For a long time now, I've been searching about for a mechanism to synchronize my bookmarks from one machine to another. There are times when I run Firefox on more than one machine at a time, and the bookmarks have become one of the more valuable resources in my desktop setup.
Lo, along comes Bookmark Synchronizer, a Mozilla extension that adds the capability of publishing or retrieving your bookmarks from a server at any time, including whenever you start or shut down your browser.
The installation and configuration was trivial using Firefox's excellent Extensions manager, and I made a copy of my bookmarks onto my main server inside 10 seconds. Now I can import that file (in the documented XBEL - XML Bookmarks Extension Language format), anytime I need to, as well as publish changes into it
I do have one or two little nitpicks. I would like to be able to 'sync' without going into the Extensions window, selecting bookmarks synchronizer, clicking Options, then clicking Upload now. A hot button somewhere in the browser would be a lot easier. The other way the sync happens is automatically when starting up or shutting down Firefox, which also makes me a bit nervous. Usually the only reason I shut down Firefox is due to a crash or instability - throwing another function in during that situation may not help the situation.
But other than these comments, the tool works perfectly. A very easy way to move bookmarks from one machine to another. Bravo!
