XmarksForChrome

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Installation notes 3 Support 4 Release notes

Introduction

Thanks for helping test Xmarks for Chrome! Please read this carefully before installing. Please remember that Xmarks for Chrome is currently in beta. There will be bugs and issues. If you do run into an issue, please let us know so we can fix it! (See the support page.)

If you're already using Xmarks, your bookmarks are already backed up and saved on our servers. That means that even if Xmarks for Chrome somehow messes up your bookmarks, you can recover a previous version! You can read more about backup and restore here. Before installing we also recommend backing up your Chrome bookmarks.

Installation notes

• To install Xmarks for Chrome, you'll need to be running Google Chrome, which you can download here.
• You can install Xmarks for Chrome by visiting our installation page.
• When installing Xmarks for Chrome, the extension will ask for several different permissions. These are required for Xmarks to operate in Chrome correctly. Here is what we use each permission for:
  • Your bookmarks: Bookmark sync! :)
  • Your browsing history: This permission is triggered because we have access to the current browser window. We need this to implement open tab sync. In theory an extension can also use this API to monitor what pages you currently have open (and therefore track your history), but we only access your windows when you synchronize your open tabs. (In Chrome-extension speak, we're using the tabs permission.)
  • Your data on all websites: This permission is triggered because of our newest feature, password sync. Since we can't use Chrome's built-in password manager, we created our own (details on how our password manager works). The password manager adds a small bit of script to each page in order to automatically read and write your password data. We ignore the rest of the page completely. We only add this script if you have password sync enabled. (In Chrome-extension speak, we are using programmatic insertion to insert this Javascript.)

Support

A list of known issues, common problems (and workarounds), and contact information can be found on our support page.

Release notes

Xmarks 0.8.52 [released 8/26/2010]

• Rewrite of local bookmark writing code, includes many bug fixes and increased stability
• Password sync bug fixes when a user cancels the PIN dialog
• Allow users to turn off blue gradient on password data insertion

Xmarks 0.8.45 [released 8/4/2010]

• Clicking on Xmarks password manager notification buttons should now definitely close the notification bar
• Better notification timeout for sites like flickr.com
• Handle sites that sometimes only ask for password when re-authenticating

Xmarks 0.8.43 [released 7/22/2010]

• Only show sync success page once
• Don't show "Changes to sync" icon from bookmark changes if bookmark sync is disabled

Xmarks 0.8.42 [released 7/21/2010]

• Release password sync to Google gallery page

Xmarks 0.8.40 [released 7/12/2010]

• Remove limit on local storage size for large bookmark sets
• Catch password information better on sites that manipulate input fields on form submit

Xmarks 0.8.35 [released 7/8/2010]

• Password manager UI improvements
• Ensure we don't prompt to save password data if you have already saved it
• Better username matching when inserting password data into pages

Xmarks 0.8.34 [released 7/6/2010]

• Password sync support!
• Allow Xmarks to update URLs for existing bookmarks!
• Core sync bug fixes

Xmarks 0.7.10 [released 6/28/2010]

• Fix conflict with latest Chrome dev channel release

Xmarks 0.7.2 [released 5/10/2010]

• Fix sync error when dealing with Firefox's Bookmarks Toolbar folder

Xmarks 0.7.1 [released 4/19/2010]

• Add tab sync! (details here)
• Improved sync UI, no more annoying "sync complete" dialog
• Confirmation dialogs before upload/download
• Fix common "Unable to find [node] in ROOT" bug

Xmarks 0.6.1 [released 3/11/2010]

• Improved first time merge algorithm
• Fixed setting root folder name to "Other bookmarks"
• Fix sync error when bookmark set doesn't have toolbar folder

Xmarks 0.6.0 [released 3/1/2010]

• Deleting root level bookmarks doesn't work
• Moving bookmark before bookmarks toolbar folder causes sync error
• Improve download

Xmarks 0.5.67 [released 2/12/2010]

