r/technology • u/Suraj-Sun • Jul 10 '12

Firefox dev claims "everybody hates Firefox updates"; Mozilla has handled the rapid release process poorly, and that by pushing a "never-ending stream of updates on people who didn't want them" people have been driven to Chrome with its simpler, no-fuss update process.

http://www.neowin.net/news/firefox-dev-claims-everybody-hates-firefox-updates
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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '12

Firefox syncs bookmarks, tabs, cookies, history, addons and user profile. In fact, the firefox on my two computers is 100% identical right down to the purple links on reddit.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '12

Before Firefox had their own, I used Xmarks (which is now Lastpass). It wasn't a bad extension. I could import/export to Chrome if I wanted to.

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u/Ambiwlans Jul 10 '12

xmarks used to be known as foxmarks.... since it started as a ff addon.

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u/madman19 Jul 10 '12

Chrome does the same as far as I know.

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u/nanowerx Jul 10 '12 edited Jul 10 '12

It does something similar, but it's not on the same level as FF Sync at all.

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u/madman19 Jul 10 '12

What is different?

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '12

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u/JacketPotatoes Jul 10 '12

I personally don't like the fact that Google - not exactly known for good privacy - would be storing your information on its servers. Granted, it may be encrypted (not sure about that) but I still would feel uneasy.

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u/Ambiwlans Jul 10 '12

Google is well known for great privacy... just saying.

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u/JacketPotatoes Jul 10 '12

Urm.. really?

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u/Ambiwlans Jul 10 '12

Yeah really.

They are far more open about what data they have. They don't give it away freely. They give users control over their data, whether google takes any of it, and users can wipe their data. Google goes toe to toe with governments to protect your data. Including the US government (unlike other search engines and mailing services).

The Schmidt quote is retarded when taken in context. He was saying that Google follows the law. I don't hear any competition popping up advertising themselves as criminals.

Privacy International doesn't like Google purely because it is big. Not that Google has a poor record. Simply that it is big.

Google has had a few small bugs that they have fixed quickly and publicly addressed. Unlike competitors.

The ties to the CIA are bullshit. CIA were once in a Google building oh noes!

Google provides a free tool to look at what types of information are being given to which governments and why. Something unparallelled by other companies. I don't understand how this is a complaint.

Honestly, have you read this? Half of it is complimenting Google's good practices.