BookmarkSync
BookmarkSync is an automatic synchronization service that allows you to access your bookmarks or favorites from any computer or any web browser.
Brief Background
SyncIT.com Inc. was originally founded by Michael Berneis and Terence Way in November 1998 and the site went live in March of 1999. At its peak, SyncIT.com grew to a community of over 350,000 users synchronizing their bookmarks and favorites using their BookmarkSync product. After a server failure in September 2003, the entire project was open sourced. It is now kept at SourceForge where it is maintained by its community of users. The rights for SyncIT.com was taken over by Jack Dean who runs Sync2It.com. He has developed a new client for latest browsers including FireFox and Mac platform, and works to continue this unique service.
What it Does
The BookmarkSync client runs as a small program in your system tray and monitors the bookmarks in your browsers, automatically uploading any changes to a central server. This allows one to keep browsers across separate computers synchronized. Cross-platform synchronization is possible by using the Mac OS X client.
Unique Features
The unobtrusive BookmarkSync client software enables effortless social bookmarking and bookmark data clustering. The user data input requirements of web-based systems that incorporate tagging to build a folksonomy are eliminated by the automated bookmarksync client software. Two developers have begun to incorporate these features to their sites. 2Go.com.br has a social bookmark search feature among other interesting free services, while Sync2It.com has added comprehensive bookmark clustering and user bookmark ratios to their search results.
Recent enhancments to the BookmarkSync client software include support for Unicode, fast search and locate, local backup and restore functions, local site validation, social bookmark browsing and multiple language support (German, French, Danish, Dutch, Czech & Spanish).
See also
External links
Official Sites
- BookmarkSync Web Site The new website
- BookmarkSync Project Site The project homepage at SourceForge
- BookmarkSync Wiki Official Wiki for the Project
- SyncIt Sync2It The original website
Sites Running a BookmarkSync Server
- 2Go.com.br Free BookmarkSync Service (2Go)
- BookmarkSync.com The original domain (Sync2It)
- Sync2It.com Free & Subscription based service
- SyncIT.com Also an original domain (Sync2It)
- Bookmarksink.com purchased by Sync2It.com
- BookmarkSync.co.uk operated by Sync2It.com
- LinkaGoGo Subscription based service
- Meinbookmarks.de German site
- Bookmark-Sync.de free German server (in English) by EXYST Internet
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