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I disagree the sync thing was overblown. A website's cookies and the internal functionality of the browser are conceptually very different and (up to now) well
by feanaro 8y ago
I disagree the sync thing was overblown. A website's cookies and the internal functionality of the browser are conceptually very different and (up to now) well differentiated concepts. Mixing them up and blurring the lines between them is just a portal to confusion of the average user, who is already confused enough.
I fear that changes like this will eventually make it impossible to effectively explain to an average user even the basics of how the web works.
- Gaelan 8y agoGoogle's claim (which I'm inclined to believe) is that the previous state is more confusing to the average user. While we think in terms of "content" vs "browser", apparently the average user does not, and finds it confusing that part of the browser is signed into Google, but part isn't.
- feanaro 8y agoThat may be, but that doesn't mean the concept should be abandoned and the browser married to the content in inexplicable ways. At least the way things are now, I am able to understand what is going on and teach it to my parents. If the non-average users also stop understanding what is happening behind the covers, is there any hope left for the open web?