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Mikes replied on November 24, 2009 21:39 to the problem "Please remove dead site" in Xmarks:

Hi baraider, go ahead and email your proposal to info@xmarks.com, and the appropriate person will field the request. Thanks!

Mikes replied on November 24, 2009 21:00 to the problem "Please remove dead site" in Xmarks:

Hi Baraider,

Nice catch and welcome to our QA team. :)

Actually there are a couple of layers here and when your original request came in, I did the shortcut solution. The full solution, which removes the url from all our lists and pages, does not run as often. So, the www.fenews.com site probably won't disappear 100% from out system for a few more days.

Mikes replied on November 24, 2009 17:58 to the question "When will X-Marks work with Google Chrome?" in Xmarks:

Hi gpzbc,

We do have a version of Xmarks available Chrome although it's still being tested and bug-fixed. Check out our blog for the latest information:

http://blog.xmarks.com/?p=1244

Mikes replied on November 20, 2009 20:04 to the problem "Please update site address" in Xmarks:

The change won't go public until sometime next week. We batch up these types of redirect requests. The thumbnail change should happen at the same time.

Mikes replied on November 20, 2009 19:53 to the problem "Please remove dead site" in Xmarks:

Will do. Thanks.

Mikes replied on November 20, 2009 19:42 to the problem "Please update site address" in Xmarks:

Will do. Thanks!

Mikes replied on November 16, 2009 17:11 to the question "how do i keep my home computer from syncing" in Xmarks:

Hi William,

I'm not entirely sure I understand your question, but I think you're asking how you can use Xmarks as just a backup tool and not actually sync any of your bookmarks from computer to computer.

One easy way to address this is to create multiple accounts, one for each set of computers whose bookmarks you want to keep separate. Or, if you wish to keep a single account, you could use our Profiles feature to designate particular folders as work-only or home-only, etc. Check out my.xmarks.com for the Profiles functionality.

I hope that helps.

Mikes replied on November 16, 2009 17:05 to the question "IS IT POSSIBLE TO SYNC BOOKMARKS USING SAFARI ON WINDOWS?" in Xmarks:

Sorry, but we do not currently support Safari on Windows.

Mikes replied on November 10, 2009 01:29 to the problem "Bookmarks appear in all profiles despite the fact they were added using one actual profile" in Xmarks:

Hi aitmanas,

That's a pretty good suggestion, but as you've probably noticed, it's not the way it currently works. By default, all folders get synchronized to all machines except for the ones you explicitly identify at my.xmarks.com.

Mikes replied on November 10, 2009 01:25 to the question "import from lastpass" in Xmarks:

Xmarks does not have a password import (or export) feature. All we do is sync of your bookmarks and passwords. If you can find some way to export your passwords out of Lastpass and import them into Firefox, then Xmarks will happily performing the syncing from there.

Mikes replied on November 10, 2009 01:23 to the question "Which way is sync with FX & how does it operate?" in Xmarks:

Hi Miles,

Xmarks does a merge of your new bookmark set with the saved one on the server, which should correctly add or delete new changes to your bookmarks. If you find that you want to roll back to an older set of bookmarks, go to Tools->Xmarks->Xmarks Settings and then go to the "Restore" tab. You'll then be presented with a list of dates that you can roll back to.

I hope that helps.

Mikes replied on November 06, 2009 22:23 to the question "Promote site" in Xmarks:

Sites shown on Xmarks.com are there because a significant part of our user community has found them valuable enough to bookmark. That's the only way to get your site listed on Xmarks.com

Mikes replied on November 06, 2009 21:37 to the question "How to turn off smarter search" in Xmarks:

Hi Fred,

I'm sorry to hear that you don't like Smarter Search, but you might be glad to hear that it's easy to turn off. From the Tools menu in Firefox select Xmarks->XmarksSettings. Then, in the Discovery tab, uncheck any option, like "Enable Smarter Search" that you don't care for.

Hope that helps.

Mikes replied on November 03, 2009 19:54 to the question "How can I import folders and links from an exterior site (not Del.icio.us)" in Xmarks:

Xmarks does not have specific Blinkpro integration, but if Blinkpro offers the ability to export your bookmarks as an html file (and it looks like it does: http://www.blinkpro.com/help/faq#q10), then Firefox's bookmark manager will happily import that bookmark file.

Mikes replied on November 02, 2009 17:04 to the question "How can I get Foxmarks to ASK "do you want to erase all history, passwords, etc...." AFTER a Internet session." in Xmarks:

Xmarks is designed to be a bookmark and password synchronizer and has never included functionality to erase your local caches.

I believe some of what you want is already built into the Firefox browser, however. The "Tools" menu offers a "Clear Recent History" option and the "Privacy" tab in the Preferences menu gives you other similar functionality.

Mikes replied on November 02, 2009 16:55 to the question "file extension problem while downloading add ons" in Xmarks:

Hi Kathy,

Can you give me some more details on exactly what you're downloading and what browser version you're using? Let me know where you're getting the add-on from too. Thanks.

Mikes replied on November 02, 2009 16:54 to the question "throwing out the old" in Xmarks:

Hi Barry,

If you have successfully synchronized your bookmarks, then yes, you can delete them on your computer and Xmarks will keep a backup of your old set of bookmarks.

And, no, it's not a dumb question. :) Let me know if I didn't understand it completely though.

Mikes replied on October 31, 2009 00:11 to the question "i don ́t want to see all my bookmarks in my office computer" in Xmarks:

Hi baena15,

Xmarks has the notion of "profiles" to handle this type of things. With profiles, you can identify certain folders that should or shouldn't get bookmarked on certain computers. Many people use this functionaity to create "work" and "personal" profiles and sync accordingly.

There some more information on this at the xmarks blog:

http://blog.xmarks.com/?p=160

Mikes replied on October 30, 2009 17:42 to the idea "Popular Bookmarks like Delicious RSS Feed" in Xmarks:

Hi hloopus,

You're absolutely right and we've started to make this type of information available. Check out our blog post on the subject here:

http://blog.xmarks.com/?p=1285

Then, check out the Twitter feed here:

http://twitter.com/XmarksHotList

Mikes replied on October 29, 2009 17:38 to the problem "password popup box is ANNOYING! how do i get rid of password popup box?" in Xmarks:

Try looking at the information this topic:

http://getsatisfaction.com/foxmarks/t...

Let me know if that helps.