How-to: accessing your desktop bookmarks while on the go 22
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:02 pm EDT 
Most of us still do most of our web browsing from our desktop computers and have a large collection of bookmarks accumulated over the years, but getting those bookmarks to your phone wasn’t always the easiest of tasks. Thankfully, a number of parties have gone out of their way to make it as easy as the metaphorical pie (really, pie isn’t that easy). There are several services out there to make it happen, and short of a plug-in to sync sorted bookmarks into the webOS browser, we’ve got app choices. After the break, check out some of the options available for webOS users.
Fliq Bookmarks, Free, by Mark/Space. The app is free, but it is dependent upon Mark/Space’s The Missing Sync desktop client to make the syncing magic happen. Instead of working with a cloud service, Fliq Bookmarks connects directly to your computer and pulls your browser’s bookmarks with ease.
Gmarks, $1.99, by JM Productions: If you’re a users of Google Bookmarks, this is the one for you. Google Bookmarks lets you sync from your computer to the cloud and back down to platforms all over the place. With Gmarks the webOS user can not just view their Google Bookmarks, they can sort by labels and add and edit bookmarks. Those changes are then synced back down to the computer. Magix!
BrowserMarks, $0.99, by Prototypic: There are bookmarks, and then there are social bookmarks. That’s where the service known as Delicious comes into play. Not only does Delicious let you store your bookmarks online, it also lets you share your bookmarks with your friends. The site also analyzes your bookmarks and can point you to other popular bookmarks that may fit your tastes. BrowserMarks brings all of that down to your webOS phone.
Xmarks Mobile, Free, by XMarks. Okay, so really this one’s a website, not an app. But Xmarks is by far the most popular bookmark syncing service out there. In fact, this blogger uses Xmarks to sync his bookmarks between several different browsers on multiple platforms and devices. Sadly, there’s no webOS app (there is for iOS devices), but there is a fairly functional mobile website where you can get to all of your bookmarks.
22 Comments
numba 1
Good Stuff...I'm going to purchase GMarks
Me, too.
same
I use xmarks, but I do not want to log into a website just to get my bookmarks com'on. Xmarks please make an app for webOS.
UPDATE: wow I never knew that google had a bookmarks service. Great I think I'm gonna move all my bookmarks from xmarks to Google, even though I am more cautious of Google becoming Evil now. Gmarks it is.
I've been using Delicious for years. I wish there was a good WebOS Delicious client, with tag searching, etc.
Edit: Nevermind. Should have read the whole article before commenting. :-)
I was very excited when I saw the title of this article. Then I read the article and find that if doesn't identify a single app that will let me access my favorites from my desktop. I either have to change to a different bookmark service (Google, Delicious) or I have to use a website to get access (Xmarks). So disappointing.
I didn't even know about Google Bookmarks. Now that I do, I have to ask... why does Chrome store its Bookmark Sync in Google Docs and not Google Bookmarks?! *headdesk* If Chrome Bookmark Sync used Google Bookmarks, I'd be all set.
I've been using Google Bookmarks exclusively for years. You hit on exactly why I don't use Chrome. Never could figure out a good way to access my Google Bookmarks with it. Ironic that it's so much easier in Firefox.
LOL at complaining at having to use a website to access your browser bookmarks. I mean really...you're going to the browser anyway? Bookmark the pageon the launcher and call it a day. Although, the logging in is not ideal, I will concead that.
I use xmarks because it syncs my open tabs as well. Great for when you're running out the door and need to pull up a the website you were on while out. It may not be pretty, butit's free and effective. So instead of succombing to Google again, and knowing they're going to shaft webOS, let's try asking Xmarks to get their iPhone app over to webOS.
I just set up Xmarks, went to mobile.xmarks.com on my Pre, logged in, then added the page that came up (my bookmarks) to the Launcher. If, however, I exit the browser and start it again with the saved Launcher page, I have to log in again to see my bookmarks. That's a pain. Do you have to do the same, malpha?
Yeah, for some reason it remembers your username, but not your password. I found that if you use the iPhone patch, you don't have to, so if you don't mind using that, you can.
Also, you should use my.xmarks.com/iphone even if you don't use the patch because that has much nicer formating than their bare phones mobile.xmarks.com version.
Thanks. The my.xmarks.com/iphone format is nice. I installed the iPhone patch (if you meant the iPhone User Agent patch), but it still requires me to type my password. I'm sure the patch is installed, because I see a very different format at usatoday.com with and without the patch. Oh well...
Anyone know how to delete internet bookmarks from the launcher? Thanks.
Same way you delete apps. Option/Orange + tap on the icon.
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+1 on the xmarks app. gmarks is not nearly as reliable for me and does not sync passwords or profiles.
Diigo is my bookmarking tool of choice, I've used Xmarks, Delicious and Google Bookmarks in the past and it bests them all. Sadly there's nothing available for webOS that syncs with it yet.
I just use http://m.delicious.com as I have Firefox on all my systems synced up with it.
I want StumbleUpon to work on webOS - it rules!
just got my markspace acct
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