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Multi computer is what I need.
Authored by: Loren on Nov 08, '02 10:35:13AM

Looks nice, but I am looking for something that will keep the same bookmarks on multiple computers.

So far, the best I have come up with is using My.Yahoo.Com. I keep all my bookmarks there. On windows PC's the Yahoo companion has a bookmark button in the toolbar, and on Mac, in IE, I keep Page Holders open to my.yahoo.com all the time, for easy access to my bookmarks.

Now, if someone could take a program like iChoose, and get it to sync with an internet source for the bookmarks (kind of like WeatherPop gets the current weather from Yahoo), well, I'd start using that program in a second flat. :-)

If I were still a programmer, I'd probably do it myself, but it's been a long time since Pascal in college.

Loren



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Multi computer: My Favorites Matian
Authored by: Nonsanity on Nov 08, '02 11:19:31AM

Have you tried My Favorites Matian:

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/16548

You need iDisk or an account on an FTP server.

~ Nonsanity



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Multi computer is what I need.
Authored by: Loren on Nov 08, '02 12:23:57PM

Ask and You Shall Receive.

Version Tracker today introduced me to My Favorite Martian, which does exactly what I asked for.

Woo Hoo.

Loren



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Multi computer is what I need.
Authored by: yeidel on Nov 08, '02 12:35:28PM

Another possibility is Skramkoob:

http://www.skramkoob.com

a free bookmark-keeper accessed via Web browser.

("skramkoob" is "Bookmarks" spelled backward.)

It's a little klutzy, like most Web apps, but it might be what you need.



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Multi computer is what I need - I found it here->
Authored by: valiant66 on Nov 08, '02 06:11:24PM

As a consultant who ends up working in many other people's offices, on many strange machines, I ran into this problem 3 years ago. I wanted to be able to access bookmarks no matter where I was. I discovered Backflip <http://www.backflip.com> and have been using it ever since. Recommended. Now the only bookmarks on my home machines relate to internal items - e.g. the configuration page for my gateway, and pages that I only ever need to be able to access from home - i.e. almost none. Meanwhile I've bookmarked hundreds of sites on Backflip. The structure encourages categorization, too, so I find it easy to find links again, rather than having an endless scrolling list of bookmarks.



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Multi computer is what I need - I found it here->
Authored by: pnas on Nov 09, '02 11:54:02AM

I agree with you. I used Backflip in 2000, but then they ran into problems, so I thought they would disappear entirely. I started to use URL manager instead. I like Backflip however, since it is web-based (and still free!).

One problem with Backflip is that you can't use Chimera for one-click bookmarking. But then there are other things that don't work in Chimera either, so that is not Backflips fault.

If you use IE Backflip is great.



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Multi computer is what I need.
Authored by: videobored on Nov 08, '02 07:25:42PM

i have been looking for a slick solutiom to this problem for years. this is my current solution, which i feel works the best for me. it uses a combination of skramkoob and the ie page holder feature. just set up an account with skramkoob, and then open your skramkoob bookmarks window. right click inside that window and choose open page in new window. this will give you all the browser chrome and features, especially the page holder sidebar. now just hit 'add' in the page holder. now any time you open a browser window, the skramkoob bookmarks are on the left, and you can easily add delete and organize them. it looks great cause the skramkoob window is the same width as the page holder frame. do this on all your computers and your current bookmarks will aways be available. the beauty is that even if you are not using ie, or are on a pc, you can still get to them. try that with my favorites martian...

peace to the middle east...
vb



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Re: Skramkoob or BackFlip
Authored by: jiclark on Nov 09, '02 04:22:09PM

I'm trying to figure out how to use one of the online bookmark services with OmniWeb. Anyone had any luck? I'm able to get the account set up, but can't get the bookmarking java applets to work; they're supposed to send your bookmarks to your page, but it doesn't work in OW. Anyone have any suggestions?



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Re: Skramkoob or BackFlip
Authored by: sherlock42 on Dec 28, '02 10:37:46AM
Aside from waiting for OmniWeb to improve its JavaScript support, the best solution I've found is to bookmark this:
http://www.backflip.com/add_page_pop.ihtml
. . . and add your page to Backflip manually.

-- Charles

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