Hey tech-savvy LJ brain

[beetiger]

I know a few reasons why I don't need Firefox3 (not compatible with some stuff I use, perfectly happy with the current setup, etc.). Are there some good reasons why I *do* need it?

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[bkdelong.livejournal.com]

Not that I can tell as of yet. I am very bummed that they removed support for Google Browser Sync. They better get their act together with Weave. I'd wait for the next release or for your extensions to catch up.

[barberio.livejournal.com]

It's not so much 'removed' as they made large changes to how it stores bookmarks, and Google haven't made any effort to update their extension to work with it.

[barberio.livejournal.com]

You might be interested in http://www.webmynd.com/html/

[varjohaltia.livejournal.com]

I did give it a short whirl yesterday. It's a lot faster, and I'm hoping it leaks less memory. That being said, I'm not going to switch for my daily use until there's something to replace Google Browser Sync, because I rely on that a lot too.

[orb2069.livejournal.com]

How about Foxmarks? It offers a lot more control than GBS.

[varjohaltia.livejournal.com]

Alas, it only syncs bookmarks, not passwords, history or cookies. Bookmarks are the easy part, passwords and cookies are the harder one, and the one I specifically rely on. Google did it in a way that I found acceptable, where I enter an encryption key and they only ever store encrypted content for me, so Google doesn't have access to it.

Rumor has it that Weave will do this eventually, but so far it looks quite sketchy.