Mozilla Labs has released Weave 0.4, a prototype that encrypts and securely synchronizes the Firefox experience across multiple browsers, so that your desktop, laptop, and mobile phone can all work together. Weave Sync is the first prototype component in Weave. From what I read, Weave seems to be something similar to Xmarks (formerly Foxmarks). Here is what Weave can do, according to Mozilla Labs:
- Get the same results on the Smart Location Bar on each of your Firefox browsers, so you can get to your favorite sites with just a few keystrokes
- Continue what you were doing: have the ability to open any tab you have open on any of your Firefox browsers
- Keep the same list of bookmarks on all of your Firefox browsers
- Easily sign in to all your favorite sites using your saved passwords (this is especially handy on mobile phones, where it’s hard to type in complex passwords)
- Do it all securely: Weave Sync encrypts user data before uploading it to Mozilla’s servers, so that only you can access your data
Weave 0.4 has the following features:
- Preference syncing (including Personas)
- Identity support (automatic login, including use of OpenID logins)
- Better support for addons using Weave
- Support for Fennec 1.0 beta 2 on Maemo Linux
- Significant improvements in performance during startup and opening new windows.
To use Weave, you have to have Firefox 3.5. It won’t work with the current stable Firefox release.
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