The application supports the five popular web browsers Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Safari, and offers to backup bookmarks and other data from one or multiple browsers at once.

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Browsers can be selected to be included in the backup at the top of the single program window. The only other element that the user needs to specific is the backup folder location on the local computer system. A click on Backup will start the backup of the selected browsers. The program recommends to close all browsers before proceeding, as the backup process may be blocked or halted if they are running.

Bookmarks Backup, as mentioned earlier will not only backup bookmarks but also other data. For Firefox, Opera and Chrome, the whole profile folder is backed up and stored in the backup location. For Internet Explorer only the favorites are saved. Safari was not installed and I was not able to test it, but I assume that the backup will include the full profile as well.

Backups can be restored in the same interface. It is basically a reverse of the process. It begins by selecting the browsers and the restore folder location. A click on Restore will restore the selected backup to all browsers that have been selected by the user.

Bookmarks Backup offers an easy way of backing up data of web browsers. It could use some additional options, like letting the user decide what to backup or scheduling of backups. But as it stands, it is one of the most convenient ways of backing up multiple web browser profiles at once.

How does it compare to Fav Backup, another browser backup tool? The main advantage of Bookmarks Backup is that multiple browsers can be selected at once for backup. In FavBackup, only one browser can be selected for backup at a time. Then again, FavBackup offers better customization of the backup by offering to only backup items that have been selected by the user. FavBackup offers additional advantages, it is a portable application for instance and can backup the default web browser profile or all profiles.

Still, Bookmarks Backup could be an interesting alternative for users who run multiple web browsers on their computer system. The software is available at the developers website.

FavBackup is a web browser backup and restore application for the Windows operating system that supports the five popular web browsers Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari and Google Chrome. Users can use FavBackup to backup and restore web browser settings and files.

FavBackup displays a list of options and web browsers in its interface upon startup. It should be noted that the software program is fully portable and does not require an installation. The options include creating a backup of the selected default web browser installation, of all selected web browser installations and to restore these settings again. Only one web browser can be backed up or restored at a time. It is for example possible to backup all different versions of Firefox or Google Chrome using the safe backup option. Backing up Firefox and Internet Explorer on the other hand would require two backup runs.

The difference between the backup and safe backup option is that the former only backs up the default web browser installation while the second will backup all installations of the selected web browser. FavBackup will display a list of settings and files that can be backed up after making the selection. This includes backing up bookmarks, cookies, plugins, extensions, preferences and history among other things.

One interesting aspect of the program is that it is possible to restore less data. It is for example possible to only restore bookmarks or cookies although a full browser backup has been created during the backup phase.

There are a few things that should be improved by the developer though. The first would be to provide an option to backup multiple web browsers at once. This is more comfortable than having to start the backup software multiple times to backup all installed browsers. An option to backup portable versions of the web browsers would also come in handy. Finally support for Opera 10 has to be added so that it can be backed up as well.

FavBrowser is a free portable software program for the Windows operating system that can be used to backup and restore web browsers easily.

Mail Browser Backup tries to change that by introducing a computer software program for the Windows operating system that can – in its current version – backup Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and the Chrome clone SRWare Iron. It can also create backups for the email client Mozilla Thunderbird and the ftp software Filezilla. The list is incomplete and the software developer has already announced that the next version of the backup software will include Internet Explorer backups as well as backups for the Opera and Safari web browsers, the email clients Windows Mail and Incredimail plus eMule.

The backup itself could not be more straightforward. The portable application displays all supported computer software programs in a list. Grayed out items are currently not supported. Each entry can be selected by clicking in the checkbox next to it. Options are to either backup or restore the selected programs.

The program will open a file browser that can be used to select a directory for the backup or to select a previously created backup for the restoration process. Mail Browser Backup requires the Microsoft .net Framework 2.0 or above and will run on Windows XP or Windows Vista. The source code of the application is provided by the software developer on his homepage.