Support for Safari on Windows

Chuck, I can understand that but at the same time you are leaving a lot of iPhone and windows users hanging... there are a lot of iPhone owners who use windows machines that would love being able to sync their bookmarks to their iPhone and in my experience of using X Marks (as foxmarks) since firefox 2.0 I have to say this would be a really killer app to have. Hopefully you guys have made some sort of progress or at least have given this some very serious discussion in the last 4 months of you posting here.

It'd be really nice to have Safari, Opera and Google Chrome support for Windows, just for the fact that all of a sudden there's so many browsers to choose from and nobody really knows which will end up being the "dominant" one after this recent wave!?

I guess there has to be a way to implement this as well.
I use several browsers on my laptop, but have Xmarks only for FF and IE. Opera and Safari can't benefit from this nice sync program...

Yup. As always, it's a matter of prioritization and difficulty. As is the case with most startups, we're working on tons of features and working to make our existing products as good as possible, and don't have the staff to do everything at once. Safari on Windows is harder than Safari on MacOS, which is why we haven't tackled it yet.

I can understand that. I would like to know if there are any plans to work with a version of X Marks for Safari on Windows and perhaps even some sort of idea as to when it would be out. And if you need a beta tester for it I do have Safari on my laptop and desktop at home and I have an iPhone so needless to say I'm very psyched about the possibility of this application.

Please allow people who have a Macat home and a PC at work to sync their bookmarks on Safari over both operating systems. THat would be a hugely successful tool.

It only makes sense to add Xmarks capability with Safari for Windows and Chrome for Mac and Windows.

I use Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari... for Windows and Mac. I can sync between all but Safari for Windows and Chrome for Windows and Mac.

Just today, I was trying to setup Safari to sync with MobileMe, on my work lab PC, (I sync all of my Safari browsers on 2 Macs and 5 PCs through MobileMe as well as sync Safari and Firefox on my Mac with Xmarks and Firefox and Internet Explorer on my PC.

For the work lab PC, MobileMe will not work, because I would like to only sync one of my profiles with that PCs Safari. Can't do it. Xmarks is not available.

So, now, I have to setup Xmarks desired profile on the lab PC with Internet Explorer then, import the bookmarks to Safari for WIndows, until Xmarks gets Safari for Windows completed.

Xmarks is more suitable for Safari for Mac and Windows than MobileMe, because you can sync different profiles, not just all or none of the bookmarks without a choice, when using MobileMe.

Xmarks for Safari Mac and Windows is definitely required and expected.by all Xmarks users.

In fact, for all browsers for Mac and Windows.
It only makes sense.

Later, you can get it to work on Linux! LOL

(P.S.: I hate that Discover feature. It defaults to 'on' when you install Xmarks. I have to remember to turn it 'off.')

Spytech128 as speaking so good ! I can't adding nothing.
XMarks for Safari (but as well Opera, Chrome, IE, Netscape,... (Firefox)) under all platforms (MacOSX, Windows all versions, Linux,..etc..) is very recommendable !
Thanks by advance.

Just ordered a new iPhone 3GS and, as a longtime Windows Foxmarks/Xmarks user, I am extremely disappointed to find that I will not be able to initially sync my bookmarks from Firefox without resorting to IE (or buying a Mac!). I am certain that the new iPhones/pricing will dramatically increase the number of Windows users wanting to use Safari.

Hey bnz how many add-ons do you have installed on Firefox? I have very few on mine and it very fast...

But that is off topic.

So Chuck, after a month and still no response to my question of having a version of X Marks for Safari for Windows in the works or planning to be in the works? You guys might want to take a closer look at doing so with the sales of iPhones and now the impending release of the iPhone 3GS... I have a feeling the majority of iPhone owners are on wintel PCs rather than macs... Just an observation.

yes, I also think there should be support for safari on windows.
please put this up in the priority list.

Also would like to see support for Safari 4 on Windows!

Also waiting for my new Iphone 3GS... to find out I also need to wait for xmarks to support safari 4.0 running on vista... on a positive side... seems I'm not the only one

just started using safari on windows, and I like it better than Ie and somewhat better than firefox, but i do miss my xmarks

I have to say that a lot of the criticisms of Firefox are well founded. Your browser shouldn't take up 300MB of RAM and I've seen Firefox do exactly that even with the add-in disabled. Firefox needs to do some serious work to optimize their code, reduce their memory foot print, do some garbage collection, and just generally be less clunky.

