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Mozilla Labs Releases Weave Sync 1.0

17 points by mocy 17y ago

jsm386 17y ago
While this seems like a cool idea, I definitely don't want my (bookmarks - I don' t see the point, but it doesn't concern me) saved passwords, browsing history and open browser tabs synced to my phone. 1) If I lose my phone that is a lot of personal data/security info that is available on my phone. Saved passwords would be useful, but I don't save any passwords on my phone now, and this isn't going to change that. 2) Last thing I want, if I'm returning through US border is all of this data on my phone, given http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/16/laptop_border_search/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/16/laptop_border_search... (There are better articles, but that is the first Google result)
- wtallis 17y ago
  That blog post doesn't make it clear that Weave is also good for syncing between computers. I've been using it for months to sync between my desktop and my two laptops, where each laptop is running two operating systems. For me, the coolest thing about it is that the history syncing means that the suggestions as I'm typing in a URL are the same on all the machines, so that when I type 's', slashdot and stackoverflow are the first two. Bookmark syncing is also nice because NoScript can store it's rules in a bookmark, so I will only have to whitelist any site once.
hexis 17y ago
Bookmark, history, and tab syncing appeals to me. Passwords, not so much. Does this extension allow me to exclude passwords and sync the rest?
- csytan 17y ago
  Yes
euroclydon 17y ago
SyncPlaces lets you do this to a file or FTP server. http://www.andyhalford.com/syncplaces http://www.andyhalford.com/syncplaces
- mattyb 17y ago
  No history syncing though, which is big for me.
mattyb 17y ago
I hope Google adds support for browser history and password storage to their Chrome extension API so that I can write a similar tool for Chromium. Weave (and Xmarks) use these: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Using_the_Places_history_service https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Using_the_Places_history_se... https://developer.mozilla.org/en/nsILoginManager https://developer.mozilla.org/en/nsILoginManager
celticjames 17y ago
Anyone care to compare this to Xmarks for me? I've been using Xmarks because it also supports syncing between Firefox, IE, Safari, and Chrome. What advantage do I get from Weave?
- mattyb 17y ago
  Weave is only for Firefox & Fennec (it's a Mozilla project). Weave synchronizes bookmarks & passwords like Xmarks, in addition to browsing history and open tabs.
- natmaster 17y ago
  In the future, Weave Sync will also sync your extension preferences.
joshu 17y ago
congrats to the Weave team! a bunch of the ex-delicious folks went there.

17 points by mocy 17y ago

While this seems like a cool idea, I definitely don't want my (bookmarks - I don' t see the point, but it doesn't concern me) saved passwords, browsing history and open browser tabs synced to my phone. 1) If I lose my phone that is a lot of personal data/security info that is available on my phone. Saved passwords would be useful, but I don't save any passwords on my phone now, and this isn't going to change that. 2) Last thing I want, if I'm returning through US border is all of this data on my phone, given http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/16/laptop_border_search/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/16/laptop_border_search... (There are better articles, but that is the first Google result)

wtallis 17y ago
That blog post doesn't make it clear that Weave is also good for syncing between computers. I've been using it for months to sync between my desktop and my two laptops, where each laptop is running two operating systems. For me, the coolest thing about it is that the history syncing means that the suggestions as I'm typing in a URL are the same on all the machines, so that when I type 's', slashdot and stackoverflow are the first two. Bookmark syncing is also nice because NoScript can store it's rules in a bookmark, so I will only have to whitelist any site once.

hexis 17y ago

Bookmark, history, and tab syncing appeals to me. Passwords, not so much. Does this extension allow me to exclude passwords and sync the rest?

csytan 17y ago
Yes

euroclydon 17y ago

SyncPlaces lets you do this to a file or FTP server. http://www.andyhalford.com/syncplaces http://www.andyhalford.com/syncplaces

mattyb 17y ago
No history syncing though, which is big for me.

mattyb 17y ago

I hope Google adds support for browser history and password storage to their Chrome extension API so that I can write a similar tool for Chromium. Weave (and Xmarks) use these: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Using_the_Places_history_service https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Using_the_Places_history_se... https://developer.mozilla.org/en/nsILoginManager https://developer.mozilla.org/en/nsILoginManager

celticjames 17y ago

Anyone care to compare this to Xmarks for me? I've been using Xmarks because it also supports syncing between Firefox, IE, Safari, and Chrome. What advantage do I get from Weave?

mattyb 17y ago
Weave is only for Firefox & Fennec (it's a Mozilla project). Weave synchronizes bookmarks & passwords like Xmarks, in addition to browsing history and open tabs.
natmaster 17y ago
In the future, Weave Sync will also sync your extension preferences.

joshu 17y ago

congrats to the Weave team! a bunch of the ex-delicious folks went there.