdav server.) So what's with this, "verifying account..." message? There's no verifiable foxmarks.com account associated with my webdav server.
ReplyDeleteWill subscribe to this feed, hoping that I can upgrade to your latest release after these problems are fixed. Good luck!
Same here - doesn't verify my account. In my haste I uninstalled the Foxmarks extension, assuming compatibility issues, but now realise the problem is down to heavy traffic.
ReplyDeleteI will certainly reinstall this really useful extension when the heat dies down in a few days.
Well, for the record, MY upgrade was smooth and, allowing for the initial update of the sync system on my first sync, it has been smooth and fast ever since. Mind you, I've not been running it for a long time in V2.
ReplyDeleteI love Foxmarks and use it for both work (where I have a laptop AND desktop, and the laptop runs both Windows and Linux OSs), and home (with a very similar setup). I have my workplace bookmarks as I want them on ALL my computers at work, ALL the time, and same for my home bookmarks. The only thing I would personally like to see as an addition is the ability to have more than one account synced to a particular computer so, say, I can also have my home bookmarks synced to my work computers, along with my workplace bookmarks. I'm not sure how that could be achieved, and it's not such a big deal, though, since I can log in to My Foxmarks online and just use them from there!
Thankyou all so much for this great extension!
Well I am glad you went through all the trouble to upgrade the FoxMarks addon, but unfortunately for me and for many other from what I can read, it doesn't work. Version 1 doesn't work anymore, version 2 doesn't work, I can't sync, I can't download, I can't upload, both my Win PCs and my Linux get the same "Verifying account..." message that takes for EVER and I got so pissed off with this useless UPGRADE that after trying for more than 3 hours on my machines I just got rid of it, DELETED my account and am now using my old EXPORT BOOKMARKS to HTML option again.
ReplyDeleteSo thanks for taking a GREAT ADD ON like version 1 and just bloody ruining it!
I hope you fix this hopeless version soon!!!
Sorry for the bad comments, I am not a miserable person, but the fact is you deserve it! I LOVED version 1 and DEPENDED on it and you ruined that experience!
Cheers!
Hi! No news from me, too: It doesn't work.
ReplyDelete@Todd: Could you please make a statement if you are working on the problem and when it could be solved? I wanted to show your plugin to some colleagues, and so far my demonstration wasn't very convincing. ;o)
Not amused! All of my bookmarks I stored at Foxmarks are lost after the new release! Now I'll have to upload them again from my notebook but for the moment I have to work without. Next time I'll backup my bookmarks in a separate file.
ReplyDelete@CH:
ReplyDeletePlease see my latest blog post.
@jegor:
No, your bookmarks are fine; you don't need to upload them. My Foxmarks is choking under the load right now.
So you think my bookmarks on the server are still there? So why do I get the message:
ReplyDeleteYou have no bookmarks on the server.
Please upload bookmarks using the Firefox Bookmark Synchronizer extension and reload this page when you have finished.
I have disabled the extension for a few days until it settles down. It doesn't matter if I have lost them on the server as I can easily upload them again but a warning before I installed may have been appropriate.
People like Spyros need to calm down, and quit with the ALL CAPS. Just remember, this great and indispensable add-on is provided at no cost by a team of developers who don't need or deserve the grief you're directing at them. Yeah, we're all in the same boat at the moment, stuck in the heavy traffic. It'll die down soon. Don't give up on Foxmarks.
ReplyDeletejust updated, thanks ^_^
ReplyDeleteDid anybody with his/her own Webdav server successfully update to Foxmarks 2.0?
ReplyDeleteI am tempted to try it just for the favicon feature, but I wouldn't want to end up with an unusable system.
A wiki page regarding upgrade from 1.x to 2.0 on webdav servers would be greatly appreciated.
Thanx for your great work!
@Todd
ReplyDeleteThank's for your reponse. The thing is, I update my bookmarks with my own server (and no, my server is running fine)....
All was fine until the second I downloaded the new crap, I then spent most of the morning trying to get the system to recognize my U/P an still no joy. I even deleted my old account and registered for a new one with different detail.I still had the same problem. I have no gone to the old fashioned way that always works and that is to write it down on a note in word and save it. Yep it's a hassle to keep updating it but at least I can update it and then retrieve it if needed. It sure beats the hell out of spending half the morning trying to get this stupid crap to recognise my details. A new version of the software doesn't mean it's a better program.