They've been more or less winning the browser war with IE. Now, though, they're dropping out of the race. I suspect that Microsuck has planted developers/community members that have pushed them into undesirable directions. I've seen Microsuck do this with other OSS and IETF projects when they feel "threatened".

That being the case, FF is, unless the long haul project leaders pull in the reins and start driving the project, totally doomed to eventually become another Netscape - a bit of historical trivia only a few of us even remember. Flock, which is based on FF, isn't nearly as heavy even though it has the same add ins and is running on the same system, side by side with the 300MB RAM hog FF.

Opera is certainly a strong contender as are several of the web kit browsers. I'm not sure that Chrome will take off. Many of us, especially corporate folks, have serious concerns about how MUCH data Google is mining off us. Using their browser is just sort of insult to injury. I think the mark of the beast is going to be the Google logo.

Opera is already coming installed on a lot of mobile devices. Safari for Windows might give Apple an in road on to the Windows desktop, but I hardly think that they're prepared to go head to head with the Tard Collective (aka Microsoft) .

Spreading yourself around to as many browsers as possible and providing as much functionality as possible is your best bet to survive no matter which one works out as the winner.

Ok guys, I'm sorry, but it took too long for me to wait for the xmarks plugin on windho's Safari. I need my bookmarks all over the globe and I just found out that MobileMe just does that trick for my PC, laptop and iPhone. It's not for free, I realize that, but it works and that to me, my friends, is the only thing that matters. Hopefully for you they'll develop the plugin soon(ish).

If MobileMe works for you then that is all that matters for you - I'm glad you found something that works. For others I can't say either way, they are able to speak for themselves and some have. As for me personally I simply cannot see spending the money every month on MobileMe for book mark syncing which is really all I'm looking for. So I guess until the day comes when Chuck and the rest of the devs for X Marks release a candidate for Safari for Windows, I'll just stick with my weekly workaround ritual of exporting my firefox bookmarks and importing that file into Safari and syncing with my iPhone. I suppose I could use IE but it's gone from bad to worse...

Xmarks people: we need at least an acknowledgement that the build for Safari/Windows is going to happen, and a time frame for when we should expect it.

Personally, I agree with most of the sentiment here. I hate IE - it's bloated and overloaded with "features" I just can't stand. Firefox goes through phases where its performance just goes down the tubes (e.g., the most current release as of this post).

Safari is the bomb. Firefox is headed "outta here" and some focus and prioritization for supporting a few extra browsers is, IMHO, much more important than loading up on new features. Let IE do the overloading and keep the product "lean and mean."

I don't use any of the new stuff you've added; synching my bookmarks is far more important!

If we can't get support for Safari/Windows soon, I'm dumping Xmarks altogether. The argument "it's harder to do" is specious and reflects very, very badly on your development staff - makes 'em look like they can do the easy stuff, but the hard stuff scares them stiff.

C'mon. Let's get 'er done!

Great Idea and you are correct that Safari 4.x is really good!

Xmarks people: we need at least an acknowledgement that the build for Safari/Windows is going to happen, and a time frame for when we should expect it.

I agree! Is there anything new to be mentioned about the timeframe?

I'm anxious as well =) com'on xmarks, you can do it! at this point you're the last best hope for those who don't want to shell out cash for MobileMe

As an iPhone user the link you provided works pretty well - when one is on the page select the option for the link to appear on the home page and it works like an app. I'm actually really good with this since I only use Safari as a means to sync my bookmarks with my iPhone anyhow.

I'd still like to see XMarks integration with Safari for Windows but this is a much better workaround than what I was doing.

Ahhh.. these people.... they're displaying their weakness. Run into a bump in the road and they simply feed everyone with excuses as to why they're so lazy to find the resolution to hop the hump in the road. I get so tired of people who go half the distance and pup out. XMarks has been great for FireFux, but now FireFux has become just that. FireFux'ed! Piece of crap! Safari is the new browser to win out as google is nothing but a SPY-HAPPY company and collects ALL data on everyone that uses their products and NEVER deletes anything! I will *NEVER* use their browser! So Safari is IT! Make it work or I will. I've been thinking about putting my own sync program together for Safari.