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* If thpu should need an Arc…John Hill
+- Re: If thou should need an Arc…Alan B
+* Re: If thpu should need an Arc… (was: If thpu should need an Arc???)Jaimie Vandenbergh
|`* Re: If thpu should need an Arc… (was: If thpuAlan B
| `* Re: If thpu should need an Arc…Andy H
|  `- Re: If thpu should need an Arc… (was: If thpu shouldAlan B
+* Re: If thpu should need an Arc… (was: If thpu should need an Arc???)TimH
|+- Re: If thou should need an Arc… (was: If thpu should need an Arc???)John Hill
|`* Re: If thpu should need an Arc…Alan B
| `* Re: If thpu should need an Arc…Mark Bestley
|  `- Re: If thpu should need an Arc…Alan B
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 by: John Hill - Sat, 29 Jul 2023 08:50 UTC

My son tells me that there is a new browser "Arc" for the Mac. He hasn't tried
it, he is very much a Windows man.

It is said to be "better than Chrome" but I don't use Chrome other than in an
emergency - Firefox on the Mac and Safarinon IOS devices.

It does not appear on the App Store, though there is a Mobile Companion on the
IOS store.

Have any of you tried it, and if so, what do you think of it? Is it for pro
browsing or amateurs like me?

John.

--
Lord, grant me the strength to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.

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 by: Alan B - Sat, 29 Jul 2023 08:57 UTC

John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> My son tells me that there is a new browser "Arc" for the Mac. He hasn't tried
> it, he is very much a Windows man.
>
> It is said to be "better than Chrome" but I don't use Chrome other than in an
> emergency - Firefox on the Mac and Safarinon IOS devices.
>
> It does not appear on the App Store, though there is a Mobile Companion on the
> IOS store.
>
> Have any of you tried it, and if so, what do you think of it? Is it for pro
> browsing or amateurs like me?

Gets a good write up from the Verge. Anything is better than Chrome. Might
try it out later.

<https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/25/23802843/arc-browser-mac-ios-waitlist-availability>

--
Cheers, Alan

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 by: Jaimie Vandenbergh - Sat, 29 Jul 2023 09:20 UTC

On 29 Jul 2023 at 09:50:26 BST, "John Hill" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

> My son tells me that there is a new browser "Arc" for the Mac. He hasn't tried
> it, he is very much a Windows man.
>
> It is said to be "better than Chrome" but I don't use Chrome other than in an
> emergency - Firefox on the Mac and Safarinon IOS devices.
>
> It does not appear on the App Store, though there is a Mobile Companion on the
> IOS store.
>
> Have any of you tried it, and if so, what do you think of it? Is it for pro
> browsing or amateurs like me?
>

It seems nice. It has a good tabbing system that I appreciate, nice
clean UI, compatibility hasn't caused me any issues.

Hasn't yet knocked me off my comfortable Firefox setup, but looks much
nicer than it :)

Cheers - Jaimie
--
"It's made of people?"
"There's already a drink like that - Soylent Cola."
"How does it taste?"
"It varies from person to person." -- Fry and Leela

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 by: Alan B - Sat, 29 Jul 2023 09:44 UTC

On 2023-07-29, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> wrote:
> On 29 Jul 2023 at 09:50:26 BST, "John Hill" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> My son tells me that there is a new browser "Arc" for the Mac. He hasn't tried
>> it, he is very much a Windows man.
>>
>> It is said to be "better than Chrome" but I don't use Chrome other than in an
>> emergency - Firefox on the Mac and Safarinon IOS devices.
>>
>> It does not appear on the App Store, though there is a Mobile Companion on the
>> IOS store.
>>
>> Have any of you tried it, and if so, what do you think of it? Is it for pro
>> browsing or amateurs like me?
>>
>
> It seems nice. It has a good tabbing system that I appreciate, nice
> clean UI, compatibility hasn't caused me any issues.
>
> Hasn't yet knocked me off my comfortable Firefox setup, but looks much
> nicer than it :)

Just installed it - not sure I like having to do everything via the
sidebar. I need to play with it for a few days before casting a final
verdict.

--
Cheers, Alan

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 by: TimH - Sat, 29 Jul 2023 12:57 UTC

On 29 Jul 2023 at 09:50:26 BST, "John Hill" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> My son tells me that there is a new browser "Arc" for the Mac. He hasn't tried
> it, he is very much a Windows man.
>
> It is said to be "better than Chrome" but I don't use Chrome other than in an
> emergency - Firefox on the Mac and Safarinon IOS devices.
>
> It does not appear on the App Store, though there is a Mobile Companion on the
> IOS store.
>
> Have any of you tried it, and if so, what do you think of it? Is it for pro
> browsing or amateurs like me?

