Mozilla Weave is a great replacement for the – now defunct – Google browser Sync. Unfortunately, the folks over at Mozilla don’t think the project deserves a better infrastructure, since it’s still in alpha phase.
Leaving all of us with a product that just doesn’t work. In other words, Weave aint weaving jack.
Alas, there is a solution. In fact it’s so simple and quick, there no reason to wait. Weave connects to a WebDAV folder on their server, but in the add-on preferences in Firefox you can change that. Point it to a new WebDAV folder, and you’re done.
For those of us who don’t have access to WebDAV folders, there’s a company somewhere in Sweden, who happily provides us with free 2Gb’s of WebDAV brilliance. Hip-hip-hooray for MyDisk.se
Step by Step, oh baby… (sic)
- Goto mydisk.se and create a new account
- Follow the instructions there to connect your MyDisk account to your PC/Mac (click connect MyDisk)
- When connected, enter your MyDisk folder, and create a sub folder called “weave”
- Open the weave preferences, and under the advanced tab, change the server to “https://mydisk.se/username/weave/”
- Save and sync
You’ll need to change the server location parameter on all your weave add-ons (at home etc), but hey, it works!
Lightning fast, free and above all… it’s that simple! Start Syncing…
PS: Dear Mozilla, Weave is great but you don’t have a product yet. Until you do, we’ll piggy-back on MyDisk…
Oct 21st, 2008
01:57
Hosted Weave sync at Rage on Omnipotent said:
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