El GNOME project It has been working quite hard on its integration with various web services, and we already saw how well it has worked out with Google Drive. That is why it is not so surprising that they continue on that path and now they show us again the enormous usefulness of open APIs, in this case those of Mozilla since now there is initial support for Firefox Sync on GNOME Web.
For those who are not well aware, it is about the GNOME project official web browser, which was previously called Epiphany and which has always sought to offer a minimalist approach. Y Firefox Sync is a browser feature of Mozilla with which you can synchronize bookmarks, browsing history, passwords, extensions and open tabs between different sessions that we have open on various devices and platforms.
Not to get too excited, yes, since that is why we talked before about 'initial support' since as well they explain developers is not that we will be able to synchronize the tabs between the GNOME Web browser and Mozilla's, but that what they will do is rely on Firefox Sync technology to allow web users Synchronize your browsing history, bookmarks, and open tabs between different browser sessions from GNOME.
It is no small thing, and they are focused on continuing to add possibilities in the next versions. This is quite an interesting feature for users of this popular desktop. GNU / Linux, and was developed by Gabiel Ivascu during a Google Summer of Code carried out a few months ago, but that have not come to include in the recently launched GNOME 3.24 (which we were telling you about a couple of days ago here in Linux Adictos).
Things are pretty advanced according to Michael Catanzaro, one of the Web's top devs, and it's more than likely that we'll get to see them. up and running by the time GNOME Web / Epyphany 3.26 arrives.