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Extension Syncing...
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...
Dennis5mile
My 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)
- Oh, Great... Let me know how it tests out for you. See if you get the same results I got....
Dennis5mile- It's working great so far, I tested it with ublock origin from chrome web store
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/fixed-add-support-for-ublock-origin-cloud-sync-in-edge-insider/m-p/993024/
about extension deletion that you mentioned, it's an expected result. sync is 2 ways, when you add an extension on a device, you want it to be added to other devices, when you delete an extension, you want it to be deleted from other devices too. that's how sync works in every program I've used.