• Fix autosync frequency

Xmarks 0.5.66 [released 2/4/2010]

• Fix error with slice function called on null object
• Improve protocol checking function, invalid URLs will no longer cause errors

Xmarks 0.5.65 [released 1/15/2010]

• Prepare more text for localization
• Fix last sync time display error

Xmarks 0.5.64 [released 1/14/2010]

• Xmarks now synchronizes in non-English versions of Chrome!
• Lay foundation for localization of user facing strings

Xmarks 0.5.60 [released 1/11/2010]

• Improve handling of invalid URLs
• Better error handling during sync
• User control over logging

Xmarks 0.5.41 [released 12/18/2009]

• Fix setup wizard

Xmarks 0.5.40 [released 12/17/2009]

• Xmarks icon now alerts users when there are changes to sync
• Improve sync code, fewer requests to Xmarks servers during a sync
• Use SQL database to persist bookmark information between Chrome sessions; will speed up initial sync after restart
• Fix Xmarks profiles bugs

Xmarks 0.5.24 [released 12/09/2009]

• Update metafile information

Xmarks 0.5.23 [released 12/07/2009]

• Fix setup wizard

Xmarks 0.5.22 [released 12/02/2009]

• Change from "alpha" to "beta". We're getting closer!
• Fix auto-sync
• Improve opening of settings dialog
• Add success and upgrade pages
• Don't fail on sync conflict
• Migrate to Google's update system

Xmarks 0.5.11 [released 11/23/2009]

• Ensure browser action popup works with all themes
• Catch errors correctly during sync

Xmarks 0.5.10 [released 11/2/2009]

• Replace toolstrip with a browser action!
• Add options button to chrome://extensions/ page so users without access to browser action can still access the settings
• Ensure root folder gets named correctly
• Catch errors more gracefully during sync

Xmarks 0.5.5 [released 10/1/2009]

• Fixed several first time sync issues that caused Xmarks to overwrite an existing Bookmarks Toolbar folder

Xmarks 0.5.4 [released 9/28/2009]

• Add support for sync profiles
• Fix minor javascript bug

Xmarks 0.4.24 [released 9/21/2009]

• Don't let Firefox search keyword URLs break Chrome
• Stop duplicating the Unfiled Bookmarks and other folders
• Stop fighting with IE over the correct name of the Bookmarks Toolbar

Xmarks 0.4.23 [released 9/18/2009]

• Better URL validation before attempting to create Chrome bookmarks, should eliminate "Invalid URL" errors.

Xmarks 0.4.22 [released 9/17/2009]

• Improve bad HTTP response handling

Xmarks 0.4.21 [released 9/16/2009]

• Fix most common "Invalid URL" error during sync.

Xmarks 0.4.20 [released 9/15/2009]

• Fixed "Cannot call method 'substr' of undefined" error
• Improved error dialog for common issues
• Include create date when creating new bookmarks
• Don't reorder Bookmarks Toolbar when syncing existing Firefox bookmarks

Xmarks 0.4.19 [released 9/14/2009]

• Fix some "Xmarks is already processing an action" errors.

Xmarks 0.4.18 [released 9/11/2009]

• Fix setup wizard

Xmarks 0.4.17 [released 9/8/2009]

• Add support for updating an existing bookmark's name
• Fix authentication to work when encryption setting is on

Xmarks 0.4.16 [released 9/8/2009]

• Fix Xmarks for Chrome to work with latest version of Chrome

Xmarks 0.4.15 [released 8/20/2009]

• Store user preferences in local storage, no longer using the _XmarksSettingsBookmark!
• Store bookmark map information in local storage, no longer using the _XmarksMappingFolder!

Xmarks 0.4.14 [released 8/18/2009]

• Update manifest file to make compatible with latest Chrome update (version 4.0.201.1)

Xmarks 0.4.13 [released 8/17/2009]

• Initial release!