Re: FF Sync Questions

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Perry
welcome to the cloud
? is it good
or
 ? is it bad
I know I am not helping but ? who holds the steering wheel. True answer is
 "You"

On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Perry Spiller <[email protected]> wrote:

>  Anyone use FF sync? Pro and con comments?
>
> Some one had a bad experience. See here.
> http://firefox_sync.en.softonic.com/opinion/unsafe-327266
> That major disaster aside, I wonder how syncing really works - in detail.
> By that, I can't be sure that -
> if I use FF sync - that when I turn on my laptop (with sync installed),
> that my recent bookmarks on my
> desktop will be wiped/over-ridden/replaced with the older ones on the
> laptop.
>
> I've done a lot of searching around and it seems to me that the
> information from the laptop will be added
> into the information on the FF sync server. But, let's say I've changed a
> password for a web forum access,
> when at my desktop. Then I turn on my laptop - still with the old password
> for that forum. How does
> FF sync avoid the dilemma of the new password created at/via the desktop
> being sync-replaced with the
> now redundant old one on the laptop?
>
> Lots of time spent searching around has not revealed any satisfactory
> answer[s].
>
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Perry=A0<div>welcome to the cloud</div><div>? is it good</div><div>or</div>=
<div>=A0? is it bad</div><div>I know I am not helping but ? who holds the s=
teering wheel. True answer is =A0&quot;You&quot;<br><br><div class=3D"gmail=
_quote">
On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Perry Spiller <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a hre=
f=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote=
:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-le=
ft:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">

<div>
Anyone use FF sync? Pro and con comments?<br><br>
<font size=3D"3">Some one had a bad experience. See here.
<a href=3D"http://firefox_sync.en.softonic.com/opinion/unsafe-327266" targe=
t=3D"_blank">
http://firefox_sync.en.softonic.com/opinion/unsafe-327266<br>
</a>That major disaster aside, I wonder how syncing really works - in
detail. By that, I can&#39;t be sure that -<br>
if I use FF sync - that when I turn on my laptop (with sync installed),
that my recent bookmarks on my<br>
desktop will be wiped/over-ridden/replaced with the older ones on the
laptop.<br>
=A0<br>
I&#39;ve done a lot of searching around and it seems to me that the
information from the laptop will be added<br>
into the information on the FF sync server. But, let&#39;s say I&#39;ve cha=
nged a
password for a web forum access,<br>
when at my desktop. Then I turn on my laptop - still with the old
password for that forum. How does<br>
FF sync avoid the dilemma of the new password created at/via the desktop
being sync-replaced with the<br>
now redundant old one on the laptop?<br>
=A0<br>
Lots of time spent searching around has not revealed any satisfactory
answer[s].<br>
</font></div>
<br>

<div>
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ru.cgi?id=3Dpspiller" target=3D"_blank">
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I use them for my web sites. <br><br>
How did I get an Internet address/domain name?<br>
I bought it from
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