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Mozilla Weave hits 1.0, keeps all your Firefox installs in sync!
Weave, Mozilla's browser sync tool, has finally hit version 1.0 -- for both the desktop and mobile versions of Firefox!
Install the add-on in your browser, and you can securely sync your Firefox profile data like bookmarks, history, passwords -- even the tabs you have open -- across all the machines on which you run it. Weave accounts are free to create, and your information is encrypted, password-protected, and parked in Mozilla's cloud until you need to access it from elsewhere.
Nokia N900 owners, Weave will seamlessly link your desktop and handset browsers keeping things perfectly synced up while you browse on the go.
Install the add-on in your browser, and you can securely sync your Firefox profile data like bookmarks, history, passwords -- even the tabs you have open -- across all the machines on which you run it. Weave accounts are free to create, and your information is encrypted, password-protected, and parked in Mozilla's cloud until you need to access it from elsewhere.
Nokia N900 owners, Weave will seamlessly link your desktop and handset browsers keeping things perfectly synced up while you browse on the go.
So what won't Weave synchronize? Your addons, personas, search plugins, and under-the-hood customizations (like about:config tweaks). According to Mozilla, we just need to have a little patience -- they fully intend future versions of Weave to be able to sync everything which makes your Firefox truly yours.
Head on over to Mozilla Labs and grab Weave 1.0! Have questions you need answered? Check the Weave FAQ and Mozilla forums, or post a comment here!
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Subscribe to commentsjames.r.mauroJan 29th 2010 9:08AM
So, in its present state, why is this better than XMarks?
Brad JensenJan 29th 2010 10:00AM
I'm wondering about the password saver.. Is it as safe/good as lastpass!?
I'm thinking not, since you save your passwords in the browser(s), which is now pretty old school. I wonder if they will fix that, so it's a mix of xmarks and lastpass, with extra features.
Also, if I was to get on a computer at school and log in to get all of my bookmarks, etc, would I then have to manually delete the bookmarks once I was finished and logged out? Same goes with History..
Weave should automatically delete/replace my booksmarks, passwords, and history from the local computer (back to it's original state, before I used it) once I log out of the service (for security reasons).. Maybe there can be a setting to have it do that, when you're at a computer that is not your own.
Brad JensenJan 29th 2010 10:40AM
http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla-labs-weave/browse_thread/thread/c0f6d59c31dc5a9a/85ca3c226bc2d59b?lnk=gst&q=delete#85ca3c226bc2d59b
gwangiJan 29th 2010 10:31AM
Personas do sync between browsers.
nlvivarJan 29th 2010 2:56PM
I have been hoping for this 1.0 release for a long time. I have been a happy consumer of xmarks/foxmarks, for awhile now.
I have a couple of questions before I go for this:
1) how well does it work syncing between Linux and Windows installations? I am thinking that this is probably a non-issue, but I would like confirmation.
2) Can I select different bookmark folders to be excluded for syncing at work computers? Some things are better not being on work computers...
MikeJan 30th 2010 11:09AM
@james.r.mauro:
Unlike XMarks, your information is kept completely encrypted before transmission to the server. Mozilla does not read your bookmarks or history to monetize your browsing history. Also (and, admittedly, this is a potential, not a reality yet) it is an open platform, so addon developers can use it to keep your other browser data in sync.
@Brad Jensen:
The Weave Sync product just keeps your Password Manager databases in sync. It is not an online password server. The Weave team has an "Identity" project to add support for more modern ways of logging into websites, but it's not in Sync yet.
The idea of nuking your settings when you log out is a good one and one that has been kicked around a bit. A slightly better approach, though, would be to improve the Profile Manager that's already in Firefox, so you could just create a quick-use profile, sync it with the server, browse a bit, and then delete it. That's a hassle to do with Firefox today.
@nivivar:
1 - Sync between platforms works quite well, nivivar. The Weave Sync addon synchronizes passwords, page history, form history, preferences, and bookmarks, which are all quite portable.
The reason addon sync isn't in version 1.0 is because of the possibility of binary incompatibility between platforms, which is something the team is working on.
2 - Not in version 1.0. It's been requested, though.
nlvivarJan 31st 2010 5:12PM
So I went ahead and in stalled Weave. I think that it is useful, but the lack of profiles for accounts does hurt.
To answer my own questions:
1) Not sure yet. I have used it for 3 days now, and I have not seen a problem with it.
2) No. I am currently still using Xmarks to sync my bookmarks.
Thanks, @Mike for addressing my concerns too. I just decided to ahead and take the plunge. Hopefully, I can make some recommendations to the Weave team that will be helpful. So far, though, the lack of profiles is my main concern.