Master Your Bookmarks

If you're like me and your Web browser has become an essential work tool, take a look at a Lifehacker post put up today about bookmarks.  Along with the tips on using Firefox keywords and bringing Gmail into the mix mentioned in the post itself, readers weigh in with a wealth of comments on their own preferred solutions.

Many of those comments mention Foxmarks, my own preferred tool for Firefox bookmarks.  The free add-on allows for quick and easy bookmarks sync between browsers on different PCs - on work and home computers, for example.  It also means I never have to back up my bookmarks, as I get my whole list in any new browser as soon as I install the add-on.

I couldn't live without it - and it's the one reason why I'm not yet using Firefox 3 beta, as the major bookmarks changes mean Foxmarks doesn't yet work with the promising new browser.

Other readers mention the built-in bookmarks sync coming in the next Opera browser and using del.icio.us to keep track of all your Internet finds. Still others write about using Netvibes to store bookmarks, something I haven't yet tried.  Check it out.

Erik Larkin