To collect feedback on this ultra-new feature and make sure we're doing it right, we are making Bookmark Profiles available to a limited number of people who sign up to beta test it. We want to hear from you about your experience using this feature so that we can iron out kinks before making it available to everyone. Was it intuitive or confusing? What kinds of profiles did you create? Did you run into any bugs along the way?
If you’re interested in participating in the beta test, just head over to beta.foxmarks.com to register. We’ll notify you via email you when you can download, install, and start testing. You’ll need a Foxmarks account to register for the program, and a Firefox 2 or 3 web browser to install the extension in.
Once you have access to the Profiles beta program, here's how to keep sensitive bookmarks where they belong with Bookmark Profiles:
- Log in at my.foxmarks.com and click on the "Profiles" button under the "Tools" menu.
- Create a new profile and name it to reflect its nature (e.g. "Office").
- Choose items to include in each profile. Items must be located in the toolbar or root bookmark folder.
- Assign a profile to your browser in the "Profiles" tab of your Foxmarks extension's "Settings" window. Your browser will now only sync items that are part of that profile.
Any items you place in a folder that is part of a profile will only appear on computers assigned to that profile. If you place items anywhere else, then they will be available on all computers.
Managing profiles and their contents on my.foxmarks.
Assigning a profile to a computer.
This simply rocking...I would be more happy if i can do this without going to web.
ReplyDeleteCan you please have some ppl working on other data like history, password and cookies synchronized. I think password will be priority.
You guys are brilliant. I only think the name is kind of misleading because one of the things users want Foxmarks to do is synchronize not only bookmarks but the entire Firefox profile. Maybe switch the name to "Subsets" or "Location" or something more inspired =)
ReplyDeleteTaking advantage of the cue, how complicated would be to synchronize Firefox passwords along with bookmarks? I mean, only the passwords, not forms or extensions or history or even cookies (I know cookies are complicated)... This is the single feature I miss the most in the extension. My home/work1/work2 passwords are in a mess!
Finally, congratulations to the team for the vision. You guys really know how to differentiate Foxmarks from the pack!
-Gustavo
Hi!
ReplyDeleteI think its a great idea.
I am part of the beta testers team since yesterday so I am testing this functionallity on the next days.
Cheers,
- Sebastian
This sounds dreamy, but is it too good to be true?
ReplyDelete- changed the name of my default Bookmarks Bar folder from Bookmarks Toolbar Folder" to "Links" ----- Is this supported?
- speaking of my Bookmarks Bar folder ---- can this folder contain items/folders from multiple profiles? It would be a bummer to have to choose which profile (home or office) got to rule what appears on the Bookmarks bar. I suppose a little rearranging/rethinking would do the trick here, but none the less, I'm curious. :o)
- I have bookmarks made up of native Firefox bookmarks and those created while using Firefox with IE Tab, which means they are IE bookmarks ---- Is this supported?
You guys rock!
-James
Thats great news - it looks excellent. For now i've ben managing to sort of do this using live book marks and RSS but this will be a great improvement.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately I missed out on a space on the beta programme.
Any idea how long until we see this feature rolled out?
@Nobu: Thanks for pointing out the mis-directed link, it should be fixed now. The change for 2.0.44.18 was very minor--a small fix for people using their own server.
ReplyDelete@James: I think it's "yes" on everything, except maybe for the IETab bookmarks, but I'm not sure there. Thus why we have a beta. :)
@MatS: Somewhere between weeks and months.
[...] Foxmarks, es uno de los programas indispensables si usás Firefox en dos o más PCs, te sincroniza automáticamente tus bookmarks y encima te permite accederlos desde cualquier lado con entrar en my.foxmarks.com, ahora incorporan perfiles para separar favoritos, por ejemplo, entre personales y laborales. [...]
ReplyDelete[...] Foxmarks, es uno de los programas indispensables si usás Firefox en dos o más PCs, te sincroniza automáticamente tus bookmarks y encima te permite accederlos desde cualquier lado con entrar en my.foxmarks.com, ahora incorporan perfiles para separar favoritos, por ejemplo, entre personales y laborales. [...]
ReplyDeleteOne feature request from me: load the bookmark to browser bookmark menu when user login, remove all the bookmark from the browser bookmark menu when user logout or browser closed.