I haven't tried it, but Adam Engst has a lengthy review in Tidbits; I think
it's safe to say he likes it:

https://tidbits.com/2023/05/01/arc-will-change-the-way-you-work-on-the-web/
--
TimH
pull tooth to reply by email

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 by: John Hill - Sat, 29 Jul 2023 16:37 UTC

On 29 Jul 2023 at 13:57:32 BST, "TimH" <thnews@poboxmolar.com.invalid> wrote:

> On 29 Jul 2023 at 09:50:26 BST, "John Hill" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> My son tells me that there is a new browser "Arc" for the Mac. He hasn't tried
>> it, he is very much a Windows man.
>>
>> It is said to be "better than Chrome" but I don't use Chrome other than in an
>> emergency - Firefox on the Mac and Safarinon IOS devices.
>>
>> It does not appear on the App Store, though there is a Mobile Companion on the
>> IOS store.
>>
>> Have any of you tried it, and if so, what do you think of it? Is it for pro
>> browsing or amateurs like me?
>
> I haven't tried it, but Adam Engst has a lengthy review in Tidbits; I think
> it's safe to say he likes it:
>
> https://tidbits.com/2023/05/01/arc-will-change-the-way-you-work-on-the-web/

I'm glad you posted that!

Lengthy indeed; I read about four fifths of it and then gave up, exhausted.
But I did very much get the overall impression that
1) it is VERY different from the other browsers we are used to, which deep
down are all much the same (but with different frills and furbelows),
2) It is more suited to the power users of the internet than to amateurs like
me and
3) I would have to climb a pretty steep learning curve to make proper use of
it.

That said, I'll still install it and have a play. Don't expect feedback any
time soon!

John.

P.S. Sorry for the typo in the subject as originally posted. Thanks, Martin,
for spotting it!

--
Mony a mickle maks a muckle.

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 by: Alan B - Sun, 30 Jul 2023 10:28 UTC

TimH <thnews@poboxmolar.com.invalid> wrote:
> On 29 Jul 2023 at 09:50:26 BST, "John Hill" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> My son tells me that there is a new browser "Arc" for the Mac. He hasn't tried
>> it, he is very much a Windows man.
>>
>> It is said to be "better than Chrome" but I don't use Chrome other than in an
>> emergency - Firefox on the Mac and Safarinon IOS devices.
>>
>> It does not appear on the App Store, though there is a Mobile Companion on the
>> IOS store.
>>
>> Have any of you tried it, and if so, what do you think of it? Is it for pro
>> browsing or amateurs like me?
>
> I haven't tried it, but Adam Engst has a lengthy review in Tidbits; I think
> it's safe to say he likes it:
>
> https://tidbits.com/2023/05/01/arc-will-change-the-way-you-work-on-the-web/

Now trying out the iOS version - looks promising so far. Navigating through
my rather busy Bookmarks Bar seems easier than other non Safari browsers.
Each to one’s own of course.

--
Cheers, Alan

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Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
> On 2023-07-29, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> wrote:
>> On 29 Jul 2023 at 09:50:26 BST, "John Hill" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> My son tells me that there is a new browser "Arc" for the Mac. He hasn't tried
>>> it, he is very much a Windows man.
>>>
>>> It is said to be "better than Chrome" but I don't use Chrome other than in an
>>> emergency - Firefox on the Mac and Safarinon IOS devices.
>>>
>>> It does not appear on the App Store, though there is a Mobile Companion on the
>>> IOS store.
>>>
>>> Have any of you tried it, and if so, what do you think of it? Is it for pro
>>> browsing or amateurs like me?
>>>
>>
>> It seems nice. It has a good tabbing system that I appreciate, nice
>> clean UI, compatibility hasn't caused me any issues.
>>
>> Hasn't yet knocked me off my comfortable Firefox setup, but looks much
>> nicer than it :)
>
> Just installed it - not sure I like having to do everything via the
> sidebar. I need to play with it for a few days before casting a final
> verdict.

Just had a quick look here too. Not sure about it right now.

For one, it needs a separate Password store on the desktop version, but
uses iOS keychain on mobiles. Messy there.

Likewise with everything stuck in the sidebar, feels cramped to me. And why
stick a Twitter link there when I didn’t select it as one of my default
favourites? Don’t want that at all, and too much reliance on things like
Google (don’t really want that either).

