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Chrome bookmark synch Permanent link to this item in the archive.

I've been asked if Chrome's announced bookmark synch is enough to get me to switch from Firefox.

Short answer: No.

Why?

1. Right now all my machines run Firefox, and most of them are Macs. Chrome doesn't run on Macs. Yes I know they have a pre-alpha. Let me know when it's solid. And I might not do it even then.

2. I don't like it when a BigCo plays hardball with a little guy. I like XMarks. It works, and before Chrome competes with it, they should give them a chance to support their browser.

3. I like XMarks because a focused developer is going to care more about the service than a huge company that has lots of irons in lots of fires. They could easily forget about bookmark synch, if for example, a key engineer quits, or gets interested in something else. Bookmark synch is how XMarks' bread is buttered.

4. I'm scared of giving Google all my data. What if someday they decide I don't exist. What recourse would I have?

Rebooting the News #19 Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Show notes.

MP3.

Feed.

Followup on NYC rssCloud roadshow Permanent link to this item in the archive.

A picture named lunch.jpgLast Thursday we had a very successful meeting in NYC to discuss development of the 140-character loosely-coupled message network built on rssCloud.

The main immediate followup was to create an place for online discussion.

Let's use the comments on this post to begin.

My preference is to set up a YahooGroup, but if there's a consensus to use some other collaborative environment, I'll go with it.

     

Last update: Monday, August 03, 2009 at 5:24 PM Pacific.



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