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Resolve to organize your Firefox bookmarks
If you spend a lot of time on the Internet then you've probably accumulated Bookmark synchronizer Foxmarks is a must-have if you like to access your bookmarks from multiple locations. Install the Foxmarks extension on your laptop and your desktop PC, and whatever Web site you add to your bookmark manager on one machine will automatically show up on the other. You can also access your bookmarks via the Web from any computer with Internet access, no download required.
People who use the Opera Web browser often rave about its "Speed Dial" function, which allows you faster access to sites you visit regularly than searching through a long list of bookmarks. Though similar functionality isn't available natively in Firefox, there are a couple of extensions that get the job done. Speed Dial for Firefox places a button on your toolbar; click it to bring up thumbnails of up to nine Web pages whose addresses you've pre-programmed. Adding a Web site to the list is easy: simplfirefox; ffy right-click and select "Set as Speed Dial." Fast Dial does the same thing as Speed Dial, and also adds middle-click functionality and keyboard shortcuts.
If you like your browser's address bar to do your thinking for you, then take a look at Autocomplete Manager. This little extension checks what you type in the address bar for matching bookmarked Web sites; it even checks page titles and names you've assigned to the bookmarks in your folders.
Want to give your boring old bookmark folders a face-lift? Use Favicon Picker to decide what icon you want appearing next to each bookmarked Web site. Once installed, simply open Firefox's Bookmark Manager and right-click on a bookmark. Choose "Properties", then the "Browse" button in the Icon section. Select a .jpg to replace the existing default icon and click "OK".
New to the whole concept of bookmarks? Then make sure this is the first site you save to your Bookmark Manager.
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Molly said 9:54PM on 2-15-2008
Check out xerpi.com
I really like using xerpi to organize all of my favorites. It works better than anything I have found. It's very visual, and compared to most other organizational tools which are linear, it uses a easy system of drag&drop, adaptable views which can be private or public. There are also two must-haves in the navigation toolbar which make collecting bookmarks while web surfing simple (a post-to and a visit Xerpi)
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Sam said 12:12AM on 2-20-2008
Molly- Xerpi is what I was looking for; I like the layout for organizing my bookmarks. The public views are great- thanks for the tip
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Scott said 1:39PM on 1-02-2008
All are decent ideas, but none of them is useful for actually *organizing* bookmarks, like the title implies... That's what I'm looking for - a way to organize hundreds of bookmarks, without sharing/synchronizing. Every software solution I've tried was either too slow, too buggy, or too complicated.
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Conrad R said 2:11PM on 1-02-2008
I've found Google Browser Sync to be better than Foxmarks since it syncs my bookmarks, cookies and saved passwords.
Try it out: http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/browsersync/index.html
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R said 2:21PM on 1-02-2008
AM-Deadlink is pretty good at finding duplicate bookmarks and obsolete websites.
http://www.aignes.com/deadlink.htm
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Allen said 3:28PM on 1-02-2008
This is a must download for me: Flat Bookmark Editing. It puts the bookmark properties right in the front of the manager. It makes perfect sense, and should be something firefox should implement immediately.
http://n01se.net/chouser/flatbmark/
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boogie said 3:41PM on 1-02-2008
I personally use Google Bookmarks and never experienced any kind of problems. You can either access it from Google Toolbar (as IE or Firefox addon) or by installing official Google Bookmarks Firefox extension. I'm sceptical about keeping my bookmarks locally on my HD. When and if your PC crashes - say bye to your beloved hundreds of useful bookmarks.
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Matt said 5:01PM on 1-02-2008
@Scott, I agree I was looking for a little more in the way of 'organization'.. I've tried so many and they all come up far short of the intended goal, a simple quick way to organize.
Google Browser Sync and Google Bookmarks gets a +1, along with the Flat Bookmark Editing.
All I want: One click, saves bookmark, tags it based on included metadata, and description, screenshot of site and integrates completely into FF, and.. isnt buggy and ugly, haha.. oh and a way to export that as XML or something so I could.. SHARE them, would be nice.
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Mark Priestap said 11:32AM on 1-03-2008
Conrad R - thanks for the tip! Wow, Google even smartly combined my bookmark folders.
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JohnX said 1:38PM on 1-03-2008
I prefer using Bookmark Base (http://bookmarkbase.com) because I have one backup\emergency USB drive with necessary software and backups.
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michael said 12:17AM on 1-04-2008
Any similar remedies for IE7 users?
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