Comments on: Google Ditches Browser Sync Extension for Firefox 3 http://cybernetnews.com/google-ditches-browser-sync-extension-for-firefox-3/ Technology News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:45:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/google-ditches-browser-sync-extension-for-firefox-3/comment-page-1/#comment-139439 Ryan Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:44:44 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=13114#comment-139439 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-139361" rel="nofollow">Herb wrote:</a><blockquote>Damn! I actually loved GBS. I have a Macbook AIR and a pc desktop so the more info I can keep in sync that is non os dependant the better. Off to look for an alternative. Maybe Weave?</blockquote></div> Weave is going to be your best option right now, but I'm sure something will eventually come along to take the place of GBS. Herb wrote:
Damn! I actually loved GBS. I have a Macbook AIR and a pc desktop so the more info I can keep in sync that is non os dependant the better. Off to look for an alternative. Maybe Weave?

Weave is going to be your best option right now, but I’m sure something will eventually come along to take the place of GBS.

]]> By: Herb http://cybernetnews.com/google-ditches-browser-sync-extension-for-firefox-3/comment-page-1/#comment-139361 Herb Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:45:01 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=13114#comment-139361 Damn! I actually loved GBS. I have a Macbook AIR and a pc desktop so the more info I can keep in sync that is non os dependant the better. Off to look for an alternative. Maybe Weave? Damn! I actually loved GBS. I have a Macbook AIR and a pc desktop so the more info I can keep in sync that is non os dependant the better. Off to look for an alternative. Maybe Weave?

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/google-ditches-browser-sync-extension-for-firefox-3/comment-page-1/#comment-139250 Ryan Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:57:29 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=13114#comment-139250 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-139173" rel="nofollow">Jeenu wrote:</a><blockquote>I used to and still use Google Browser sync. From my experience it was not doing a good job synchronizing my data across my home and work PC’s — I don’t save bookmarks with Browser sync. Most of the times I had to sit and manually delete duplicated items. But even though, Browser sync is discontinued, the Weaver solution from Mozilla looks promising <a href="http://labs.mozilla.com/2007/12/introducing-weave/" rel="nofollow">http://labs.mozilla.com/2007/1.....ing-weave/</a>). I haven’t tried it yet.</blockquote></div> Weave will definitely be the replacement to Google Browser Sync, but as of right now it doesn't sync as many items. <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-139184" rel="nofollow">Street wrote:</a><blockquote>Check out Opera 9.5. They include a feature called Opera Link that syncs not only your bookmarks, but also your notes and speeddials across both the desktop and mobile versions.</blockquote></div> That is really nice, and I suspect that other browser will be incorporating similar features in the future. Jeenu wrote:
I used to and still use Google Browser sync. From my experience it was not doing a good job synchronizing my data across my home and work PC’s — I don’t save bookmarks with Browser sync. Most of the times I had to sit and manually delete duplicated items. But even though, Browser sync is discontinued, the Weaver solution from Mozilla looks promising [labs.mozilla.com]). I haven’t tried it yet.

Weave will definitely be the replacement to Google Browser Sync, but as of right now it doesn’t sync as many items.

Street wrote:
Check out Opera 9.5. They include a feature called Opera Link that syncs not only your bookmarks, but also your notes and speeddials across both the desktop and mobile versions.

That is really nice, and I suspect that other browser will be incorporating similar features in the future.

]]> By: leland http://cybernetnews.com/google-ditches-browser-sync-extension-for-firefox-3/comment-page-1/#comment-139223 leland Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:10:24 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=13114#comment-139223 Like Ryan I use Foxmarks; I always thought about GBS, but never could get over the idea of Google having all that information available to them regardless of their policy to do no evil. CoryC, I use FEBE http://customsoftwareconsult.com/extensions/ to manually sync everything else across computers. In this way it's as easy as copying the information to my USB drive. As for storing passwords online, I have been considering Passpack http://www.passpack.com/info/home/ Does anyone know how good or safe it is? My other option would be to use KeePass http://keepass.info/ to carry my passwords with me; the 1.x version is portable and the 2.x version requires .NET. Like Ryan I use Foxmarks; I always thought about GBS, but never could get over the idea of Google having all that information available to them regardless of their policy to do no evil.

