It’s been quite some time since Google updated the official "Google Browser Sync" Firefox extension. If you’re unfamiliar with it, the extension enabled you to synchronize your browser bookmarks, history and passwords with any other computer on which you might be running Firefox.
Not only has it not been updated since 2006, the extension isn’t even compatible with the 3rd release of the Mozilla Firefox browser. (As is typically the case with Google, mum’s the word on any plans and nearly 100 status requests have gone unanswered in the official forum for Google Firefox extensions.)
Mozilla answered the cries of many, however, when it released "Weave" late last year. The official extension (from the company who brought you the Firefox browser itself) allowed for synchronization of your bookmarks, history and saved form data. With the next release, they added support for cookies.
Now, with today’s release, they add support for passwords as well…thus leaving Google Browser Sync entirely useless.
The extension even allows for developers to extend Weave for their own applications but you can read more about that, and Weave’s many other features, on the Mozilla Labs blog. Or, you can just download it now: https://services.mozilla.com/.
Note: once you begin the initial synchronization, be prepared for the browser to choke just a little bit while the sync occurs. Once you’re finished with that initial synchronization, however, it’ll be as smooth as silk to keep your browser information up-to-date on all your computers.
Now, if they only would allow for synchronization of Firefox extensions…
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