gHacks technology news » firefox backup http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:31:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Web Browser Backup Software FavBackup Updated http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/09/web-browser-backup-software-favbackup-updated/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/09/web-browser-backup-software-favbackup-updated/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:32:10 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=17113 FavBackup allowed Windows users to backup web browser specific settings. The program was easy to use and supported most major web browsers. Some things were not perfect like missing support for custom or multiple user profiles, portable browser support or the disk and computer memory usage during backup jobs. The developer of FavBackup has recently upgraded the backup software to version 2 which addresses most of the issues that users had with the software.

The jump to version 2 of the web browser backup software brings support for Opera 10 and Flock 2.5 (next to the already existing support for Internet Explorer 6 to Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 2.9 to Firefox 3.6, Google Chrome 1 to Google Chrome 4, Safari 3 and 4, Opera 9 and Flock 3). This should cover the most used web browsers in the Windows operating system.

One of the great additions in FavBackup 2 is support for portable web browsers. It is now possible to select a custom location for the user profile for Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome, Safari and Flock. It is furthermore possible to select any of the identified profiles of the supported web browsers directly.

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Other changes in this release are the new ribbon interface, a progress bar, different themes for the backup program, 40% less computer memory usage and minor bug fixes. The new additions make FavBackup 2 a recommended program for web browser backups, especially if multiple different web browsers are installed and used in a computing environment.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/09/web-browser-backup-software-favbackup-updated/feed/ 3 Add Trash To Firefox Bookmarks http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/28/add-trash-to-firefox-bookmarks/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/28/add-trash-to-firefox-bookmarks/#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:22:19 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=8583 Deleting bookmarks in Firefox will remove them permanently from the web browser. There is no going back which might sometimes end in chaos and desperation. Some users might feel more secure with some sort of backup to recover accidentally deleted bookmarks.

That’s where Bookmark Trash comes into play. It adds A Bookmark Trash folder to the root folder of the Firefox Bookmark’s folder. Every bookmark that gets deleted by the user after installing the Firefox add-on will be moved to the Bookmark Trash automatically instead of being deleted right away.

The user can therefor access those deleted bookmarks in the Bookmark Trash to recover them. The alternative would be to empty the trash regularly to remove the deleted bookmarks permanently from the system.

The extension is in experimental stage which means that users need to log into the Mozilla homepage to be able to download and install the add-on.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/28/add-trash-to-firefox-bookmarks/feed/ 4 Firefox Environment Backup Extension http://www.ghacks.net/2007/07/03/firefox-environment-backup-extension/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/07/03/firefox-environment-backup-extension/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:38:44 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/07/03/firefox-environment-backup-extension/ The Firefox Environment Backup Extension -short FEBE – offers a great and easy way to backup all Firefox settings, themes and extensions. I was looking for a way to synchronize all of my settings from my desktop computer to Firefox that was also installed on my notebook.

I first thought that I had to manually backup the profile, extensions and all other settings like cookies and move them from my desktop computer to my notebook. This would be a lot of work and I was hoping for a way to synchronize everything without doing all the manual work.

After installing Febe it is important to take a look at the options offered to define the directory that should store the backup of the settings and select all the elements that you want to backup. Febe offers the most comprehensive way to backup every aspect of Firefox, here is a list of possibilities:

Backup Extensions, Themes, Bookmarks, Preferences, Cookies, userChrome.css, userContent.css, usernames and passwords, phishing data, search plugins, browser and form fill history, permissions and user defined backups.

It is furthermore possible to schedule backups and create timestamped backups.

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The only thing that is really missing is a way to automatically sync data between several computers.

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