ReplyDeleteI have serious problem with this new foxmarks as well. I'm using my Apache/Webdav, but according to the log it has F2 has problems with the response from my server.
ReplyDeleteDo I need to setup something new for the F2?
[2007-11-16 16:04:34] Failed to parse message:
201 Created
Created
Resource /storage/smil/foxy.json has been created.
I think I have found a partial workaround to the FTP/WebDAV problem:
ReplyDelete1) on your server, go to the folder that contained the old "foxmarks.xml" sync file
2) create a new (empty) file there, called "foxmarks.json"
3) set the .json file permissions to the same values as the old .xml file
4) use Foxmarks "force overwrite of server bookmarks" (Upload)
Now the file gets written at least, and appears to be larger than the old one. (in my case: 1.4 MB for .json, and 1.1 MB for .xml)
I only use the "Sync on Shutdown" option. I created a new bookmark and closed my Firefox, but it did not sync. So I reopened and hit the "Synchronize Now" button. Then it synced, writing the complete file again to the server. I repeated this procedure - again no automatic sync, and the manual sync rewrites the complete file to the server.
I even tried a "force overwrite of local bookmarks" (Download), which also seems to work!
So while it still wastes bandwidth, and does not sync automatically at shutdown, at least the bookmarks can be manually stored and retrieved. :-)
@Heimdall
ReplyDeleteI didn't have to do that. My user has the right to write into his home folder (Linux). Nevertheless that can be a problem for others. Thanks for this!
By checking my JSON file on my server I saw, that the new file is four times bigger than the old one....!
I guess I will move back to the old version....
I downloaded the new version of Foxmarks (an add-on that I love and is quite useful, btw). However, I'm also having difficulties with the new version. When I fired up my machine today, I noticed that the icon in the status bar contains a small question mark (?) next to it. When I clicked the icon, I received the following error message:
ReplyDelete-- Internal Server Error --
When I click on the "help" option, it tells me to write to an email address regarding the problem, but the email address given does not exist. I tried to send a help request, but the email message bounces back as undeliverable...
Please advise.
In the meantime, where can I get a copy of the previous version of Foxmarks. Like I said, I love the program, and I appreciate the hard work that wen into creating it.
Keep up the great work. (I'm sure you'll get the current problems worked out soon).
Best regards,
AJ
@AJ:
ReplyDeleteSee http://blog.foxmarks.com/?p=97 for details on how to switch back to version 1. Sorry for the trouble!
I too can't get version 2 to sync with my own WebDav server. My bookmarks appear to be written to the new format when I force an upload, but the Foxmark status in the lower right just hangs on "Syncing" forever... or at least I left it that way for two and it never did anything. :-)
ReplyDeleteVersion 1.x worked perfectly.
I hope you folks fix this issue, I really want to use the new features but want to keep my data private, even if they are only bookmarks...
Thanks for the hard work. Foxmarks is for sure one of my favorite extensions. Cheers~
ReplyDeleteBy the way, any update on the FF3 support? The beta 1 is already out. I am currently using FF3 on my desktop and FF2 on my notebook. It will be really awesome if Foxmarks could sync them up.
Hi. HELP NEEDED. As soon as i did the update on my 2nd computer, it over wrote my original bookmarks. Went to the back up ones, they were all the same as the computer. How can i get my old ones back? Please, please, please.
ReplyDeleteThanks
Danny
Is it possible to put an option for foxmarks that allows it to overwrite the locally stored set of bookmarks with the server ones upon the startup of firefox? I have lost my bookmarks twice now and I really want to see this implemented.
ReplyDeleteThx
I Love this program.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately in the last few days it seems to function eratically. First it told me to upgrade when I upgraded firefox (automatic upgrade if off). Then it seems to work on and off. I actually uninstalled from each of my computers and then reinstalled. Now it says proxy failed. and I am not seeing my bookmarks online either.
Guess what, it seems to be working all fine now, Don't ask me what happenned there
@I care about Free software: Great to hear that it's working again for you! All the problems you mentioned are generally system-specific, and are covered in the FAQ on our wiki, but they're also often transient, so you should be okay going forward.
ReplyDeleteI can't get foxmarks to work. The sync process is taking forever and I don't see any bookmarks in my foxmarks account at all.
ReplyDelete@Vincent: Do you have Torbutton installed?
ReplyDelete