Mozilla Labs project - Firefox Sync, will be included in the standard Firefox distribution

Very little time has passed since the announcement of the renaming of the Mozilla Weave project to Firefox Sync, and already there was a message that this extension leaves the walls of Mozilla Labs.

On the Personas Trail

On June 1, the long awaited news about the end of development, which lasted almost two and a half years, was finally posted on the Mozilla Labs blog. In fact, this means that Firefox Sync is no longer an experimental project, as the developers have added all the features and capabilities they wanted, and now the extension is officially listed in the list of developments that will be integrated into future major releases of Firefox, in particular, in Firefox four.

Ragavan Srinivasan , one of the developers of Firefox Sync:
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<sub>We are pleased to announce that “Weave Sync”, a project from Mozilla Labs, has been officially completed and is currently included in the Firefox development plan. From now on, it is known as “Firefox Sync” and will be one of the key features of the next major release of Firefox. Until that time, you can download Firefox Sync , just like any other regular add-on.

In addition to releasing the extension and changing its name, the latest version of Firefox Sync (1.3) includes several new features and changes:</sub>

• Translation into more than 15 languages, including German, French, Spanish, Chinese and Russian
• Simplified installation and registration process
• Button to access all tabs open on other PCs and more ...

I thank all those of you who tested Sync while it was part of Mozilla Labs and sent its reports - there would be no release without you. And although this project is already finished, we are still happy to receive your feedback and suggestions.

And yes, Mozilla Labs will continue to focus on finding ways to improve the usability of Firefox, giving users complete control over personal information and providing new opportunities for developers to create innovative network services. For example, we are currently working on extensions such as Contacts and Account Manager .

And finally. In case you missed our latest news, we are working on an application for the iPhone based on the Firefox Sync technology. The application is called “Firefox Home”, and it will give iPhone users instant access to their browsing history in Firefox, bookmarks, and a set of tabs from the latest browser session, in addition to the awesome features of the Awesome Bar (showing sites in the browser address bar after typing letters of the site name or words included in its description).

Set up Firefox Sync on your computer right now, so that in the future you will be ready for Firefox Home for iPhone as soon as it appears.

What is Firefox Sync?

Firefox Sync is a new Mozilla solution designed to combine your tabs, browser history, bookmarks, passwords and even settings on various platforms, including Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and mobile platforms (currently available for Fennec and experimental). client for iPhone).

One of the key features that set Firefox Sync apart from solutions from other developers (for example, Xmarks ) is the ability to raise your own synchronization server on an open API. Also, old versions of bookmarks will be saved as a separate copy during initial synchronization so that in case of any errors the user can always restore accidentally lost sites in his favorites.

Few screenshots

Please note that all screenshots open in an enlarged format when you click on them.


<sub>Main Settings Window


Initial synchronization window</sub>

List of major changes in version 1.3

• (1.3) Update version to 1.3 final with correct locales
• (1.3rc4) Fix form data incompatibility with new javascript engine on trunk
• (1.3rc3) Fixed issue with sync to the server resulting in HMAC mismatch messages
• (1.3rc2) Fix compat with new form manager on trunk
• (1.3b7) Add locale updates, no code changes
• (1.3b6) Fixing Sync
• (1.3b6) Visual polish and cleanup
• (1.3b5) Rebrand as Firefox Sync
• (1.3b5) Move to new about: sync-tabs and about: sync-logs (instead of about: weave- *)
• (1.3b5) Clean up account creation
• (1.3b5) Fix merge choice for wiping remote clients

findings

Mozilla has turned out quite convenient and competitive extension to synchronize users' personal data. Already at the moment it provides all the necessary functions to the ordinary ordinary browser user. And if you consider that the developers in the blog promise to listen to the opinions and wishes of users, you should think that the synchronization of extensions is also not far off. In any case, I would like to hope so, since at the moment this is the only minus of Firefox Sync.