Weave is an experimental prototype from Mozilla Labs that integrates online services with Firefox.
“As the Web continues to evolve and more of our lives move online, we believe that Web browsers like Firefox can and should do more to broker rich experiences while increasing user control over their data and personal information.”
Seems nice. But I’m pretty sure that I would not store all my passwords on the cloud in a service like this. But to store bookmarks, history, cookies (excluding the authentication ones) and tabs is pretty useful. I tried this service today, and it was toooo slow. I’ll way for a more efficient version of this experimental software.
I would prefer a browser independent solution, but that is too much to ask. Nevertheless it may be nice in the future. Meanwhile I’ll keep using Windows Live Favorites. If I used Internet Explorer as my main browser, it would be perfect, but it will have to do.
So, deny the possibility of storing authentication on “the cloud”, even though that cloud can be your own personal server*, but accede to give your personal preference data on a platter to a service that is inherently centralized and completely dependent on a single commercial entity.
Consistent.
*
Forgot to mention: that was quoted from here.
Also, I’m totally going to use this, with my own server, of course.
Even thought my trust for the guys at mozzilla is greater than that of the backstabbers at Microsoft by at least five orders of magnitude.
That is to say, I wouldn’t store anything at MS without passing it through a bit of AES-256 first.
Thanks for bringing this into my attention, by the way.