ReplyDeletewhy?
because I use public internet computer access in my office where everyone could have access to it.
I just want to keep the bookmark for myself, and not everyone else.
You can use Firefox "Portable Edition" and an usb drive to do that...
ReplyDeletehttp://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable
@dhani: Why not just use http://my.foxmarks.com/ to have ready access to your bookmarks? Make sure the browser isn't storing passwords first, and you're set.
ReplyDeleteCan you give me a choice of uploading firefox 3's quick add bookmark or not？
ReplyDeleteI think this is a great feature for Foxmarks. Can't wait to try it out!
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know what the process time is after signing up for this beta?
Mine is still on status 'pending'.
I have had and have problems with the bookmark section. Trying to get an explanation about anything is simply nonexistent!! I tried to move a bookmark folder and "lost" it....why is so hard for writers to explain simply how to get things done? I am retired and not geeky enough so I suffer.
ReplyDelete@Sue: If you're having problems with your bookmarks in Firefox, it might be best to start with the Firefox documentation, which I've found to be pretty clear and useful:
ReplyDeletehttp://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Bookmarks
@SachaH: We're still working out the kinks in the initial group admitted. We'll contact you at the email address on your account once you're admitted.
ReplyDeleteSimply rocks! Very useful and smart utility which is really able to synchronize ;-) (Microsoft ActiveSync users may know what I am meaning ;-))
ReplyDeleteI am synchronizing three PCs/Laptops. Two of them using Firefox profiles. Are more than one profiles supported?
@hfrmobile: Thanks! Multiple profiles are indeed supported. Thus the "add" button in the post's images. ;)
ReplyDeletei just downloaded the beta... set up three profiles... took time to differentiate the different bookmarks i wanted in each profile...
ReplyDeletehit save and close...
only to find all bookmarks remained in all three profiles... i have a ton of bookmarks... this took some time...
which seeems wasted now...
Cool! Now, a suggestion: you know, there's really not a lot of difference between "bookmarks" (in Firefox) and "contacts" (in Thunderbird)--both are 'places' you 'go'. How hard would it be to create an extension and support for the syncing of a, for lack of a better term (though I'm sure there are many better terms), "Thundermarks" thingy? You could be the new Plaxo (but without the being owned by Comcast part). (However, if you look into it at all, wait till Thunderbird v3... tabs!) :D
ReplyDeleteLooks nice. However, as with some other users, the add-on name made me expect a way of synchronizing the whole Firefox profile (passwords, preferences, etc.)! The "simple" bookmarks synchronization add-on perfectly suits me for now--it makes my life so much easier.
ReplyDeleteI like the ability to separate my bookmarks between office and home. I not sure what the overall goals on the profile part, but the following additions should be considered:
ReplyDelete- Save at least the bookmark preferences (minus the cache)
- Have an option to prompt the user on Firefox start-up to select what bookmark's they wish to use, also include an option to have a set preference.
I think this project is heading in the right direction, and I am glad to able to provide feedback, even if it's widely not supported.
Thank you.
W.
@Wil: What do you mean by "bookmark preferences"? Additionally, prompting on start-up happens after the extension is installed, but in general people don't like to be bothered every time the browser is restarted, so that's not likely to be implemented. There is, however, an option for a set preference, right? Or are you looking for something different?
ReplyDelete@eric.
ReplyDeleteBy bookmark preferences, I meant the settings and personalization that firefox. I.E addtional Add-ons, my default homepage, and settings.
in reply to ...
"Have an option to prompt the user on Firefox start-up to select what bookmark’s they wish to use, also include an option to have a set preference. "
AKA a prompt that has the ability to over ridden, that would allow firefox to DL the bookmarks before entering firefox. Much on the same basis if you edited the short cut of firefox and had it prompt for the local user profile ( -profilemanager )
@Wil: Cool, thanks for the clarification!
ReplyDeleteIt would be great if the profiles can have additional password. So I can share Bookmarks with my colleagues at work and have additional private home bookmarks, which I also can use at work with my password but my colleagues can only use the work bookmarks.
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteI really miss one option : sync into a folder.
I have one home family computer with my bookmarks in one folder "Paul" among others folders; and one laptop with my bookmarks at the root of the bookmark folder, directly available.
