I suspect I'm not the only user who maintains multiple Firefox and Seamonkey profiles. Whatever the reason for doing so (i.e. to have profiles w/ few xpi's installed, some targeting web dev, some social b.s., separate e-mail config, another for... whatever), I find some quirks imposed by the otherwise groovy "Sync" bit.
Remarkably, I didn't recognize the global affect of Sync-- from Firefox to Seamonkey-- until I found myself forever tweaking my "Bookmarks bar", when it finally occurred to me that the changes to the toolbar items, and the arrangement thereof, was not mere manifestation of poo-brain[1] or simply as bookmarks used to be-- different in every browser. The madness into which I indulged, addictive, fervently chasing the dragon after so many unique www-browser invocations (Fox / Monkey, separate unique instances, many profiles); as imposed if by poltergeist, the continuing appearance of disarray-- after I'd ordered them-- finally came to a sensible resolve when I realized my efforts were my own undoing. It occurs to me now, perhaps the Sync users-- like "Opera Link" users preceding-- should be more challenged by some hurdles before Sync is activated, to allow Mozilla / add-on dev'rs opportunity to more forcibly impose fair warning of the implications of "Sync"-ing multiple profiles, browsers, etc. In short (right), what first confounded me, later seemed only nature; to be expected from /merging/ sources (never mind Sync is clearly in active development). Forgive me, for the above is not the primary topic I wished to present, but rather a preface to it. I wanted to acknowledge that I realize there are likely other users who maintain multiple profiles: I apologize if the following has already been covered, regarding Sync, and multiple profiles; seamonkey-sync/firefox-sync users. Due to Sync, which I so enthusiastically enabled, and configured across-the-board (without regret, for mozilla's model provides ample headroom, w/ the .json backups, etc), I find quite often the "Getting Started", along with "Most Visited 'smart bookmarks/ places'", and the RSS for "Latest Headlines" appear in my Bookmarks Toolbar. Considering the genius which I can only imagine must be employed to make the "Places" functional (smart bookmarks): why not configure Sync to exclude the "default" bookmarks from those accounts which have existed. Perhaps this isn't the best way to qualify the "problem". I reckon there is a more appropriate quality to impose as "criteria" for determining whether the "default" bookmarks are "Sync'd". I'll spare you the insult to your intelligence... uh.. or, wait-- is that my own?-- wishing to spare myself the humiliation of offering up any ideas. ha! best regards [1] http://goo.gl/pA0cB _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
