It’s great – but we lost the chance to use our own server…

@caschy: Don’t worry, using your own server is still possible, though we’ve removed the UI from the “Advanced” tab. Instructions on how to make it work are here.

I have been hoping that you guys would roll out such a feature! However, I think I am missing something. Foxmarks never prompts me re: whether I want it to ‘remember/sync’ a particular site password.

Is there a setting within Firefox that I am supposed to have activated or de-activated?

Great – love it! Blogging the 6th time about Foxmark =)
http://stadt-bremerhaven.de/2008/09/16/firefox-bookmarks-und-passwrter-berall/

@Brian: After you install the beta, open up the Foxmarks settings dialog (Tools > Foxmarks > Settings), click on the “Types” tab and check “passwords”. Instructions with an illustration are available on the beta program page for password sync

@caschy: Nice post! Thanks!

Hey Gaurav,

I made sure to have the Passwords checkbox selected. After that, I would go to a site, log out of it (if I was already logged in) and then re-login. I never got a pop up from Foxmarks asking if I wanted it to capture the login details.

Are there any Firefox preference settings re: remembering passwords that tie into this? I currently have those settings de-activated.

Thanks!!

Mhhh – when i use my own server Foxmarks says allways that i have a sync-File from another computer. See screen (german GUI):
http://is.gd/2IVR

@Brian: Have you ever chosen “Never for this site” when Firefox asked you if you wanted to remember a password on that page? If not, have you already saved your password in Firefox before? If the answer to both of these is no, there is a possibility that the site is setup in a way that Firefox cannot save passwords from(Yahoo! Mail comes to mind), otherwise the “Remember passwords for sites” option in Preferences > Security may be unchecked.

If none of this applies, then I’ve no idea what could be wrong. But I hope it helps. ^.^

Nice Idea !

oh, and i will love it like the great one bookmark synchronizer~

@caschy: Please write to the beta email with more details from your foxmarks.log so we can look into that further.

@Brian: In the “Security” section of the Firefox preferences/settings dialog, there’s a checkbox for “Remember passwords for sites”. Checking that and looking into your Exceptions is what you’ll want to investigate. Beyond that, consulting Mozilla’s Firefox support pages is your best option:

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Remembering+passwords

A note to anyone having trouble with “syncronization error”s when trying to assign different passwords to different profiles: don’t use the ‘uncheck all’ button. I was never able to actually get the thing to work unless I didn’t use that one button.

Hope this helps someone. ^^

Is it me, or is this version freezing firefox during syncfile download?

@Marcel: We’ve not had any reports of such behavior. If you’re seeing behavior different from the regularly-released Foxmarks extension, please contact us with more information via the email link available once you’ve logged into the project at http://beta.foxmarks.com/program/password_sync

Thanks for helping with the testing!

Foxmarks Rocks! Password sync is exactly what I wanted, and it’s all encrypted before it leaves my box. Keep up the good work.

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I really like the feature, its just a pitty it doesnt work in Firefox 2, cause i use a mac laptop G4 MacOS 10.2.8 and Firefox 3 doesnt install only Firefox 2. So i cant use the new passwords sync feature in foxmarks. my Mac is still great so no point in buying a new computer just for the features.

I have the same problem Brian reported. I’m using an iMac. I have set everything correctly in preferences, but Firefox never asks me if I want it to remember a password. “Remember passwords for sites” is checked. The exceptions list is empty. The “Always clear my private data when I close Firefox” box is not checked.

Any ideas?