Chrome Sync, in particular, has kept many people using Chrome.
However, as good as Chrome Sync is, Firefox Sync is surprisingly better.
As time has gone on, though, I’ve had more than a few problems with Chrome Sync.
Some of the features simply don’t work like they should.
It ends up be more frustrating than convenient, which completely defeats the purpose.
That’s whya recent switch to Firefoxfelt like a breath of fresh air.
That’s the idea, at least.
The biggest problems I’ve had with Chrome Sync are history and tabs.
I was constantly having issues with Chrome being able to find things in my history from the address bar.
These were not pages I visited as a one-off, mind youthey appeared in my browsing history many times.
Chrome simply wouldn’t bring them up.
The Tab Syncing feature worked better, but I found it to be terribly laggy.
The idea is to pick up where you left off on a different rig.
Long story short, Chrome’s continuity features have felt lacking to me for a while.
However, they weren’t bad enough to be the reason I tried Firefox.
I wasn’t expecting Firefox Sync to be any better.
To be honest, I assumed these were just common web app annoyances.
It’s an easy process made even easier with scannable QR codes from Firefox on your mobile devices.
The magic of Firefox Sync doesn’t have anything to do with the core concept.
It’s essentially trying to do the same things as Chrome Sync.
In my experience, the big difference is it actually works.
Doesn’t matter if I’ve visited that page a hundred times or only once.
If it appears in my history, Firefox will show it to me.
That includes history from Firefox onallmy devices.
Tab Syncing is even better.
I didn’t have to wait for anything to sync or manually tap a button to make it happen.
To borrow a saying, “It just works.”
Truly, if you do a lot of switching between devices, you should give Firefox a try.
I didn’t switch to Firefox for syncing features, but it is what’s keeping me there.
