For most people, this should be a fairly uneventful update. But the new version does contain a raft of changes, and we wanted to highlight some of the more significant ones.
Update: If you're having problems logging in with this version and you have also installed NoScript, make sure that you have whitelisted
xmarks.com.- Password Restore: We've supported bookmark restore for quite some time now, a feature that our users regularly tell us has saved their bacon after a hard-drive failure or other corruption. We now also support password restore, which we think will also prove indispensable if you experience an unfortunate data loss. The feature itself lives in My.Xmarks, and it works with this version of the Xmarks addon. You can find it in the Tools menu of My.Xmarks.
- Authentication: The way we handled authentication previously caused inconvenience to users who either enable the Firefox Master Password or don't let Firefox store passwords. If you're one of these users, you know that automatic sync would trigger a password prompt the first time Xmarks synced after a browser restart. That's no longer the case. Once you log in, you should remain logged in; just remember to check the "Remember Me" box.
- Suspend: For most users, Xmarks operates transparently in the background. For users with huge datasets and older computers with limited memory and CPU, that's not always the case. We've recently made improvements in Xmarks' efficiency, but now there's another option: if you log out (press the Log Out button the first page of the settings dialog), Xmarks will suspend automatic sync until you log in again or restart your browser. This can be handy when you're working on something else and don't want Xmarks to get in your way.
- Detect Offline: If you're on a laptop with a wireless network connection, you know that your connection comes and goes depending on your location, or whether you're putting your laptop to sleep or waking it up. Previously, if your network was unavailable when Xmarks decided it was time to sync, you'd see an error in the status bar. Now, Xmarks will defer automatic sync requests until the network becomes available again.
- Sync on Shutdown: Xmarks has always provided the option to sync your data when the browser is shutting down to ensure that any recent changes you've made are available to other browsers and computers that you use. Previously, if Xmarks had any changes to sync, it would sync every datatype that you had enabled: bookmarks, passwords, and tabs. Now it syncs only what's necessary, making shutdown substantially faster.
- And more! There is a handful of other minor changes and improvements, ranging from password-sync bug fixes to the ability to cancel an in-progress automatic sync. We hope you enjoy the new version and (if you celebrate it) have a great Independence Day.
After installing this update, I can no longer start up Firefox.
ReplyDeleteMany others are having the same problem (Mac OSX)
I have heard of this problem a few times, but I was fine myself.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, I have not yet heard of the solution. Its still well worth having despite the slight teething troubles.
To any of those that are having this problem, might I suggest simply reinstalling and trying again, as I sometimes have difficulty getting a plugin to "stick" first time around.
I am also using noscript and have the xmarks.com domain included in the safe area. But I get after some seconds an annoying pop-up (which NOT can be closed!) that xmarks should be included in the safe area of noscript. Sorry??? It is already included. And the only way to get rit of that pop-up is to close Firefox by the taskmanager.
ReplyDeleteSo if I have to chose between Noscript and xmarks?? Then xmarks loses! Until for a working update, I will leave xmarks as switched off.
Hoping for a fast solution of this from your site.
Let this be a warning for every user of noscript with xmarks, do NOT install this update!!!!
I have tried to use the password restore but it always returns an Error: Revision 3 is already the current revision. Yet my passwords have not been restored to my browser.
ReplyDeleteThe Update in the blog entry above is incorrect: it should read googleapis.com, not googleapi.com.
ReplyDeleteIf you have changed authentication so that it no longer requires the Master Password, doesn't this mean the Xmarks login password is now stored on the computer in plain text somewhere in you enable "remember me"?
ReplyDeleteSo some people may want to avoid having x-marks remember in the new pop up?
Xmarks Editor: No, that's not correct. Xmarks does not store your login password in clear text or otherwise. If you use Firefox to remember your password, how that gets stored is between you and Firefox. (To be less glib: if you allow Firefox to store your password, it will do so in cleartext unless you enable Firefox's Master Password, in which case it will be stored in an encrypted form.) Regardless, Xmarks never stores your password.
I do not plan on whitelisting google on noscript. Thanks but no thanks
ReplyDelete@Rino, @Stephen: We're hosting the required Javascript resources ourselves now, so there's no longer any need to whitelist googleapis.com.
ReplyDeleteHi Mr. Todd,
ReplyDeleteThanks for not hosting your script by Google anymore.
It works great now.
Thanks again, because your program is great :-)