What a shame. I have used Xmarks for years.

Thanks for the heads up ID.

Disappointed indeed. I have used this service for years as well.

At least, from what I hear, FF4's sync will work well.

Never heard of it...

Wow, what a shame. I too have been using this add-on for a long time. Heck I even created a plug-in for my blog for all my blog bookmarks.

How does Firefox sync work? I checked out the add-on on the site and it only has a 3 out of 5 star. gonna try it out to see.

What about Delicious?  I've been using it for over 4 years now and love it.  I'd be lost without it.

Aside from having my bookmarks accessible from any browser, any computer I use, I'm in love with the Delicious Bookmarks Toolbar.  I use different tags to organize what I want on the toolbar.  For example, I have "toolbar:support" (links to our 3rd party support services), "toolbar:company" (our company links), "toolbar:companyit" (links to our IT pages), "favorites" ("company" is replaced by our company name, but anyways...).  I chose those tags to be listed on the toolbar.  Then I click on the tag drop down and it will show all of the links tagged with that tag.  I have different tags that I have displayed on the toolbar at home vs. my work laptop.

Delicious
http://www.delicious.com/

Quick Tour of Firefox Add-On on Delicious
http://www.delicious.com/help/quicktour/firefox

Quick Tour of Internet Explorer on Delicious
http://www.delicious.com/help/quicktour/ie

I had looked at Xmarks when it came out but I was skeptical of how they could provide a service like this for nothing.  I honestly wasn't aware they were still around.  I was hopeful for Google Bookmarks but it never turned into something useful like Xmark or Delicious.  I feel much more comfortable using Delicious since they're owned by Yahoo.  Granted, Yahoo could pull the plug, but I don't see that happening.

Xmarks is looking into the possibility of a paid service.  They are looking for people to pledge to the service to see if it is viable.

The plege is $10/year.  Nothing is donated at this time, they are just performing research to see if it is a viable option.

Here is a link to the story

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/would_you_pay_10year_keep_xmarks_going_xmarks_says_prove_it

And it's back .....

http://blog.xmarks.com/?p=2033

http://www.xmarks.com/