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The reason for this is so that you can use your Firefox account to synchronize data between your mobile and your desktop browser, so that you can have these fea

The reason for this is so that you can use your Firefox account to synchronize data between your mobile and your desktop browser, so that you can have these features while still using Firefox on the desktop. This is a pretty big deal regardless of rendering engine. Personally, it's what made me switch from Firefox to Chrome years ago: Chrome supported sync, Firefox didn't.

zobzu 11y ago
Firefox supported sync long before chrome in fact ;-)
- sogen 11y ago
  yes but it was an awful and awkward experience, this feature was hidden and not obvious how to use for regular folks, required long passwords AFAIR, and failed to sync many many times.
  - zobzu 11y ago
    But facts arent agreeable to your opinion;-) Loved the old sync personally. New one's okay
- sogen 11y ago
  yes but it was an awful and awkward experience, this feature was hidden and not obvious how to use for regular folks, required long passwords AFAIR, and failed to sync many many times.
AdmiralAsshat 11y ago
I suppose I'd be more enthused if Firefox syncing had worked from day 1. I've had Firefox as my desktop browser for ten years, and Firefox on my android devices for a couple. My experience was always that the syncing was irregular--i.e. I could have tabs open on my desktop window and see them from across the room, yet they wouldn't show up under the "synced" tabs on my tablet, even after manually triggering a sync on both devices. So at some point, I stopped relying on that and just installed Pushbullet to bounce stuff around from my desktop to my phone or to my tablet. That has worked flawlessly. Syncing logins has never really been something I've bothered with. I'm afraid of someone grabbing my tablet and then having access to all of my emails, message boards, payment stores, etc. All of my devices have LastPass installed, which is how I manage that. So yeah, this would be a bigger deal for me I suppose if I hadn't already found other solutions for Firefox Mobile's old shortcomings.

zobzu 11y ago

Firefox supported sync long before chrome in fact ;-)

sogen 11y ago
yes but it was an awful and awkward experience, this feature was hidden and not obvious how to use for regular folks, required long passwords AFAIR, and failed to sync many many times.
- zobzu 11y ago
  But facts arent agreeable to your opinion;-) Loved the old sync personally. New one's okay
sogen 11y ago
yes but it was an awful and awkward experience, this feature was hidden and not obvious how to use for regular folks, required long passwords AFAIR, and failed to sync many many times.

AdmiralAsshat 11y ago

I suppose I'd be more enthused if Firefox syncing had worked from day 1. I've had Firefox as my desktop browser for ten years, and Firefox on my android devices for a couple. My experience was always that the syncing was irregular--i.e. I could have tabs open on my desktop window and see them from across the room, yet they wouldn't show up under the "synced" tabs on my tablet, even after manually triggering a sync on both devices. So at some point, I stopped relying on that and just installed Pushbullet to bounce stuff around from my desktop to my phone or to my tablet. That has worked flawlessly. Syncing logins has never really been something I've bothered with. I'm afraid of someone grabbing my tablet and then having access to all of my emails, message boards, payment stores, etc. All of my devices have LastPass installed, which is how I manage that. So yeah, this would be a bigger deal for me I suppose if I hadn't already found other solutions for Firefox Mobile's old shortcomings.