Re:Support for Hello discontinued in Firefox 49
by yaantc on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @07:47AM
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Can't you automatically get the same with Firefox Sync? And indeed, it seems to me the UI has changed recently. Anyway, if you have sync enabled on both desktop and device, you can see the other sync'd devices open tabs (if enabled, what you sync is configurable). From the desktop is from the hamburger menu, "Synced Tabs" icon. From Android, you now need to go to the history pane. The first line is "Synced Devices", press this to see other tabs and open any ones as needed.
So instead of explicitly selecting to send a tab to a device, just wait or force a sync (on Android: from the Settings sync page) if in a rush.
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Re:Support for Hello discontinued in Firefox 49
by tombrossman on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @08:32AM
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It's a bit of a crude workaround but that might work. My use-case is that I frequently browse to a site on my mobile and want to view it later on my desktop machine. I could do that with a couple clicks easily before. Now I will have to keep a bunch of tabs open on my mobile and remember to manually go and check for them when I'm back on the desktop.
Just one example, I would browse through my Twitter feed before going to sleep. Any interesting links from Twitter were sent to the desktop machine from the mobile. In the morning, I would start Firefox on the desktop and a bunch of new tabs would automatically pop open, which was great.
Re:Support for Hello discontinued in Firefox 49
by technofiend on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @08:45AM
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If you don't find it then consider Pushbullet, which has similar but improved functionality.
Re:Support for Hello discontinued in Firefox 49
by tombrossman on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @09:32AM
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Just checked the Pushbullet site intending to see if they support Linux and to review their privacy policies. "Sign in with Google" or "Sign in with Facebook" are the only options on their sign in page. It does look like a cool service but not at all aligned with my privacy and open-source concerns. Thanks anyway.
Re:Support for Hello discontinued in Firefox 49
by technofiend on Friday September 09, 2016 @10:14AM
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Blergh, sorry. I could have sworn they had an e-mail option. Sign in with Google does allow mirror of alerts (texts, hangouts, etc) from your Android device to others but if that's not in your comfort zone so be it.