Bookmark syncing is an incredibly handy feature; it allows you to keep your bookmarks synchronized across as many computers as you want, saving the need to recreate them each time you use a new machine. Apple's Safari has this feature, though it requires you to buy a subscription to MobileMe, and Firefox has it in the form of an unofficial plug-in. Google, however, are going to take that one step further and give it official support by building it in to their browser, Chrome, itself. TechCrunch has the news, though the feature isn't quite ready for public use quite yet.The official Google Blog has an update on the feature, stating that as of today, it became available in the latest dev channel build. Tim Steele, a software engineer at Google, said on the blog, "Anytime you add or change a bookmark, your changes will be sent to the cloud and immediately broadcast to all other computers for which you've activated bookmark sync (using the same XMPP technology as Google Talk)." It uses your Google Account to store the bookmarks, and keep them by your Google Docs so they're handy to access. Keep in mind this isn't quite available on Chromium for Mac yet, but it should be shortly.
In order to get this working, launch Chrome with the "--enable-sync" command-line flag, and then you can set it up via the Tools menu. So, feel free to get the latest build of Chrome and try it out if you can't wait, but otherwise you can hold out until it's ready for public release, which will be fairly soon, no doubt.
Good to see Google are adding useful features though
There's a reason were happy to see the arrival of features in chrome which already exist in Opera. Namely; because we hate Opera.
There's a reason were happy to see the arrival of features in chrome which already exist in Opera. Namely; because we hate Opera.
Agreed. I hate Opera (The Company, the Browser and the Fanboys who call out 'Opera already has this' for everything)
There's a reason were happy to see the arrival of features in chrome which already exist in Opera. Namely; because we hate Opera.
Bloated, how so?
I find every feature useful (Except the torrent one you mentioned) and it has speeded up my surfing by way more then I could've imagined.
It didn't even take hours to get that set up, as I didn't need to search through craploads of plugins just to get what I consider basic features.
Also, what 18 levels of toolbars?
It's "customisable", way more so than both FireFox and Chrome combined.
The way I've set it up, it's even more minimalistic than Chrome.
At last, "and replaces my themes native widgets with it's own ugly ones".
What do you mean by that? As far as I know, a theme consists of colors and icons, whilst widgets works like plugins that adds additional features.
Can't see what they have to do with each other..
Edit: Oh yeah, they fixed the torrent being so intrusive some months ago.
It's "customisable", way more so than both FireFox and Chrome combined.
The way I've set it up, it's even more minimalistic than Chrome.
At last, "and replaces my themes native widgets with it's own ugly ones".
What do you mean by that? As far as I know, a theme consists of colors and icons, whilst widgets works like plugins that adds additional features.
Can't see what they have to do with each other..
Edit: Oh yeah, they fixed the torrent being so intrusive some months ago.
Last time I seriously used Opera I had to search high and wide to find a way to disable the file menu, and when I finally found a plugin to do it, it was pretty buggy. Chrome is fully functional with 1 row of toolbars (since the tab bar technically occupies the same space as the window border), I was never able to get anything like that with Opera.
By widgets I mean UI widgets (ie. buttons, checkboxes, scrollbars, etc). Even with the native theme it still looked out of place last I tried it.
And it's good to know they fixed the torrent thing. My annoyance with the browser deciding it's torrent client was superior to uTorrent is the main reason I first stopped using it. I'm sure I could have disabled it after digging through some settings but I couldn't be bothered.
Users have been able to hide the menu without the need for plugins for many years*, but unfortunately the option for it is hidden away in the keyboard shortcuts (you can set alt&F11 to toggle the menu show/hide). V10 has the option in the file menu at last.
*I remember doing it in v8, which was released in 2005. I'm not sure if it was there before that.
*I remember doing it in v8, which was released in 2005. I'm not sure if it was there before that.
In Opera 10, go to file and then check/uncheck "show menu bar". Its really that simple... lol.
There's a reason were happy to see the arrival of features in chrome which already exist in Opera. Namely; because we hate Opera.
Opera being 5.5 MB including mail, torrent, widgets, Opera sync, auto update... etc etc and Chrome being 11 MB and with what features... Im no fanboy, but its a bit harsh to say that Opera is the bloated one, no?
I know, that's why I said "V10 has the option in the file menu at last" :p
Also, from the looks of Chrome OS, they've probably added more under the hood for the OS rather than for the normal Windows client user.
Well, as for syncing and v4, I'm sure v4 will contain more features too. It's not the last build - it's the first build, and a very early developer build at that. Kind of like a Google Chrome 4.0 Alpha. So it'll likely have more features.
What's still surprising me is that I don't think v3 is good enough yet.
Also, from the looks of Chrome OS, they've probably added more under the hood for the OS rather than for the normal Windows client user.
Agreed. Seems like they are very eager to up the version numbers
theyre doing it better than the others so far
no one is really innovating that much atm
Any help would be appreciated
it's for me...
it's for me...
Bro I successfully navigated to the folders you suggested and ended up with chrome.exe but i don't know what you meant by "enable - sync". If I right click on the chrome.exe i still don't see an 'enable sync' option. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong. Could you be more specific? After navigating to User>Your name>AppData>Local>Google>Chrome>Application>Chrome.exe what should I do next?
Appreciate your reply
it's for me...
Bro I successfully navigated to the folders you suggested and ended up with chrome.exe but i don't know what you meant by "enable - sync". If I right click on the chrome.exe i still don't see an 'enable sync' option. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong. Could you be more specific? After navigating to User>Your name>AppData>Local>Google>Chrome>Application>Chrome.exe what should I do next?
Appreciate your reply
Your name is Faisal too?
http://download.live.com/toolbar
"C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --enable-sync
Notice the empty space between " and --enable-sync; it is " --enable-sync and not "--enable-sync.
Put that addition into the shortcut's Target: directory for Chrome.
I added my account details into chrome..now that "syncing" is on, does this mean that:
1. All my CURRENT google bookmarks will be visible/accessible from chrome,
OR
2. Everytime I bookmark a new webpage while browsing from chrome, it will be added to my google bookmarks account.
According to: This blog it will do just that... Here is a quote from that site:
"To activate this feature, launch Google Chrome with the --enable-sync command-line flag. Once you set up sync from the Tools menu, Chrome will then upload and store your bookmarks in your Google Account. Anytime you add or change a bookmark, your changes will be sent to the cloud and immediately broadcast to all other computers for which you've activated bookmark sync (using the same XMPP technology as Google Talk)."
Personally I haven't used this much or experimented with it a whole lot... so I am too learning as I go...
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