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Sync is very useful and should become even better when the new Profile Management System lands. However, there's still a few things that could be worked on. Real-life example: I have 2 PCs, one I use daily and one I use once in a while. Sync normally allows me to keep my bookmarks (among other stuff) up-to-date across both. But, if I log in to the first and apply changes to my bookmarks (say I delete some bookmarks), when I log in on the second a few days latter, sync merges the bookmarks across the two devices bringing back the bookmarks I had deleted. Something similar happens with Homepage. The way I see it, Sync needs to be more like git and could use at least a few options: One session / machine should be declared as main, Other sessions / machines are automatically branches, When logging in to an account, Firefox should ask whether to "keep the main", "update main based on current branch" or "merge the two" (like what it's doing currently), Doing so should display a summary of changes; this could be like git-diff per synced item (AI-generated summaries is another plausible venue nowadays I guess). Importantly, the summary should highlight which changes come from which session / machine and what are their timestamps, Possibly add a confirmation dialogue as a final step to avoid accidents. Functionality (3-5) could be exposed to the user as an option per-profile with some default parameters. ... View more

When using the Send tab to device function to send multiple tabs, their ordering changes upon arrival. The order should be kept. ... View more

I'd like to be able to keep the thunderbird settings, layouts, etc in sync across multiple systems (and ideally, mobile). ... View more

In my dynamics of organizing my favorite addresses I depend a lot on the date they were created, but when I need to import from other browsers or use the synchronization feature in case I start using a new device, this date remains with the date the import or synchronization occurred and not with the correct date of creation, what I suggest is that this creation date is preserved when importing from other browsers or during synchronization. ... View more

I would really like to sync the Manage Exceptions portion under the Browser Privacy-Cookies and Site Data headings. I have created an extensive list of sites I regularly visit and allow cookies to be stored, but I must manually keep list up to date between my different computers (Windows, Linux, Laptop).   ... View more

On some Computer My Thunderbird Profile is still the same as from the first version of Thunderbird from 2006. It contains a lot of strange files and is much larger than a new profile. Please develop a full migration of the Thunderbird profile into a new profile. Beside my I'm also Family admin of several PC with Thunderbird. Most of their Profile has the same age like my profile. It would be nice If I could migrate these profile as easy as possible. I do not wish to set up new mail clients  and may forget settings or add-ons.   I suggest following behavior. User do start a Profile migration Thunderbird requests some basics [x] Automatic cleanup - nothing get lost you currently use. [ ] Custom cleanup - remove some data you currently use but you do not need anymore. -> Add some requests If custom cleanup is active: list of add-ons, experimental settings, remove password list, etc. Create a new Profile Install all currently active add-ons Migrate all settings of Thunderbird Migrate all settings Thunderbird in the current Version is able to use Migrate accounts and also their mail filter rules Settings of migrated add-ons. Cleanup cached Mails Perform a Thunderbird start Migrate cached Mails -> May check ahead of the Migration if enough disk space is available Migrate requested Passwords. -> May ask for removing Password from the old profile If the whole migration was successful If every thing is successful and the next Thunderbird start was also successfully too, tar.xz the old Profile. ... View more

Right now, we can only open individual tabs from others. If I want to open all the tabs from my smartphone on my laptop, it's not doable. Following options will be very much convenient if it would be added. Open all tabs from another device transfer all tabs from another device close a tab on another device transfer a tab from another device ... View more

Hi, recently I just start to use Firefox...again. So, I notice Firefox already have the feature where user can register and login to sync their browser settings, but not all apparently. Please sync all settings once the user login to Firefox browser, like bookmarks, saved passwords, browsing history, browser appearances (light theme, dark theme, customized toolbar), so that when I use Firefox in another PC/laptop, I just need to login to my Firefox browser, and it will be appeared 100% exactly like the previous Firefox in my previous PC/laptop. Chrome does this, and I hope Firefox will too. ... View more

It would be great if the shortcuts created on Firefox’s home page could be saved and synced with Safari on the iPhone using the iCloud add-on. Currently, Safari on iPhone only syncs the bookmarks from the toolbar, but syncing Firefox home page shortcuts would be a useful feature for users who use both browsers across different devices. ... View more

It would be nice if I would not have to set up all my search engines and their short codes with every new installation but could sync them just like my add-ons and history. ... View more

It would be useful to bring back Firefox send.  As it would allow me to easily transfer files to my friends over the internet.  It would also be useful if it could tie into Thunderbird as a Filelink for sending files that are too large to be sent via email. ... View more

1. make it possible to synchronize the collections 2. give collections to Firefox desktop and make it synchronizable with Firefox mobile too.  Microsoft Edge offers both suggestions!    ... View more

Suggesting that all exception lists be added to the sync process. This would give consistent behavior across any device the account is using. ... View more

Story 1: I am one of the legion of people with dozens of tabs open on device A that I would love to read or otherwise process (read it, fill in the form, finally buy the shirt ...). They aren't worth bookmarking but I have to get to them someday. Later, while device B is in front of me, I have some time to process tabs. Using Firefox sync, I open a few of the tabs on A and do what I need to do. I am now done with these tabs, they no longer spark joy, and I can finally remove some clutter in the list of synced tabs and on device A. Story 2: Device A is a work computer where some tabs are useful only at work, but a dozen of them are shopping tabs I was browsing while on company time. I have time to finally pick a shirt and buy it at home, but the clutter of work-related tabs makes it hard to find the shopping tabs. I never want to see the work tabs on the computer at home--they're more clutter and some I can't even access outside of the work network--but I don't want to turn off sync entirely. Solution: First, allow me to remove items from the list of tabs hosted on device A displayed in the list of tabs on device B. For example, right-click on the tab in the list of synced tabs and select 'hide tab on this device'. Second, just as we can push an "open tab" request from one device to another, use the proposed right-click menu to push a "close tab" request. When I get back to device A at work tomorrow, I can accept the close tab requests, one at a time or all at once. Alternatively, I have an "open tab" option, but also a "steal tab" option. The steal (or transfer) option simultaneously opens that tab on device B and closes it on device A (or if that is technically not possible, sends a close tab request). ... View more

Introduce the possibility of synchronizing the extensions, not just the data configuration but the extensions themselves in such a way as to have them synchronized between various devices on Android  ... View more

This is similar to the Preview app in OSX. Firefox already allows annotations on demand to draw a signature on a PDF. The idea is to 1. Store the signature annotation and Sync it. 2. View stored signatures on devices and be able to select one to be used as a signature annotation. Optionally one could protect the signatures using the master password mechanism used to protect stored logins. ... View more

When I install firefox on a new device, I need to customize my toolbar every time and usually, I don't know exactly how I set it. It would be good if the toolbar settings can be saved in the account. ... View more

Firefox has reading list in IOS version but not in desktop version so where the reading list goes when I sync my devices ?, please add reading list to desktop version to access offline to websites without using pocket, like chrome 😐 ... View more

It would be beneficial to have the capability for profiles to synchronize across multiple computers. Specifically, I am interested in establishing distinct work, personal, and study/school profiles, each of which I would like to seamlessly synchronize across different instances of Firefox on various computers. This synchronization should include bookmarks, open tabs, browsing history, add-ons, and other relevant data. Additionally, the inclusion of an option to opt out of synchronization would be highly appreciated, especially in situations where I prefer not to have my personal profile synchronized with my work computer. All of these features should be accessible through a single Firefox account/login. And it should be easy to switch between profiles. And containerize them so they don't know about each other. ... View more