I'm very happy with Firefox Sync and the possibility to work with all my info replicated between machines. Very useful. If I may say, please, don't remove it.
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 1:47 PM, Loic J. Duros <[email protected]> wrote: > > One thing that is sure is that you won't see the marketing > information. I'm not yet sure at this point what we'll do for the > Firefox Sync feature. Someone would have to test a custom server and see > if it is still working. Keeping the old sync functionality alive sounds > like a headache. > > I for one don't consider Firefox Sync to be a very important feature for > my browsing experience. The question is, is it to some IceCat users? > Maybe someone here can share her/his experience with Sync. > > Thanks, > > Loic > > Jonas Wielicki <[email protected]> writes: > > > Dear Icecat team, > > > > I wonder what your plans are regarding the new sync feature of mozilla > > firefox, which will have impact from firefox 29 onwards (discussion is > > e.g. here[1]). > > > > I feel that this "feature" severely limits the freedom of the user; One > > seems to be forced to mozillas services, they even state that they have > > not much intention to allow custom servers: > > > >> * In general, Custom Server support for FxA Sync in Fx29 be somewhere > >> between a "non-goal" and "best effort" > >> * If you're already connected to Sync, then in Fx29, your set up > >> should continue to work. > >> * Otherwise, it is subject to other above restrictions for Legacy > >> Sync users. > >> * Custom servers should in theory be possible with FxA Sync, but with > >> a different architecture (Token server + Sync 1.5). > > (from [2]) > > > > Do you intend to take that feature as is, disable sync completely or > > will you keep the old sync functionality alive? > > > > regards, > > Jonas Wielicki > > > > [1]: https://github.com/posativ/weave-minimal/issues/26 > > [2]: > > > https://wiki.mozilla.org/User_Services/Sync/Transition_To_FxA_Sync#Custom_Servers > > > > -- > > http://gnuzilla.gnu.org > > -- > http://gnuzilla.gnu.org > -- Joan Figueras
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