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Xmarks is one of those computer tools that simply "Just Works".
The four main features are:
1) Free online backup of your web browser favorites and passwords.
2) Free synchronization of those favorites and passwords across all major browsers AND operating systems.
3) Ratings and built in Facebook posting of bookmarked pages
4) Smarter searches online with Xmarks ratings right in-line with your Google searches
There are four main features that are all great and to learn about them all watch the video. I'm going to focus on features one and two. Features three and four are "nice to have" in my opinion. Features one and two are what make this tool a standard in my "new computer setup checklist".
My wife has a Windows 7 computer with Internet Explorer and Firefox. My work computer is a MacBook Pro with Safari, Firefox and Flock. My netbook is running Linux, Ubuntu Netbook Remix, with Firefox and Flock. Last but not least my development box at home is running Ubuntu Linux desktop with Firefox, Flock and has a windows Virtual Box VM with Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox. You see that manually syncing my bookmarks is just not possible. There aren't enough hours in the day. That is where Xmarks comes in. I install it and pow, all my bookmarks are synchronized!
I just started a new job. They handed me a new computer. I installed Xmarks and in under 30 seconds I had all my bookmarks in Safari on my Mac OS X machine. I added a few bookmarks and when I got home my Firefox browser took 2 seconds to syncronize just the changes and there were my bookmarks from work. I didn't have to email myself a link to manually add at home, it just magically apeared.
Your computer hard drive die? Don't sweat it! The combination of Dropbox, a prior It Just Works article, and Xmarks is all you need to backup most of your irreplaceable data! You get a new hard drive or computer, install Dropbox and Xmarks and all your Dropbox documents and browser bookmarks are restored for you!
It Just Works, try Xmarks today and you will wonder how you lived without it!
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Jack, keep reviewing the new gadgets for us. I personally don't see it as advertising or anything like that. (Yes, i looked over the cafe' postings)
I think that anyone who has knowledge of anything new or upcoming should share that knowledge with all. It can save someone time and money, and if you don't like the review, you can always disagree with it.
Keep up the good work Jack.