The iPad version if poor, and lazy IMHO, it’s just a blown up iPhone
version.

Overall I feel it’s fixing stuff that wasn’t broken for most people.

To be honest, all that fluffy stuff about cool ways to organise things has
never appealed to me, as long as the websites load properly and work as
they should, that’s what matters to me (function over form I guess).

--
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On Tue, 1 Aug 2023 09:51:34 -0000 (UTC), Andy H wrote:

> Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2023-07-29, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> wrote:
>>> On 29 Jul 2023 at 09:50:26 BST, "John Hill" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> My son tells me that there is a new browser "Arc" for the Mac. He
>>>> hasn't tried it, he is very much a Windows man.
>>>>
>>>> It is said to be "better than Chrome" but I don't use Chrome other
>>>> than in an emergency - Firefox on the Mac and Safarinon IOS devices.
>>>>
>>>> It does not appear on the App Store, though there is a Mobile
>>>> Companion on the IOS store.
>>>>
>>>> Have any of you tried it, and if so, what do you think of it? Is it
>>>> for pro browsing or amateurs like me?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> It seems nice. It has a good tabbing system that I appreciate, nice
>>> clean UI, compatibility hasn't caused me any issues.
>>>
>>> Hasn't yet knocked me off my comfortable Firefox setup, but looks much
>>> nicer than it :)
>>
>> Just installed it - not sure I like having to do everything via the
>> sidebar. I need to play with it for a few days before casting a final
>> verdict.
>
> Just had a quick look here too. Not sure about it right now.
>
> For one, it needs a separate Password store on the desktop version, but
> uses iOS keychain on mobiles. Messy there.
>
> Likewise with everything stuck in the sidebar, feels cramped to me. And
> why stick a Twitter link there when I didn’t select it as one of my
> default favourites? Don’t want that at all, and too much reliance on
> things like Google (don’t really want that either).
>
> The iPad version if poor, and lazy IMHO, it’s just a blown up iPhone
> version.

Doesn't even fill the screen properly.

>
> Overall I feel it’s fixing stuff that wasn’t broken for most people.
>
> To be honest, all that fluffy stuff about cool ways to organise things
> has never appealed to me, as long as the websites load properly and work
> as they should, that’s what matters to me (function over form I guess).

I'm going to keep it installed for now and may even provide some feedback.
In the meantime I'll stick to Safari and Brave as my main browsers.

--
Cheers, Alan

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 by: Sn!pe - Tue, 1 Aug 2023 14:27 UTC

John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> My son tells me that there is a new browser "Arc" for the Mac. He hasn't tried
> it, he is very much a Windows man.
>
> It is said to be "better than Chrome" but I don't use Chrome other than in an
> emergency - Firefox on the Mac and Safarinon IOS devices.
>
> It does not appear on the App Store, though there is a Mobile Companion on the
> IOS store.
>
> Have any of you tried it, and if so, what do you think of it? Is it for pro
> browsing or amateurs like me?
>
> John.

I like Arc enough that I have set it as my default browser while I
explore it further. The main irritation so far is that I haven't been
able to make it work automatically with the MacOS Keychain.

Otherwise: I like being able to split windows into multiple views.
Arc is different enough to be interesting and it's good-looking too,
not to say cute.

--
^Ï^. – Sn!pe – <https://youtu.be/_kqytf31a8E>

My pet rock Gordon just is.

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 by: Alan B - Tue, 1 Aug 2023 14:55 UTC

Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:
> John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> My son tells me that there is a new browser "Arc" for the Mac. He hasn't tried
>> it, he is very much a Windows man.
>>
>> It is said to be "better than Chrome" but I don't use Chrome other than in an
>> emergency - Firefox on the Mac and Safarinon IOS devices.
>>
>> It does not appear on the App Store, though there is a Mobile Companion on the
>> IOS store.
>>
>> Have any of you tried it, and if so, what do you think of it? Is it for pro
>> browsing or amateurs like me?
>>
>> John.
>
> I like Arc enough that I have set it as my default browser while I
> explore it further.

I wish it would stop asking me if that’s what I want.

> The main irritation so far is that I haven't been
> able to make it work automatically with the MacOS Keychain.

That seems to be a common complaint. Perhaps it’s being worked on for the
next release.

> Otherwise: I like being able to split windows into multiple views.
> Arc is different enough to be interesting and it's good-looking too,
> not to say cute.

It’s certainly different but I’ll keep a watching brief for the time being.
Using mainly a small laptop screen I can’t really take advantage of
multiple views.