What I need is the ability to sync the bookmarks from my laptop into the " Paul " folder inside the home computer and conversely.
Is there a way to do that ?
the option to sync multiple profiles would be great too!
Thanks !
I've just installed this - it is great.
ReplyDeleteIs there any thought to allowing a person to select bookmarks within folders too? As it is now, you can only select items on the main part of the tree. It would be very useful to be able to pick and choose among things withing folders too.
@Gaurav : Thanks for the tips i am going to use it while you don't implement it.
ReplyDeleteI support Hawkmoth comment, the more you'll approach a windows explorer the more it will be great to use.
keep on !
I don't understand how to to organize items to appear on all computers, as per:
ReplyDelete"Any items you place in a folder that is part of a profile will only appear on computers assigned to that profile. If you place items anywhere else, then they will be available on all computers."
When I sync a profile, all I get are items which I have specifically checked to include for that profile. I unchecked every item for every other profile. I'm not sure what "if you place items anywhere else" means. Anywhere else besides where?
[...] We’d like to thank all the beta testers who’ve helped us test and improve this feature over the past several weeks. We first announced the Sync Profiles Beta nearly two months ago and we couldn’t have released this feature without your help! [...]
ReplyDeletewhat a GREAT idea! It's really needed!
ReplyDeleteHi! This program is a real boon to me - many, many thanks! In fact I'm only just realizing how much as I'm taking the opportunity to rebuild my PC after a MoBo death. Only one thing is a bit problematic - and if there's a workaround I'd appreciate hearing of it. My problem is that I like to keep most of my 'use often' bookmarks in folders inside the Bookmarks Toolbar folder. And I have some overlapping, but also some quite different, sets between Home and Work. But in the sync profile option, I can only select either all or none of my Bookmarks Toolbar contents (can't select with - see Hawkmoth's comment above) . In fact the picture at the top of this P=131 thread suggests that I should see the subfolders of my Toolbar, but this is not what I get. I've tried duplicating the Toolbar folder and then setting one profile to link to one and the other profile to the other, but these changes alter both Toolbar folders. Any suggestions? Jeremy (BW)
ReplyDelete@Bluewater: We've got a fix we'll be deploying soon for that, but the problem shows up only for people who have no "Unsorted Bookmarks" folder (which is a Firefox 3 feature). If you start using Firefox 3 and synchronize against the Foxmarks server, that should get it to work, or you can just wait a week or so until we get the fix deployed.
ReplyDeleteNote that creating a bookmark folder called "Unsorted Bookmarks" isn't sufficient--it has to be the special-use folder that Firefox 3 uses.
Thanks Eric. I'll have to wait for the fix - while I've FF3 running at home under Vista OS, at work I'm on a Mac running 10.3.9 so can not deploy FF3.
ReplyDeleteJeremy (BW)
Hi, I'm running Firefox 3.0.8 and the latest Xmarks (3.0.2).
ReplyDeleteI don't know what kind of gong show you guys are running, but the profiles for me do not work in any way!
Firstly I tried to setup my 'Work' profile as associated bookmarks. They sync ok for my work machines. Then when I go into xmarks.com and my sync profiles, under 'Home' there aren't any of my unique home bookmarks. I can only see the same bookmarks as my 'Work' set.
I temporarily setup one of my work machines in the 'Home' profile. I had all my 'Home' bookmarks setup in that browser. Before I did this, I removed the 'Work' profile in the xmark.com sync profiles screen. After syncing successfully my 'Home' profile, I logged in again to xmarks.com sync profile screen, re-added a 'Work' profile. I then synced up my real work computer with the legitimate 'Work' bookmarks using the new 'Work' profile. I then proceeded to my temp 'Home' computer, synchronized the bookmarks using Ctrl+Alt+S, and it wiped out all my 'Home' bookmarks and replaced them with the 'Work' bookmarks, even though the sync profiles was still set to 'Home' on the client.
You guys have to fix this! Otherwise don't advertise that it works when it clearly doesn't...
Ed: Sorry you've had such problems! I'm not sure we've seen anything like what you're describing, so we'll need more details before we can figure out what's happening. Please send us more information via the options under http://www.xmarks.com/help and we'll try to suss it out!
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