How Can I Get My Browsers to Share the Same Bookmarks?
September 2, 2008
Yes, that’s right. I want to use the same bookmarks for all of my browsers. If you read any of the series I did on the browser wars on this blog, you’ll remember that I’ve tried out:
Not only have I tried them out, I use all of them on pretty much a daily basis! I’m not kidding, either. I love Firefox for it’s add-ins. I can view IE from within Firefox, then switch back. I can view Firefox from within IE, then switch back. That’s what I can do with Firefox…and I like it. I can arrange the open page tabs in Opera vertically, horizontally, cascading or tiled (I prefer horizontal), which is what I do every time I’m maintaining the Blog Talk Radio switchboard AND the chatroom during an episode of Views from the Coop or Transformation Education Live. I think Safari and Opera would come in neck and neck in a race for the fastest to load webpages. K-Meleon has a lot of the same features as Firefox and a cute green lizard for a mascot.
OK, you get the point. I like to use all of them and NOW….there’s Google Chrome, which I’ve downloaded and installed but haven’t tried yet. The problem is this: I can’t use the same bookmarks file for all of ‘em. I can point to the roaming bookmarks file in other browsers with Safari and add it to my Safari bookmarks, but if I want to add one to it from within Safari, it doesn’t get added to the original bookmarks file.
I WANNA HAVE ONE BOOKMARKS FILE THAT I CAN USE WITH ANY BROWSER I HAVE OPEN!!!!!! CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME HOW I CAN DO THAT????????
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September 2nd, 2008 at 4:41 pm
There are a number of bookmarking software & website problems that will allow you to do just want you need to do. Here’s a link that you can check out with more details about bookmarks: http://www.google.com/bookmarks/?ctz=300.
September 4th, 2008 at 9:45 am
I personally feel that while bookmarks, favorites, or whatever you want to call them, are a browser ‘feature’, they should ultimately be a universal aspect of the operating system you use. Windows has always done this correctly by having a Favorites folder within the operating system folders and files.
It would seem to me that this would be a much more common sense approach to browsing as the Internet and therefore bookmarking are now an integral part of nearly everyone’s computer usage. This may require a level of cooperation that has never been seen before between Microsoft and it’s would be competitors, but it is long overdue to have a separation of operating system and browsing software.
September 4th, 2008 at 10:32 am
I agree, Peter, that bookmarks, favorites, etc should be universal no matter which browser you use, but I also believe it goes beyond just MS. What about Mac and Linux users? I’m sure they’d like to be able to access their faves from any browser.
September 24th, 2008 at 7:08 am
UPDATE: I’ve been using the Google Bookmarks widget on my iGoogle page since you suggested that it was a great way to keep cross-browser bookmarks, Kim. It’s absolutely great! It’s also helped me clean up my bookmarks. I pretty much started with a clean slate and every time I go to a frequently accessed page, I just add it to my Google Bookmarks. Since I’m already used to using labels in Gmail, using labels to group my bookmarks was an easy transition from keeping them organized in folders….and a whole lot easier to edit! Did I say thanks for the tip, Kim? THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!