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*Updated 9/3* Syncing in Microsoft Edge Preview Channels
Hi All,
We have rolled out a fix to the problem where clients were reporting error on sync. We expect an app restart should get the client back into a functional state for sync now. We so much appreciate your patience and willingness to help all this while. Apologies that it took us time to get this fix across to you. If you still see any errors, please submit using in-app feedback button (and drop me a private message so that we jump on it faster). Sincere thanks for working with us on building a better product.
Ankur
CC. @Mike_BNL , @DiggsMcGee , @bassoprofundo , @indospot , @Stephen Berard , @billbyrnes
So, should the settings I mentioned be synced or is there a bug?
"Addresses, phone, numbers, and more
Passwords
Show home button
New Tab Page > Custom layout
Allow sites to check if you have payment info saved
Site permissions
Camera
Microphone
Motion or light sensors
Handlers
Downloads
Ask where to save each file before downloading"
I think, you can pretty much check for yourself - edge://sync-internals/
there you can see what exactly is synced. It's not convenient tho for basic users, but again, we all are part of beta testing, so it shouldn't be issue. (:
EDIT:
Alright, I was bored anyway.
This is what preferences sync contain:
Thanks for your reply. Well, I am a beta tester, but I am also a neophyte having never used Edge before the Canary version of Edge Chromium. I don't really understand what is described in your image. I don't know how these relate to individual settings. Are you saying that of all the settings these are the only ones that sync? I know that for me the show home button value didn't sync although it seems to be in the list you posted.
If Microsoft is going to have an option to sync settings I think most people are going to think this means that all settings are going to sync. To have only a subset sync is very misleading.
Bill
Deleted @Kailo_ NicolSD This (sync for settings) is really good discussion and feedback. We are still exploring the right behavior here but currently its a subset of preferences that sync. We acknowledge that this is leading to end user confusion and are looking into offering better transparency to end users.
One more clarification
- Form fill (addresses , phone, numbers etc) & Passwords should sync just fine. These are controlled by independent toggles on the sync settings page
- Can the settings sync also cover the custom flags set by users?
Kailo_ I checked the first two and they don't get sync between my Canary and Dev installations. Going down the list, passwords don't sync either, nor home page. Some of the others I can't check because there is either no data to check or I have already changed the settings to match between the two installations before.
