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Chrome has google accounts to synchronise recently viewed pages across devices. This is just Mozilla's response. There is already a popular extension, so why re
by GrantSolar 11y ago
Chrome has google accounts to synchronise recently viewed pages across devices. This is just Mozilla's response. There is already a popular extension, so why re-invent the wheel?
- lmm 11y agoI see this as Mozilla basically admitting that the extension model has failed; this is a textbook example of an extension, but they've decided that's not good enough.
- sp332 11y agoFirefox already has sync built-in. I think this is supposed to be an improvement over the current bookmarks system. Mozilla realized that Pocket was already doing that better than they were, so they just integrated it instead of reinventing it poorly.
- wtbob 11y ago> I think this is supposed to be an improvement over the current bookmarks system. The old secure Sync was great, absolutely great. I could see all of my bookmarks and history from all of my machines, and it was all well-secured. There was nothing wrong with it.
- sp332 11y agoDoesn't it still work the same way?
- bzbarsky 11y agoThe main thing wrong with it was that most people couldn't figure out how to use it and hence didn't use it. This is a common problem with well-secured things (see encrypted email, signed email), unfortunately, which has proven very difficult to solve.
- lagadu 11y ago> There is already a popular extension Exactly! There is already an extension, why isn't Pocket an extension then?
- GrantSolar 11y agoIt is. I've been using it for years, they just decided to integrate it with the rest of the browser
- lagadu 11y agoThat's my point. Why isn't it bundled with FF as an extension, instead of being integrated on the browser and effectively impossible to uninstall?