I personally use Chipmarks - http://www.chipmark.com/

It's cross-browser, cross-platform, and web accessible. And I don't have to have my own FTP server to use it.

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Their browser plugins work for IE and Firefox. They are open source as well so theoretically someone could write a plugin for some other browser. It works great in Firefox because, at least on my PC, I can hide the Bookmarks menu entirely and replace it with Chipmarks. That doesn't work on a Mac, but it will display the Chipmarks menu alongside the Bookmarks. In IE it works like a toolbar add-in. Not as slick as Firefox, but that's because OSS is better than M$.

You can also access the bookmarks online with any modern browser (I am assuming, I haven't tried Opera or Safari for this) just by logging into your account on their website.

del.icio.us as I understand it is only web-based and does not have any browser plugins. Yahoo's service is similar and doesn't actually integrate intot he browser, but makes a web portal (as I understand it, I haven't tried it).

I think the Chipmark thing could really take off if they open up their server end and allow people to create their own servers and enhance things by allowing web portals.

Chipmark does have some minor community bookmarking features, though they are fairly bad right now.

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I have used this extension some time ago and although it works fine, I very much prefer my actual del.icio.us account + the Foxylicious extension... bliss! ;)

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> del.icio.us as I understand it is only web-based and
> does not have any browser plugins.

Well, the extension you need for Firefox is Foxylicious. And then you have a cross platform solution (OS X AND Linux AND Windows) for your bookmarks.

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Yeah, looks at least somewhat similar to Foxylicious, though Chipmarks don't show up in your Bookmarks folder itself but at their own, seperate menu.

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I've been using this extension for ages, and it's brilliant! I use FF on two Win XP machines, an iMac and an iBook, and this is by far the best way to sync bookmarks via a server I trust (my own).

The version linked above DOES NOT work in FF1.5 (at least the beta flavours), but a beta version of a 1.5 compatible version can be found at http://torisugari.spymac.com/

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Try the "Abstract Mouse" bookmark. I found it to be better than the Bookmarks Synchronizer, and you don't need your own server.

http://www.abstractmouse.com

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Bookmarks synchronizer is great, but it doesn't work with FireFox 1.5 beta (yet). Now my desktop and laptop are out of sync again, and I'm really tempted to uninstall 1.5 just so I can use the synchronizer again.

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I took a look at Chipmark LD and it looks like it only works with Firefox and IE. It sounds like it's a service not much unlike del.icio.us or Yahoo's MyWeb 2.0, which use bookmarklets that are a little more cross browser/platform friendly. Any chance you have any compare/contrast thoughts between these services?

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I've been using this plug-in for sometime. It's working out quite well. There are lots of web site supporting xbel. My personal favorite is http://www.bookkit.com - online bookmark management tool. It has a lot of features and works supports xbel.

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