My dreams have come true...

Post by **Sabre** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 5:17 pm

Not those dreams sicko's...

Google Browser Sync:
Google Browser Sync for Firefox is an extension that continuously synchronizes your browser settings – including bookmarks, history, persistent cookies, and saved passwords – across your computers. It also allows you to restore open tabs and windows across different machines and browser sessions.

Please note: Google Browser Sync must update your browser settings whenever you start Firefox. This will increase the start-up time of Firefox (the time between clicking on the Firefox icon and loading your start page) – please bear with us as we work to decrease this delay.

Last time I saw something like this, it used a Netscape LDAP server to contain it all. Kind of over kill for the application. At the scale that google is doing this though, it almost makes sense. I've never much cared for del.icio.us and such.

Post by **Sabre** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 5:20 pm

DAMN, if things were not good enough, they have the option of encrypting everything. Just installed it... WOW

Libra Monkee · Post by **Libra Monkee** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 5:45 pm

If I hadn't already done this manually I might be more excited about it.

chicken n waffles · Post by **chicken n waffles** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 6:44 pm

i'm sorry, all i read was:

"nerd. nerd nerd nerd. nerrrrd. NERD."

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:47 pm

chicken n waffles · Post by **chicken n waffles** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 9:28 pm

i'll see your

and raise you a

Post by **complacent** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:46 am

Browser Sync FTW! Very pleased with it. Everything can be encrypted, all my bookmarks are there, and it'll even remember the last tabs open.... It's like you just continue a session when you get home, or to the office.

Libra Monkee · Post by **Libra Monkee** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 10:05 am

Oh I didn't know it did the tabs too! I've installed on my work computer just now so when I get home I'll run it there too. I'll see how cool this tihg really is.

Post by **Sabre** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:48 pm

As Colin said, working like a charm here

Libra Monkee · Post by **Libra Monkee** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:49 pm

Cool I don't even have to leave firefox open for it to save everything. W00t!!!1 Now if only it synced extensions too.

GeneralGrievous · Post by **GeneralGrievous** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:54 pm

its all Greek to me....
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cool.. i guess they used to have bobblehead nights at the Parthenon

chicken n waffles · Post by **chicken n waffles** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 10:29 pm

ok i installed it tonight. every time it tries to update the server, it times out. says google browser sync is offline. the hell? piece of crap.

Post by **complacent** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:30 pm

chicken n waffles wrote:ok i installed it tonight. every time it tries to update the server, it times out. says google browser sync is offline. the hell? piece of crap.

you must have gotten teh b0rk3d edition... moine has teh win. ur internets are short.

Post by **Sabre** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:12 pm

complacent wrote:
chicken n waffles wrote:ok i installed it tonight. every time it tries to update the server, it times out. says google browser sync is offline. the hell? piece of crap.
you must have gotten teh b0rk3d edition... moine has teh win. ur internets are short.

gsx-lex · Post by **gsx-lex** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:43 am

Google is starting to scare me.

Post by **Sabre** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:45 am

gsx-lex wrote:Google is starting to scare me.

I'm not quite there yet... They are turning out amazing products that make my life easier at an incredible rate.

WRXWagon2112 · Post by **WRXWagon2112** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:03 pm

Now my dreams have come true:

http://www.mozilla.com/add-ons/jogacompanion/

For the World Cup fans who want to stay on top of the scores while at work. The only thing I don't like is the skin that's added to the browser.

--Alan

chicken n waffles · Post by **chicken n waffles** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:26 pm

i can get it working on my laptop, but my desktop can't connect to it. plus, it bogs the 1gb of ddr i have to the point where web browsing takes a noticeable hit (sites are choppy as balls when it's running). eff it. i'll live without it because i'm way too lazy to troubleshoot. it's probably an incompatibility with one of the four million other extensions i have on my desktop machine.

Post by **Sabre** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:32 pm

Working great on every machine that I have put it on... I'm thinking you are right mr. extension hell man

Libra Monkee · Post by **Libra Monkee** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:50 am

I hate to bring up old stuff but I love this thing!! It's a lot better than my old method of before leaving work emailing all of the pages I was surfing to myself so I can continue what I was doing when I get home. Or exporting all of my bookmarks to an html file so I could copy them to all of my machines (of which I now have five, counting work). Even if firefox crashes I can open it back up and continue where I left off and it syncs up all of my passwords so I don't have to remember which ones I used where. Ah!! I love it!!

Post by **Sabre** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:49 am

Ya, I'm in love with this little extension too. Now I don't know how I lived without it!

Post by **complacent** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:04 pm

sabre wrote:Ya, I'm in love with this little extension too. Now I don't know how I lived without it!

truth.

chicken n waffles · Post by **chicken n waffles** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:46 pm

they must have updated the code, because i tried it again today and it now works (without me making any changes to my desktop or monster-sized list of extensions). hooray!

Post by **Sabre** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:52 pm

Sure....