As announced previously, Foxmarks for Firefox 3 is currently in beta test. Over the past week, we have admitted the first 40% of users who have volunteered to test.
Testing has revealed a handful of minor bugs in Foxmarks itself; we've been rolling out fixes as the bug reports come in. We've seen (and users have reported seeing) Firefox crash while Foxmarks is running, but each successive beta (starting with Firefox beta 2) has shown improvements in this area. There hasn't been a single report of Foxmarks crashing Firefox beta 4 yet; that version was only released yesterday, but we've been impressed by how the quality of Firefox keeps marching forward with each release. Beta 4 may well be stable enough for general use with Foxmarks. We're keeping our fingers crossed.
There are also reports of occasional performance problems -- sometimes sync under Firefox 3 is really fast, and sometimes it's quite slow. Surprisingly, this variability occurs on the same computer with the same bookmarks within the same session. We're not sure what might account for the difference yet, but we're looking into it.
Overall, testing has gone quite smoothly. As long as we can keep up with the rate at which bugs are reported, we'll continue to allow more people in to check it out. If you're interested in participating, you can sign up here. Note that you'll need a Foxmarks account to register.
P.S. Thanks to the many users who have taken the time to test! Your efforts to find and report bugs make a real difference, and we appreciate it. Oh, how we do.
With Firefox 3.0b4 it's no possible login to Foxmarks site! I must switch to IE rendering engine to be able to logon. BUT when I'm in (with firexox using IE engine), ist no possible to click on subscribe to Foxmarks test! ! ! !
ReplyDeleteLogging in to my.foxmarks works fine here on beta 4.
ReplyDeleteWhere do we report the bug?
ReplyDeleteI entered the beta today thanks ;)
ReplyDeleteI'll test a few scenarios when I get home (I'm on GMT)
So far it's working great... BTW do you prefer us to test Foxmarks on Beta 4 or Nightlies? Currently I'm on Beta 4 but I may change for nightlies if it helps.
Entered the beta myself today..
ReplyDelete600+ bookmarks
Synchronised a few times between most recently nightly build and Fx2, and so far 0 problems.
Congratulations guys, you're - how to put it - one of the shining stars in the development community that is Firefox.
@Steve-de-Fox: No need to stop, really; Todd could use a little more color in his cheeks after all those weeks we had him chained in the sunless basement to get this beta release finished.
ReplyDelete@eric:
ReplyDeleteThe chains aren't so bad -- I hardly even notice them any more. The incessant blaring of White Snake, however, is beginning to make me a touch jittery.
[...] And as their blog points out testers may find that there are issues while using the extension: There hasn’t been a single report of Foxmarks crashing Firefox beta 4 yet; that version was only released yesterday, but we’ve been impressed by how the quality of Firefox keeps marching forward with each release. Beta 4 may well be stable enough for general use with Foxmarks. We’re keeping our fingers crossed. [...]
ReplyDeletegood
ReplyDeleteThe beta test version 2. 44.8 of foxmarks seems to work fine for me on Firefox 2.12 and beta 3. Will the update for new foxmarks versions
ReplyDeletetool sense new updates, like 2.45?
Barry
Hi guys,
ReplyDeleteany way to disable the new Smart Bookmarks option in Beta 4?
@Glenn:
ReplyDeleteYou could probably just delete the "Smart Bookmarks" folder(Or whatever it's called), and be done with it. If you want them back, there's an option in about:config called "browser.places.createdSmartBookmarks" which you would set to false, then close and open the browser, which should restore the folder(I haven't tried yet, but that's what I gathered from searching a bit).
Basically, "browser.places.createdSmartBookmarks" lets the browser know if you have "createdSmartBookmarks" yet and, if false, creates them. This I gathered from context clues. ^.^
Hey,
ReplyDeleteI'm running beta 4 and everything is workin fine!
Thanks for great a plugin!
Hi,
ReplyDeleteJust installed it for Portable edition a couple of hours ago and it would not sync. Firefox would freeze.
Did a new profile and fresh install on the hard drive this time with regular beta and it crashed after two attempts.
Had no other extensions installed yet either.
Is is supposed to handle the case of syncing Firefox2 bookmarks to Firefox3 ?
ReplyDeletewhat happens if I start setting some of the advanced features of FF3 places like the tags etc. will they be maintained properly?
