Thread: XMarks closing down

Bit of a shame. Nice of the venture capitalists to throw money at a lost cause though.

Dear Xmarks User,
We've always said we won't email you unless it's important; this is one of those occasions:
Xmarks will be shutting down our free browser synchronization services on January 10, 2011. For details on how to transition to recommended alternatives, consult this page.
For the full story behind the Xmarks shutdown, please read our blog post.
Thank you for being a part of the Xmarks community; we apologize for any inconvenience this step may cause you. We believe we have the best users in the world, and we hope your bookmarks find a new and happy home soon.
Asynchronously,
— The Xmarks Team

I'd probably be devastated, if I knew what an Xmark was....

A bookmark synchroniser, so that you can keep the same bookmarks on any PC that you use. I've replaced it with the Firefox Sync addon, but it will actually be built into FireFox 4 by all accounts.

Bollocks! I have 3 PCs and find this a great utility.

Yes Marmite I use it on 4, in both IE and Firefox. Big loss.

Added: There's plenty of people asking on the blog why, if money was the issue, have they never considered charging for it?

Many people, myself included, would have happily paid $5 a year for it, some even more.

UPDATE: We’ve set up a Pledgebank page where you can sign up if you’re willing to pay at least $10 a year for Xmarks. No credit card is required, but please only pledge if you are genuinely willing and able to pay:
www.pledgebank.com/XmarksPremium

Originally Posted by mc2

UPDATE: We’ve set up a Pledgebank page where you can sign up if you’re willing to pay at least $10 a year for Xmarks. No credit card is required, but please only pledge if you are genuinely willing and able to pay:
www.pledgebank.com/XmarksPremium

Surely nobody pays for stuff on the internet?

harry would have, i do sometimes

I've already pledged. If someone makes the effort to write software that does such an excellent job, I don't mind paying an affordable amount to support them.

Having said that I tend to use Open Source as much as possible, too.

And I donate to the torrent sites I use.