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Google Chrome to get browser synchronization
Google Chrome is a pretty slick web browser. It's fast, doesn't have a lot of toolbars cluttering the window, and runs each browser tab as a separate process which makes it harder to crash the whole browser. But there's one thing that's kept me from switching to Chrome full-time: The lack of a good way to synchronize your browser settings over the internet.If you use Firefox, you can install the Mozilla Weave or Xmarks extensions to synchronize your bookmarks and other settings across multiple computers. Add a bookmark on one machine and it will show up in Firefox on your other machine. If you use multiple computers on a regular basis, this can be a killer feature. And Chrome doesn't have it... yet.
But according to a message on the Chromium development list, Google plans to add the ability to synchronize your settings using your Google account.
The feature will first be available in the experimental "Chromium" builds of the browser, but should eventually make their way to the stable Google Chrome release. At first, Google Chrome will only offer bookmark synchronization. The ability to synchronize other preferences and data may come in the future.
In a way, this should all be old hat for Google. After all, one of the first bookmark synchronization plugins for Firefox was the now-defunct Google Browser Sync.
[via Ars Technica]
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Subscribe to comments216Aug 3rd 2009 11:48AM
Bout time...after this, all we need is an adblocker, and mouse gestures and gooodbye FF
DemoAug 3rd 2009 12:05PM
That's really the only thing that keeps me using FF - no add ons!
typoinkAug 3rd 2009 1:19PM
So...you'll switch to Chrome when Chrome is Opera?
typoinkAug 3rd 2009 1:20PM
So you'll switch to Chrome when Chrome is Opera?
JakurbAug 3rd 2009 9:30PM
This is something I've been confused about for a long time: what's the big deal with Opera? If you want features, use Firefox. If you want a browser which uses fewer resources, and is fast (although I find that Firefox tends to be just as fast as Chrome and Opera), use Opera. Opera also has more useful features than Chrome (for me at least).
Opera seems like a better alternative to Chrome in almost every aspect. The only thing which I find is better about Chrome is the UI. I don't even find the separate processes for each tab useful, because I haven't had a browser crash in a long time, and it ends up using far more memory than Opera.
So what's so great about Chrome?
ryanincAug 3rd 2009 12:29PM
This is awesome. I use Chrome exclusively now, and this will just make it all the easier to manage information and settings.
And I loved using Browser Sync back in the day. That was an awesome little piece of software right there.
Jared MackenzieAug 3rd 2009 12:35PM
This is almost enough to make me drop Firefox, The main addon I use is xmarks so I can have my bookmarks syncronized between my Desktop and Netbook. Not to mention the frequent formats I do while switching between operating systems.
chrishighAug 3rd 2009 1:54PM
Still a distant 2nd to getting Xmarks on Chrome - I want my bookmarks on multiple browsers, not just computers. Still too often there are sites that don't cooperate with one or the other. But glad to know they're still working on that!
KevinAug 4th 2009 4:37PM
I also would love to drop Firefox for Chrome (i've tried Opera and like Chrome a lot more). Just waiting for a smattering of add-ons until fully switching.