Thanks
Looks like the beta is ready for prime time. Awaiting my email so I can test it out. I have a few hundred movie and TV bookmarks.
ReplyDelete"On initial sync (or regular sync of large change sets), Firefox sometimes crashes. (We believe this is a Firefox bug; if you experience this, please make sure you allow Firefox to submit a crash report to Mozilla.) "
ReplyDelete:( I keep getting bit by this one. I have a giant bookmarks file though...
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ReplyDeleteOk thx, I'll try it (I had 2.0.44.8).
Well, after trying just about every possible thing i could think of (uninstalling Firefox2 and 3b4) i still can't get it to work with F3b4.
ReplyDeleteIt worked with F2!
I had a tough time to uninstall Application Data folder (had to use Unlocker program) to remove anything Mozilla Firefox and still not working.
Yes, using latest build.
Works perfectly now. The beta no longer hangs.
ReplyDeleteThx!
Any word on when the rest of us will be allowed into beta? I need this APP ASAP.
ReplyDelete@Atomic Popcorn: We've been adding people to the program at a steady rate ever since we opened the doors, so stay tuned!
ReplyDeleteFirefox3 b.4 its ok :), work!!!
ReplyDeletecome on, publish this alpha or beta on our responsibilities :( i cannot get my bookmarks on hardy heron :(
ReplyDeleteplease..
I agree with Jancis :-)
ReplyDeleteLet it out of the bag for us !!
It would be great if even a side experimental release of foxmarks, with no support was released for anyone , because i don't see anyway to back up any bookmarks in beta 4. There is no bookmark manager, and FF Places doesn't seem to be implemented yet, so there is no easy way to back up bookmarks. Anyone know another route of backing up bookmarks for the time being, because this computer is about to be erased, and manually adding the websites would suck.
ReplyDeleteI too can not log into foxmarks.com from FF 3 Beta 5.
ReplyDeleteNo, it is not a problem with cookies or Java as I have allowed both.
I can log in with IE, can see my account information, but can not log onto the page for the Foxmarks Beta Download. Clilck on the box and nothing happens >_
@bodhi.zazen:
ReplyDeleteTry clicking the "Allow" button at the top of your screen.
he he he ....
ReplyDeleteMy operating system does not have one of those buttons.
It does not seem to be a cookies / java issue as I can log into the foxmarks and access my stored book marks. Any other suggestions ?
[...] Mikäli myöhemmin haluan älykkäät kirjanmerkit takaisin, avaan Firefoxin asetussivun, joka on osoitteessa about:config, ja etsin sieltä asetusavaimen nimeltä browser.places.createdSmartBookmark. Asetan avaimen arvoksi false, minkä jälkeen sammutan Firefoxin ja käynnistän sen uudelleen. Tällöin Firefox luo uudestaan älykkäät kirjanmerkit kirjanmerkkipalkkiin (ja asettaa samalla browser.places.createdSmartBookmark -avaimen arvoksi true). [...]
ReplyDeleteHi!
ReplyDeleteFoxmarks is so far one of the excellent addon..
Just that i found one bug.
in FF3, there is a provision of auto-bookmarking recently visited url's list. but foxmarks overwrites that & that feature is no longer available.
otherwise it is really a nice addon.
cheers!!
@Anish Sane: I'm curious, where do you find that feature? I'm not familiar with it, and my searches through Mozilla documentation only turns up Smart Bookmarks, which work just fine with Foxmarks for me.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
It worked with me, after doing some tweaks in about:config .
ReplyDeletei had installed addon in FF2, which did not have smart bookmarks feature & my online bookmarks also did not have them. when i synchronized my bookmarks, the smart bookmarks folder vanished from my bookmarks toolbar.
Now i m having reverse problem.
I work with roaming profile in windows. so the FF is the one installed on the current machine. (hence can be FF2 or FF3)
when i work with FF2, the bookmarks.html as well as foxmarks do not work properly.
in bookmarks.html, the smart bookmarks folder is absent.
so now if i try to synchronise (on FF2), my smart bookmarks folder will be in trouble again.
regd this problem, one solution i would like to provide to foxmarks team:
as i said, the smart bookmarks folder become visible when i did some changes in about:config.
so in foxmarks code can have it in window.addEventListener('load'......);