{"id":2108,"date":"2010-09-29T07:58:44","date_gmt":"2010-09-29T12:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/?p=2108"},"modified":"2010-09-29T07:58:56","modified_gmt":"2010-09-29T12:58:56","slug":"end-of-the-road-for-xmarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/end-of-the-road-for-xmarks\/","title":{"rendered":"End of the road for Xmarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I received some unfortunate news this morning.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Xmarks will be shutting down our free browser synchronization services on January 10, 2011.<!--\/defang_strong--><\/span> For details on how to transition to recommended alternatives, consult  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xmarks.com\/about\/shutdown\">this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For the full story behind the Xmarks shutdown, please read our <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.xmarks.com\/?p=1886\">blog post<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Thank you for being a part of the Xmarks community; we apologize for any inconvenience this step may cause you.  We believe we have the best users in the world, and we hope your bookmarks find a new and happy home soon.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is really too bad. Xmarks has been one of the first add-ons I install when I get a new computer, for several years. I think it&#8217;s unfortunate that they did not try selling the service. There are people (like me) who pay for Fastmail.fm, despite the existence of Gmail. There are people (like  me) who would pay for Xmarks.<\/p>\n<p>Happy trails, Xmarks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I received some unfortunate news this morning. Xmarks will be shutting down our free browser synchronization services on January 10, 2011. For details on how to transition to recommended alternatives, consult this page. For the full story behind the Xmarks shutdown, please read our blog post. 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