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Extension Syncing...
Extension Syncing coming to an Edge Browser near you soon.... This might not be available to everyone that is using Version 82.0.424.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit)..... And a Testing this out we will goooooo....
Dennis5mile
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josh_bodner Elliot_Kirk This was working great on 3 PCs after the 424 update. Then it was turned off OTA on 1 PC and is still off on version Version 82.0.432.3 (Official Build) dev (64-bit) on the same PC What gives?
- Random experiments
davequail A friendly reminder that these Insider channels (Canary, Dev, and Beta) are "unstable" preview builds, so all features can be subject to iteration, testing, and improvement before they're ultimately either added to the Stable build or reevaluated. So, it is to be expected that some features or flags may be turned on at one point and then off at another! 🙂
Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
Ok, so, I install 2 new extensions on my main Canary system. I drag and drop them where I want them to be placed. I go to my other system and log in and wait for it to be synced. The extensions show up and they are in the same exact place I had placed them on my main system. Great! Syncing extensions works great right? Problem; I go to my other system and I delete those extensions because I really don't need them on that system. I come back to my main system and low and behold, they also got deleted from there!! I don't believe this should happen. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think this is Not good...
Dennis5mile
Dennis5mile wrote:Ok, so, I install 2 new extensions on my main Canary system. I drag and drop them where I want them to be placed. I go to my other system and log in and wait for it to be synced. The extensions show up and they are in the same exact place I had placed them on my main system. Great! Syncing extensions works great right? Problem; I go to my other system and I delete those extensions because I really don't need them on that system. I come back to my main system and low and behold, they also got deleted from there!! I don't believe this should happen. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think this is Not good...
Dennis5mileMy thoughts on how to get by this deleting extensions on one system and they get deleted on all your systems...
What if we had a button ">" next to the sync option, that would either bring up a popup or another page with a list of all your extensions you have currently installed on your main account. And next to each extension is a tic box and whatever extension you want to be synced you would tic that box and it will get synced to all your PC/Laptops or what have you that you are logged into.
And maybe another little area where you could have a choice of
a- delete/uninstall (extensionname) from this pc
b- delete/uninstall (extensionname) from all pc's...
Now you have a choice of either installing all extensions to all your pc's or just certain ones and you have a choice to delete/uninstall an extension from all pc's or just from the one you are currently on...
just a rough 20centsworth of thought on the subject of syncing extensions...
Dennis5mile
today I clean installed Edge canary and I see extension sync is now activated
Version 82.0.439.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit)
Extension syncing. Ok, I installed Canary latest version on another system of mine made sure all syncing options were on. The 7 extensions I have from this system synced perfectly with no problems at all. They even synced in the same exact order and position I have them here on this system. Other than logging into some of them like lastpass, office ext.. Which would be natural, I had to open the settings page for AdGuard and Ublock Original and reset them... Extension syncing for me went perfectly with no problems...
Dennis5milep.s. I did already send feedback on my results...
- Were they all from Microsoft add-on store or Chrome extension store too?
- Just AdGuard from chrome store, which I am changing to MS store now that they have it...
Dennis5mile
Dennis5mile How I can enable it? or it's server side?
- Yes it is server side. there is no flag or option to enable it. it's part of the Controlled feature Rollout program where Microsoft hand picks some Edge installations and actives certain features on them. user has pretty much no control over that area.
Other news websites saw this post and wrote articles about it and also gave credit by mentioning the link to this topic, Good job eagle eye 😉
Edit: found more
- Well, Blush.... lol
Thanks for the post and links... Windows Central is the only one that actually used my name.. lol.. Have you received the extension sync yet?
Dennis5mile- Awee..
uh me neither, hopefully in next build, have you tested it with Chrome store extensions and Microsoft extensions together?
- Ah thank god they didn't postpone it to the next month. I still don't have it though
