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Drew1903
Silver Contributor
Dec 18, 2019

Now Turns On

Sync Collections now can be turned on in Canary Cheers, Drew
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HotCakeX
MVP
Dec 19, 2019

dvdwnd 

dvdwnd wrote:

HotCakeX Is Collections sync supposed to work now, though? A couple of weeks ago it was in fact working (and really fast too), even though Favorites sync was disabled. Today, Collections no longer sync in latest Canary.

And of course, Favorites are not syncing either. Is the browser going to launch on Jan 15 with all sync disabled? That would raise a few eyebrows.

 

That's right, the last thing Microsoft wants is bad first impression, because first impressions are important. not everyone are enthusiasts like us, majority of people want something to just work properly and they won't just wait for it to get good, they just switch browser. seen it lots of times by my eyes.

collection and collection sync is a big no for the first stable release, version 79.

but favorite syncing, which has been available since launch, must work.

 

I don't currently have Beta channel installed, but as far as i know, the favorite sync problem is only affecting Dev and Canary channels. the Beta (RC) channel shouldn't be affected by it.

 

if you have Beta please try it

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dvdwnd
Brass Contributor
Dec 19, 2019

HotCakeX Previously I only had the Beta on one PC, but I installed it on a second so I could see that sync is in fact working quite well there. After years of sync fiasco in Edge, it's quite comforting to see it working, although there are imperfections. Why, for instance, is it still disabled in the other channels?

I also noticed that the Tabs Set Aside folder wasn't syncing. Neither its contents nor its location relative other folders. The same goes for Favorites I move out of the Tabs Set Aside folder - they stay on the browser they were created on.

 

Edge has a lot to prove before I rely on it for storing links again, so every little thing makes me hesitate.

  • HotCakeX's avatar
    HotCakeX
    MVP
    Dec 19, 2019
    Microsoft must be testing something new for favorites syncing in Edge and they are doing it on Dev and Canary channels while keeping Beta channel stable until the experiments are finished and the result is ready and stable enough to be pushed to lower channels like Beta.

    Yeah Edge classic had its own sync servers and logic, they are creating the sync from the ground up for the new Edge
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      dvdwnd
      Brass Contributor
      Dec 19, 2019

      HotCakeX Heh, I just upgraded the Canary version (81.0.369.0) and got all of my hundreds of doubles back - both on Canary and Beta. Stuff I deleted long ago is now back. There is no sign of any attempt to merge doubles, as was mentioned in a blog post, but I have to resort to an extension to clean this up, but why should I bother? Deleted Favorites have always come back and multiplied so far, and why should it be different this time?

       

      It's 2019 and implementing Favorites sync is still a Hard Computer Science Problem.

       

      And there goes all hope that this mess will be fixed by January 15.