--
Cheers, Alan

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 by: Calum - Tue, 1 Aug 2023 19:01 UTC

On 29/07/2023 09:50, John Hill wrote:

> Have any of you tried it, and if so, what do you think of it? Is it for pro
> browsing or amateurs like me?

Haven't tried it, but one big red flag for me is that they still haven't
figured out how they're going to monetise it.

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On 1. Aug 2023 at 21:01:20 CEST, "Calum" <com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat>
wrote:

> Haven't tried it, but one big red flag for me is that they still haven't
> figured out how they're going to monetise it.

I guess: suck enough people into it and then sell their data.

Or: get bought by a big company which then sells the user´s data.

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 by: Mark Bestley - Sat, 5 Aug 2023 15:20 UTC

Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> writes:

> TimH <thnews@poboxmolar.com.invalid> wrote:
>> On 29 Jul 2023 at 09:50:26 BST, "John Hill" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> My son tells me that there is a new browser "Arc" for the Mac.
>>> He hasn't tried
>>> it, he is very much a Windows man.
>>>
>>> It is said to be "better than Chrome" but I don't use Chrome other than in an
>>> emergency - Firefox on the Mac and Safarinon IOS devices.
>>>
>>> It does not appear on the App Store, though there is a Mobile
>>> Companion on the
>>> IOS store.
>>>
>>> Have any of you tried it, and if so, what do you think of it? Is it for pro
>>> browsing or amateurs like me?
>>
>> I haven't tried it, but Adam Engst has a lengthy review in Tidbits; I think
>> it's safe to say he likes it:
>>
>> https://tidbits.com/2023/05/01/arc-will-change-the-way-you-work-on-the-web/
>
> Now trying out the iOS version - looks promising so far. Navigating through
> my rather busy Bookmarks Bar seems easier than other non Safari browsers.
> Each to one’s own of course.

The iOS version is not complete according to the CEO.

"It’s a companion app rather than a full-fledged browser, but it does at
least let you access some of the organization you’ve done on desktop."

from
<https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/27/23658863/arc-browser-iphone-ios-companion-app-mac>

--
Mark

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 by: Alan B - Sat, 5 Aug 2023 15:36 UTC

Mark Bestley <gnus@bestley.co.uk> wrote:
> Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> writes:
>
>> TimH <thnews@poboxmolar.com.invalid> wrote:
>>> On 29 Jul 2023 at 09:50:26 BST, "John Hill" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> My son tells me that there is a new browser "Arc" for the Mac.
>>>> He hasn't tried
>>>> it, he is very much a Windows man.
>>>>
>>>> It is said to be "better than Chrome" but I don't use Chrome other than in an
>>>> emergency - Firefox on the Mac and Safarinon IOS devices.
>>>>
>>>> It does not appear on the App Store, though there is a Mobile
>>>> Companion on the
>>>> IOS store.
>>>>
>>>> Have any of you tried it, and if so, what do you think of it? Is it for pro
>>>> browsing or amateurs like me?
>>>
>>> I haven't tried it, but Adam Engst has a lengthy review in Tidbits; I think
>>> it's safe to say he likes it:
>>>
>>> https://tidbits.com/2023/05/01/arc-will-change-the-way-you-work-on-the-web/
>>
>> Now trying out the iOS version - looks promising so far. Navigating through
>> my rather busy Bookmarks Bar seems easier than other non Safari browsers.
>> Each to one’s own of course.
>
> The iOS version is not complete according to the CEO.
>
> "It’s a companion app rather than a full-fledged browser, but it does at
> least let you access some of the organization you’ve done on desktop."
>
> from
> <https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/27/23658863/arc-browser-iphone-ios-companion-app-mac>

Yes of course it is a work in progress but it does show promise. As
mentioned above there are questions concerning its financing and handling
of users’ data. I still very much prefer Safari on iOS to Arc as things
stand currently.

--
Cheers, Alan

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From: arad.sha...@icloud.com (Georgemoody)
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 by: Georgemoody - Sun, 6 Aug 2023 20:15 UTC

On 1402-05-07 08:50:26 +0000, John Hill said:

> My son tells me that there is a new browser "Arc" for the Mac. He hasn't tried
> it, he is very much a Windows man.
>
> It is said to be "better than Chrome" but I don't use Chrome other than in an
> emergency - Firefox on the Mac and Safarinon IOS devices.
>
> It does not appear on the App Store, though there is a Mobile Companion on the
> IOS store.
>
> Have any of you tried it, and if so, what do you think of it? Is it for pro
> browsing or amateurs like me?
>
> John.

