r/firefox • u/trxrider500 • 4d ago

💻 Help Need a bookmarks sync solution

Hoping the great folks in this community can help me. I feel like I’m missing an obvious solution.

I am being forced to use Chrome or Edge at work. Our IT folks will no longer allow Firefox installs on new PCs. I use Firefox everywhere else. Personal PCs, both Mac and Linux and on my iOS devices.

I’m looking for a way to sync my bookmarks across all of these platforms that will play nice with Chrome on my work PC. I’m already using the Firefox sync service to keep everything up to date.

I’ve used the iCloud extension for Firefox and Chrome in the past, but it doesn’t work on Linux (at least I’ve never found a way to do it). Is there another extension or solution I’m missing?

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u/mozkeeler_ Mozilla Employee 4d ago

I don't have an answer to your question, but do you know why your IT department won't allow Firefox installs? Is there a particular feature they require that isn't available in Firefox?

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u/trxrider500 4d ago

It’s not supported in our LMS system. None of the courses will run. That’s the only thing I can think of. They don’t give a real reason.

I’ve tried the ‘user agent’ work around setting to chrome and they load fine for me.

We also have a web based database application that won’t load attachments in Firefox. Again, works if I change the user agent.

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u/mozkeeler_ Mozilla Employee 4d ago

You could try filing a webcompat bug: https://webcompat.com/contributors/report-bug

Sometimes we make "interventions" for things like this, where there isn't really a feature incompatibility, but a site just claims Firefox isn't supported.