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As many of you know by now I use Google Bookmarks to manage all of my favorite sites. I used to use the Firefox extension called Google Bookmarks Button until I happen to stumble upon GMarks. Unlike the button, GMarks is an extension that will show all of your bookmarks in your sidebar along with a nice search box that will filter your results as you type.
It also has some unique features that make it even more like better than a traditional bookmarking system. It has the ability to support nested folders which is something that Google Bookmarks does not allow by default since it only uses a labeling system. It also has an amazing Quick Find box that can be activated if you press the Home key twice. It will show you a search box along with your bookmark results as you type into the text box.
The most recent update that GMarks received yesterday has made this extension even better by adding some cool things like Google Reader support. Here is a full list of what’s new:
- Fixed errors in the options window when not using auto signin.
- Fixed problems adding bookmarks for some users.
- Fixed small problems with nested labels.
- Stopped GMarks from validating favicons(Its an option now). Should stop GMarks from freezing or slowing down Firefox for those who had that happen.
- Fixed Adding Bookmarks with Ctrl+D off.
- Added Google Reader support(Option to show Google Reader starred items in GMarks) Off by default.
- Option to hide certain labels from view.
- Option to set a default label for unlabeled bookmarks.
- Option to always open bookmarks in a new tab.
- Updated French translation.
Note: My two favorite updates I put in bold above.
I have only touched on some of the features that GMarks has so make sure you go and check it out for yourself. I was originally very skeptical about using a sidebar for my bookmarks because I am very conscious about wasting screen space, but this is far from a waste in my opinion!
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have you tried Foxmarks?
http://www.foxcloud.com/wiki/Main_Page
it operates so transparently that i often take it for granted, but overall, i think it just might be my most valuable firefox extension.
since i spend roughly 1/3 my time at work, 1/3 on my home machine, and 1/3 on my laptop, i can’t imagine not having this thing to syncronize my bookmarks.
cool. it’s nice 2 know that some1 else picked up on the idea of nested folders/label.
i am a big fan of rawsugar cause of this option, but i am stuck with it since no1 seems 2 read their data and exported it elsewhere (even their API that suppose 2 convert to del.icio.us fails at delicious).
i’ll give it a try.
http://yedda.com/questions/5186195816745/
and if some1 here knows of some service that will handle rawsugar data, let me know here
I have thought about trying Foxmarks but Google already handles all of my bookmarks just fine. I guess it is just one of those things that I am more trusting with Google than other companies because they have already proven that they won’t turn over their data.
I use Google Bookmarks Button and it does use nested folders since its last update at th end of August. I use it and I’m quite happy with it. However I’m going to check out GMarks just in case
I used that Google Bookmarks Button ever since it was released and then one day, for some compelling reason, I decided to try GMarks. Ever since then I never realized how much more I would use my bookmarks if they were easily accessible.
I would use Google Bookmarks more, but the way they are set up on the Netvibes site, when you click the link it automagically opens a new tab, unlike Google’s which you have to remember to middle click if you want the bookmark to open in a new tab. This seems like common sense especially when many of us use a home page to control what the browser does when wanting to read news, surf, search, etc.
This extension has the option to do exactly that. It is one of the new features in the list above which is designed to open a bookmark in a new tab as soon as you click on it…which is awesome.