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One thing I've got used to in Chrome is the syncing between devices (well desktop machines anyway). I remember seeing some stuff a few years ago about this in F

One thing I've got used to in Chrome is the syncing between devices (well desktop machines anyway). I remember seeing some stuff a few years ago about this in Firefox. What is the state of it now?

Sanddancer 14y ago
Better than chrome, in my opinion. I switch between my tablet, my phone, my desktop, and laptop, and have access to all my bookmarks, passwords, etc. I don't have tab sync enabled, but that's just personal preference.
saurabh 14y ago
I use Firefox Sync to access tabs on other computers. I haven't tried the mobile version though.
- LeonidasXIV 14y ago
  It is decent. Although the browser is not exactly impressive since it needs a lot of memory, hangs sometimes and has a weird UI. I really hope they get it together, because page rendering is, apart from font-weirdness sometimes, actually really good.
surrealize 14y ago
Firefox also syncs bookmarks, passwords, etc. The nice thing about firefox is that it also syncs history, which chrome (last I checked) did not do. History sync is great if you use a site like HN on multiple machines; you can just visually skip all the visited links, or focus on the visited ones if you're looking for something you saw before.
- tls 14y ago
  You also have the option of syncing to your own server.
- Adaptive 14y ago
  Chrome syncs history for me, but I could not tell you if this is strictly Chrome or the Google Account web history (which can be managed separately from Chrome). Also: Google Now settings come into play here. It is all starting to feel a bit confusing.
- fwenzel 14y ago
  Fx also syncs add-ons meanwhile. I somehow missed this but discovered it recently when I reset my browser profile.
Kerrick 14y ago
Not only can you sync, you can even run your own sync server.
ernesth 14y ago
Not answering to your point, but stating that as almost always in browser history in the last 12 years, this feature was first introduced in Opera.

One thing I've got used to in Chrome is the syncing between devices (well desktop machines anyway). I remember seeing some stuff a few years ago about this in Firefox. What is the state of it now?

Sanddancer 14y ago

Better than chrome, in my opinion. I switch between my tablet, my phone, my desktop, and laptop, and have access to all my bookmarks, passwords, etc. I don't have tab sync enabled, but that's just personal preference.

saurabh 14y ago

I use Firefox Sync to access tabs on other computers. I haven't tried the mobile version though.

LeonidasXIV 14y ago
It is decent. Although the browser is not exactly impressive since it needs a lot of memory, hangs sometimes and has a weird UI. I really hope they get it together, because page rendering is, apart from font-weirdness sometimes, actually really good.

surrealize 14y ago

Firefox also syncs bookmarks, passwords, etc. The nice thing about firefox is that it also syncs history, which chrome (last I checked) did not do. History sync is great if you use a site like HN on multiple machines; you can just visually skip all the visited links, or focus on the visited ones if you're looking for something you saw before.

tls 14y ago
You also have the option of syncing to your own server.
Adaptive 14y ago
Chrome syncs history for me, but I could not tell you if this is strictly Chrome or the Google Account web history (which can be managed separately from Chrome). Also: Google Now settings come into play here. It is all starting to feel a bit confusing.
fwenzel 14y ago
Fx also syncs add-ons meanwhile. I somehow missed this but discovered it recently when I reset my browser profile.

Kerrick 14y ago

Not only can you sync, you can even run your own sync server.

ernesth 14y ago

Not answering to your point, but stating that as almost always in browser history in the last 12 years, this feature was first introduced in Opera.