Actually, it does merge... ☆PhistucK
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 23:05, dhw <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually, if my understanding of bookmark sync is correct, that > behavior is exactly expected. > > Bookmark sync does not mean bookmark "merge" or "union". It does not > mean take all the different bookmarks from many Chrome browsers and > make a combined list of all the bookmarks. > > Rather, bookmark sync means keep the entire set of bookmarks in sync > and consistent between many Chrome browsers, including additions, > modifications, and deletions. > > In your case sh4Rkb8, it looks like you activated bookmark sync from > PC#1 first, which becomes the initial bookmark data which is synced to > all other Chrome's that sync to the same account. That is why PC#2 > got its bookmarks updated and synced to PC#1's bookmarks, including > deleting bookmarks for dell and at&t. Now if you further add dell and > at&t bookmarks to PC#2, you should see them automatically be added to > PC#1 as well. Again, I believe all this is expected behavior. > > On Dec 1, 8:03 am, sh4Rkb8 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does the bookmark sync feature also sync the bookmarks bar? I assume > > it does since the bar is just a directory within the bookmarks. But I > > notice that the Chrome browser on one PC seems to "override" the > > browser on another PC. > > > > Let's say (just for example) they're set up the following way: > > - PC#1 bookmark bar: google, yahoo, amazon, microsoft, apple > > - PC#2 bookmark bar: google, yahoo, amazon, dell, at&t > > > > After syncing, I would expect the bookmark bar on both PC's to match: > > - PC#1: google, yahoo, amazon, microsoft, apple, dell, at&t > > - PC#2: google, yahoo, amazon, microsoft, apple, dell, at&t > > > > However, what I get is PC#1 overriding PC#2: > > - PC#1: google, yahoo, amazon, microsoft, apple > > - PC#2: google, yahoo, amazon, microsoft, apple > > > > So, while both bookmark bars are, technically, "synced", one seems to > > override the other, and I lose my bookmarks from the second PC. > > > > I'm sure that sort of behavior is to be expected in the early versions > > of the feature, but I wanted to mention it in hopes that it gets fixed > > somewhere down the road. > > -- > Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] > View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: > http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss > -- Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss
