Xmarks
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| Developer(s) | Mitchell Kapor, Todd Agulnick, Penny Campbell, David Loftesness |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 2006 |
| Stable release | 3.0.2(Firefox) 1.0.8(Internet Explorer) 0.0.30(Safari) (2009-04-10 (Firefox) 2009-04-08 (IE) 2009-02-03 (Safari)) [+/−] |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Type | Browser synchronizer |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | http://www.foxmarks.com http://www.xmarks.com |
Xmarks, formerly Foxmarks, is a San Francisco-based company which produces an add-on to web browsers, which is also entitled Xmarks. The company was founded in 2006 by Mitch Kapor.[1]
The Xmarks bookmark synchronizer is an extension for Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Apple Safari OS X 10.5[2] that synchronizes bookmarks between computers, and can also synchronize passwords. It is one of the most popular Firefox add-ons, attaining over one hundred and fifty thousand downloads per week and almost fifteen million total downloads as of April, 2009.[3]
In March 2009, Foxmarks was relaunched under a new name and service called Xmarks. Since Xmarks is a superset of Foxmarks, Xmarks includes many new features like suggested tagging bookmarks.[4]
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[edit] Privacy
Xmarks encrypts bookmarks while they are in transit to and from the browser to Xmark's server. Individual users' bookmarks are kept private from other users. However, there are clearly issues of privacy and trust in sending your bookmarks to a third party. Xmarks does provide an option for the user to avoid the Xmarks server, by using their own WebDAV server to store their bookmarks.
Bookmarks are analysed to provide public services such as "Site Suggestions" and "Smarter Search" (Xmarks enhancements to Google web search). The privacy policy explains that the results of this analysis are published without providing any information about individual users.[5]
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[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Xmarks home page
- Mitch Kapor’s Foxmarks To Leap Into Search World
- Xmarks on Firefox Add-ons Repository
- Foxmarks WebDAV Server
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