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Bookmark Folder Structure on my.xmarks.com and its equivalent.

my.xmarks.com = Firefox = IE
>(locked)Bookmarks = Bookmarks Menu = Favorites
>no equivalent = Bookmarks Toolbar = Favorites Bar (aka Links)
>no equivalent = Unsorted Bookmarks = no equivalent

NOTE: When you first create your xmarks account your default folder listing is just the "Bookmarks(locked)" folder.

After installing and setting up xmarks|ie/firefox for the first time, depending on which browser, your my.xmarks.com dir structure will either look like one of the following:

my.xmarks.com|firefox:
-Bookmarks(locked)
>Bookmarks Toolbar(locked)
>Unsorted Bookmarks(locked)
>Mozilla Firefox

my.xmarks.com|ie:
-Bookmarks(locked)
>Links(locked)
>Microsoft Websites

Now the problem I am noticing with xmarks is as followed.
If at any point the only option is to upload(overwrite server) and your using xmarks|ie then your my.xmarks.com will look similar to the xmarks.com|ie dir structure above. Now the issue is if you where to sync your xmarks|firefox after that upload(overwrite) your Firefox Bookmarks dir structure will be different. Instead of "Bookmarks Menu" you will have "no title" and instead of "Bookmarks Toolbar" you will have "links".

So in my opinion the problems lies on the server side (unless the client is the one altering the folder names). So instead of my.xmarks.com default dir structure is just Bookmarks(locked), it should have its own folders structure that would be the standard, like in the following:

my.xmarks.com
-Bookmarks (which represents "Bookmarks Menu" or "Favorites") and its locked even from a upload overwrite.
>Toolbar (which will represent both the Favorites Toolbar and Bookmarks Toolbar) and its locked even from a upload overwrite.

Now the theory is if I do my initial install/sync then the the default locked folders should not change at all. However if using xmarks|firefox an additional locked folder will appear, "Unsorted Bookmarks". Now if I am at a last option of doing an upload overwrite the locked dir structure shall still remain the same (Bookmarks, Toolbar). The last theory is that if I did a upload overwrite using xmarks|ie and then did a sync/merge afterwords using xmarks|firefox my firefox bookmarks dir structure should not change. It should still remain Bookmarks Toolbar and Bookmarks Menu, but as of now most of us probably know that is not the case as of now. The server should detect when doing a sync/merge what browser is requesting and during the sync/merge the only the contents of the locked folders are sync/merge not the folder it self or its title.

I also believe that by default that when syncing that the sync/merge should alwasy be start with server first unless other wise specified. Another thing that should occur during sync/merge is prevention of duplication.

Now another thought is with in the settings of my.xmarks.com where the user specifies there default browser. So in my case I choose Firefox. Therefore no matter what browser or how I sync it uses the folder structure of that specified browser. So if I did a upload overwrite using IE, then the folder structure online remains as the default (in my case firefox) this way no overwrite of folder (locked) titles.