To me, it's fairly gimmicky, i'm fine with how browsers work these
days, but i suppose diversity is not a bad thing.

Any browser that uses Chromium though, i don't support. I don't like
Google's monopoly on web browsers and prefer to stay away from any that
use their stuff.

From what i've heard it needs an account as well, not just for
bookmarks and whatnot but just for using it as well, not a fan of that
either.

P.S.: Orion is a great browser if you ever need any extensions from
chrome or firefox, It's a webkit-based browser (Apple's browser engine)
but they have beta support for chrome and firefox extension and are
constantly updating any bugs and problems
--
I have no idea what I'm doing

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 by: John Hill - Mon, 7 Aug 2023 07:17 UTC

On 6 Aug 2023 at 21:15:38 BST, "Georgemoody" <arad.shafiei@icloud.com> wrote:

> From what i've heard it needs an account as well, not just for
> bookmarks and whatnot but just for using it as well, not a fan of that
> either.

This is true. But it's for synching Arc cross platforms. For Safari, you have
your Apple ID, for Firefox, you have to have a synch account. Chrome, I
suppose, uses your Google account.

But the significant difference is that with these you can use them in
isolation, whereas with Arc you HAVE to have an account.

I've been using it a few weeks now to see how I get on with it and on the
whole I rather like it. It's a very different approach in many ways to the
traditional browser, it's a Marmite situation.

I haven't been aware if any impact by Google even though it is the Chrome
engine. Maybe it's there but well concealed. I don't know.

One thing I do miss. Maybe it's there and I haven't found it? If I forget in
which Space I've put a bookmark, there seems to be no way of searching for it
through your entire setup. Something along the line of the output of
FindAnyFile would be nice, which would not only find it but also show where it
was.

John.

God made the integers; all else is the work of man.

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 by: Alan B - Mon, 7 Aug 2023 10:25 UTC

Georgemoody <arad.shafiei@icloud.com> wrote:

[snip]

> P.S.: Orion is a great browser if you ever need any extensions from
> chrome or firefox, It's a webkit-based browser (Apple's browser engine)
> but they have beta support for chrome and firefox extension and are
> constantly updating any bugs and problems

I hadn’t used Orion for a while on macOS - in fact I had deleted it! I’ve
now re-installed it and it made a complete mess of importing Safari’s
settings. I ended up with lots of duplicated bookmarks for instance. Maybe
that was due to having some existing Orion settings still present? Anyway
I’ve sorted things out now and it’s running well.

--
Cheers, Alan

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 by: Bernd Froehlich - Tue, 8 Aug 2023 06:45 UTC

On 7. Aug 2023 at 09:17:44 CEST, "John Hill" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

> for Firefox, you have to have a synch account

Nope. It´s definitely not mandatory.
Happy Firefox user without any Firefox-account here.

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Bernd Froehlich <befr@eaglesoft.de> writes:

> On 7. Aug 2023 at 09:17:44 CEST, "John Hill" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> for Firefox, you have to have a synch account
>
> Nope. It´s definitely not mandatory.
> Happy Firefox user without any Firefox-account here.
>
Agreed not needed but it is needed for Firefox sync.

--
Mark

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 by: John Hill - Tue, 8 Aug 2023 13:23 UTC

On 8 Aug 2023 at 07:45:42 BST, "Bernd Froehlich" <befr@eaglesoft.de> wrote:

> On 7. Aug 2023 at 09:17:44 CEST, "John Hill" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> for Firefox, you have to have a synch account
>
> Nope. It´s definitely not mandatory.
> Happy Firefox user without any Firefox-account here.

Perfectly true. If you re-read my post you'll see that you only need an
account to sync Firefox across devices.
--
Mony a mickle maks a muckle.

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 by: Alan B - Tue, 8 Aug 2023 13:45 UTC

John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On 8 Aug 2023 at 07:45:42 BST, "Bernd Froehlich" <befr@eaglesoft.de> wrote:
>
>> On 7. Aug 2023 at 09:17:44 CEST, "John Hill" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> for Firefox, you have to have a synch account
>>
>> Nope. It´s definitely not mandatory.
>> Happy Firefox user without any Firefox-account here.
>
> Perfectly true. If you re-read my post you'll see that you only need an
> account to sync Firefox across devices.

I use Firefox sync to keep things in step across my iDevices, macOS, Linux
and Windows systems.

--
Cheers, Alan

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