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Craig replied on November 20, 2009 16:58 to the idea "Would rather keep Foxmarks as-is" in Xmarks:

I just tried weave specifically to test syncing with Fennec (Ffx mobile). Very impressive... It can also be run from one's own server. -fyi

A comment on the idea "Visually distinguish between individuals and groups" in Mozilla Messaging:

Hi Dad;
Look to the top, left part of the page. Just under the Mozilla Messaging header, you'll see that Bill "shared this idea 7 months ago." Is this what you meant? – Craig, on October 20, 2009 15:13

A comment on the idea "Visually distinguish between individuals and groups" in Mozilla Messaging:

k' thx – Craig, on September 29, 2009 21:52

A comment on the idea "Visually distinguish between individuals and groups" in Mozilla Messaging:

Tom;
My understanding is that the project is looking for feedback to a number of places: here, moz.dev.apps.thunderbird, bugzilla, the forums at mozillazine *or* hendrix. Is there a pecking order we should be aware of?
tia. – Craig, on September 24, 2009 18:56

Craig replied on August 06, 2009 14:37 to the idea "Would rather keep Foxmarks as-is" in Xmarks:

ARB: Are you still using Xmarks' servers to store your data? If so, there are other services and/or options.
1) If your ISP provides you disk space; Xmarks & other extensions can use that instead (SyncPlaces was designed with that in mind specificially).
2) If your ISP doesn't provide disk space: set up your own server & punch through to the internet with a service like dydns (it's trivial) or
3) find a service which provides disk space and addresses more closely your privacy concerns (humyo.com perhaps).

If your concerns haven't been addressed in 4 months, you might consider other options.

Craig gave praise in AlternativeTo on July 30, 2009 04:09:

Kudos

I googled for 'dropbox alternative,' and here I am. Very nice indexing, presentation and filtering. I've posted about this to a newsgroup (alt.comp.freeware): others are saying this is the freshest collection to come along in a long time. Bravo!

Craig started following the question "Is Postbox open source?" in Postbox.

Craig asked a question in Xmarks on June 11, 2009 15:27:

BYOS: what & when?

Hello <waves>

I'm assuming BYOS is "bring your own server." I've been using xmarks that way for about a year now. When I saw this forum section I thought maybe there's actually a different "edition" for byos'ers.

So... What's the BYOS edition feature-set & when's the release?

thanks for xmarks,
-Craig</waves>

Craig replied on May 06, 2009 04:33 to the question "Why does the foxmarks add-on connect to foxmarks, if I use my own server ?" in Xmarks:

Gotcha. Thanks again.

best,
-Craig

Craig marked one of Eric's replies in Xmarks as useful. Eric replied to the question "Why does the foxmarks add-on connect to foxmarks, if I use my own server ?".

Craig replied on May 06, 2009 00:29 to the question "Why does the foxmarks add-on connect to foxmarks, if I use my own server ?" in Xmarks:

Ok;

Two questions, if don't mind: What's a time-estimate (guesstimate, WAG - really, I won't hold you to it) for the next release and; would you recommend <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fire...> as the best download site for previous versions?

Thank you Eric. Much appreciated.

-Craig

Craig replied on May 05, 2009 23:11 to the question "Why does the foxmarks add-on connect to foxmarks, if I use my own server ?" in Xmarks:

Here's the first two lines in my xmarks log file:

[2009-05-05 05:41:24] >>> POST https://api.xmarks.com/internal/serve...
[2009-05-05 05:41:24] >>> Body is: {"mid":"ftnt8bbx","cid":"xmfx"}

The date-stamp refers to the first time I launched FFx after boot.

Thanks for your responsiveness, Eric.

-Craig

Craig replied on May 05, 2009 22:01 to the question "Why does the foxmarks add-on connect to foxmarks, if I use my own server ?" in Xmarks:

Hello;

An associate noticed today that xmarks 3.1 is regularly contacting xmark servers. We are using our own servers, have all the xmark "discovery" stuff turned off and have never initiated the setup wizard.

Woudl someone from xmarks please comment?

thank you,
-Craig

Craig replied on April 16, 2009 15:20 to the idea "Would rather keep Foxmarks as-is" in Xmarks:

Thank you ARB, from what little I know of EU privacy laws, that makes sense and certainly makes your comments more understandable.

A comment on the idea "Would rather keep Foxmarks as-is" in Xmarks:

ARB, "...still laws that have to be obeyed..." implies Xmarks has broken laws. I'd like to know which and if they've violated my rights. Citations please. – Craig, on April 16, 2009 07:25

Craig marked one of Forcen's replies in Xmarks as useful. Forcen replied to the idea "Would rather keep Foxmarks as-is".

Craig replied on April 15, 2009 20:16 to the idea "Would rather keep Foxmarks as-is" in Xmarks:

The people behind Xmarks are trying to find a way to monetize their product+service through creating a community hub and data-mining. This is a VERY common play and not a bad one. Look at facebook, linkedin, twitter, et al. If Xmarks stumbles a bit here and there, so be it.

I can sympathize w/those who don't like "feature creep," and also think the new "suggestion" services should be off by default. And the people of Xmarks have proven themselves open to criticism and change. Whether they listen to this particular concern, though, the reps of Xmark are pretty darned responsive. Kudos for that.

In my case, I want to thank the people at Xmarks for maintaining their product's ability to use private servers. We couldn't use this product otherwise. And it has has helped me to support my small business as we test (open source) platforms and shift people & machines, all the while keeping our data on our own systems.

regards,
-Craig

Craig marked one of Eric's replies in Xmarks as useful. Eric replied to the problem "Sync to own ftp server does not work any more for FF 3.08 after upgrade to XMarks 3.02: Synchronization error(4)". Craig and 2 other people think it's one of the best replies.

Craig replied on April 14, 2009 03:59 to the problem "Sync to own ftp server does not work any more for FF 3.08 after upgrade to XMarks 3.02: Synchronization error(4)" in Xmarks:

rdbl & Eric;

Thx for the workaround and the confirmation. Seems to have worked on both Win7 & gOS 3.1.

best,
-Craig

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