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Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by julieb, 28 Sep 2010.

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  1. julieb

    julieb What's a Dremel?

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    julieb, 28 Sep 2010
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  2. yuusou

    yuusou Multimodder

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    My feeling exactly. I'ma let you finish but it's probably THE greatest Firefox (and all others tbh) add-on of all times.
     
    yuusou, 28 Sep 2010
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  3. Singularity

    Singularity ******* Operator from Hell

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    Nooooooooo :(
    I love xmarks...
     
    Singularity, 28 Sep 2010
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  4. MrJay

    MrJay You are always where you want to be

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    Bugger : /
    Best addon ever, don't know what id do without it...
     
    MrJay, 28 Sep 2010
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  5. bogie170

    bogie170 What's a Dremel?

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    Someone must buy this company?
     
    bogie170, 28 Sep 2010
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  6. funkymonk

    funkymonk What's a Dremel?

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    whaaaa? noooo.

    Love this add-on, first add-on i go to after doing a fresh install or install on another pc.
     
    funkymonk, 28 Sep 2010
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  7. Skutbag

    Skutbag What's a Dremel?

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    Dang. But I suppose its a tricky business model, tragically. I use it, but if pushed I wouldn't pay for it so best leave it to the browsers to do themselves I spose.
     
    Skutbag, 28 Sep 2010
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  8. eddtox

    eddtox Homo Interneticus

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    :( I love Xmarks. I didn't know about FFsync though, so I'll have to give that a go. /issad
     
    eddtox, 28 Sep 2010
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  9. Tattysnuc

    Tattysnuc Thinking about which mod to do 1st.

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    Bugger indeed.
    Usually this is the first add-on I put onto a new PC and it contains links to all the software and drivers I need to install. Shame to see you go! I wonder if we'll be able to host the service ourselves rather than on Xmarks servers as an alternative so that the product can live on...
     
    Tattysnuc, 28 Sep 2010
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  10. Guest-16

    Guest-16 Guest

    This. I now haz a proper sad :( Now I have to find and use another bloody sync tool on all my systems. If Google had kept up Googlesync it wouldn't be an issue :/
     
    Guest-16, 28 Sep 2010
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  11. dolphin-promotions

    dolphin-promotions What's a Dremel?

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    FF Sync is great but it started off much later than FoxMarks/XSync and has been playing catchup somewhat. It is great though though obviously has a major disadvantage of not being a cross browser tool
     
    dolphin-promotions, 28 Sep 2010
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  12. lacuna

    lacuna Minimodder

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    Enter your passwords manually...
     
    lacuna, 28 Sep 2010
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  13. DXR_13KE

    DXR_13KE BananaModder

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    balls!
     
    DXR_13KE, 28 Sep 2010
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  14. logan'srun

    logan'srun following the footsteps of giants

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    +1
     
    logan'srun, 28 Sep 2010
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  15. GravitySmacked

    GravitySmacked Mostly Harmless

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    What a shame, such a useful service - gutted.
     
    GravitySmacked, 28 Sep 2010
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  16. Denis_iii

    Denis_iii What's a Dremel?

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    :( poo
     
    Denis_iii, 28 Sep 2010
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  17. Baz

    Baz I work for Corsair

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    This sucks huge monkey testes.

    Bugger.
     
    Baz, 28 Sep 2010
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  18. Farting Bob

    Farting Bob What's a Dremel?

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    I guess having your entire business model based around a free Firefox addon is always going to be tough. But then theres plenty of other addons that do the same thing with maybe not quite as much polish.
     
    Farting Bob, 28 Sep 2010
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  19. sandys

    sandys Multimodder

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    Can't they just charge for the software, if it has so many users who have been using it for a while I'm sure they'd want to hold on to the functionality like I do, I don't want to find an alternate, I'd pay a few quid for it.
     
    sandys, 28 Sep 2010
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  20. eddtox

    eddtox Homo Interneticus

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    I think the big question is how many people would pay and how much. I would imagine they looked into that possibility and found that they just couldn't get enough to make it a viable business model.

    Remember that they have servers to run and wages to pay. I wonder if they would be willing to opensource it?
     
    eddtox, 28 Sep 2010
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