Updated: Keeping Firefox Bookmarks in Sync via FTP

If you use Firefox on more than one computer, e.g. at work and at home, you might find it troublesome to keep your bookmarks in sync. Torisugari’s “Bookmarks Synchronizer” extension might be a helpful solution to you.

When you exit Firefox, it saves your bookmarks in an XML file on your FTP server of choice. When you start Firefox, it loads the file from the same location and imports the bookmarks. You can also initiate synchronisation manually from the Bookmarks menu.

The extension as published by the author worked only up until version 1.5. I edited the included install.rdf file in order to support all 1.5 versions.

Download bookmarksync-102-FF15.xpi (33 KB)

Here is information about the original version. Torisugari, the author, seems to have vanished, though.

For Mac and Linux users: Please give feedback if the extension works as expected, sinceI can only test on Windows. It would be especially interesting to test synchronization between OSes, e.g. Windows and Mac OS.