CoryC, I use FEBE [customsoftwareconsult.com] to manually sync everything else across computers. In this way it’s as easy as copying the information to my USB drive.

As for storing passwords online, I have been considering Passpack [passpack.com] Does anyone know how good or safe it is? My other option would be to use KeePass [keepass.info] to carry my passwords with me; the 1.x version is portable and the 2.x version requires .NET.

]]> By: Giorgos http://cybernetnews.com/google-ditches-browser-sync-extension-for-firefox-3/comment-page-1/#comment-139186 Giorgos Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:53:57 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=13114#comment-139186 Google browser sync was a great extension for those who wanted to synchronize more than their bookmarks. The only alternative I found that does almost exactly the same job is weave, by mozilla. Even if it is still an experimental extension, it is stable enough and definitely worth a try (I use it for the past 3 weeks and I had no problems). Google browser sync was a great extension for those who wanted to synchronize more than their bookmarks. The only alternative I found that does almost exactly the same job is weave, by mozilla. Even if it is still an experimental extension, it is stable enough and definitely worth a try (I use it for the past 3 weeks and I had no problems).

]]> By: Street http://cybernetnews.com/google-ditches-browser-sync-extension-for-firefox-3/comment-page-1/#comment-139184 Street Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:01:04 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=13114#comment-139184 Check out Opera 9.5. They include a feature called Opera Link that syncs not only your bookmarks, but also your notes and speeddials across both the desktop and mobile versions. Check out Opera 9.5. They include a feature called Opera Link that syncs not only your bookmarks, but also your notes and speeddials across both the desktop and mobile versions.

]]> By: satur9 http://cybernetnews.com/google-ditches-browser-sync-extension-for-firefox-3/comment-page-1/#comment-139179 satur9 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:15:29 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=13114#comment-139179 I used and liked GBS, but tried Foxmarks later on and found it much better, so I don't use GBS anymore. I used and liked GBS, but tried Foxmarks later on and found it much better, so I don’t use GBS anymore.

]]> By: Jeenu http://cybernetnews.com/google-ditches-browser-sync-extension-for-firefox-3/comment-page-1/#comment-139173 Jeenu Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:56:07 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=13114#comment-139173 I used to and still use Google Browser sync. From my experience it was not doing a good job synchronizing my data across my home and work PC's -- I don't save bookmarks with Browser sync. Most of the times I had to sit and manually delete duplicated items. But even though, Browser sync is discontinued, the Weaver solution from Mozilla looks promising http://labs.mozilla.com/2007/12/introducing-weave/). I haven't tried it yet. I used to and still use Google Browser sync. From my experience it was not doing a good job synchronizing my data across my home and work PC’s — I don’t save bookmarks with Browser sync. Most of the times I had to sit and manually delete duplicated items. But even though, Browser sync is discontinued, the Weaver solution from Mozilla looks promising [labs.mozilla.com]). I haven’t tried it yet.

]]> By: Michael Dobrofsky http://cybernetnews.com/google-ditches-browser-sync-extension-for-firefox-3/comment-page-1/#comment-139169 Michael Dobrofsky Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:26:28 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=13114#comment-139169 Working at Google doesn't sound like much fun :( Working at Google doesn’t sound like much fun :(

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/google-ditches-browser-sync-extension-for-firefox-3/comment-page-1/#comment-139159 Ryan Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:52:29 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=13114#comment-139159 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-139149" rel="nofollow">CoryC wrote:</a><blockquote>Has anyone heard about Google Toolbar being updated for Firefox 3?</blockquote></div> I thought I saw somewhere that the Google Toolbar has already been updated for Firefox 3? Have you tried it yet? CoryC wrote:
Has anyone heard about Google Toolbar being updated for Firefox 3?

I thought I saw somewhere that the Google Toolbar has already been updated for Firefox 3? Have you tried it yet?

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