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* A Firefox user with multiple devices (desktop or mobile) who wants to have their awesomebar and passwords available on all of their devices. | * A Firefox user with multiple devices (desktop or mobile) who wants to have their awesomebar and passwords available on all of their devices. | ||
** Suleta uses Firefox on her Windows XP laptop and just installed Firefox on her brand new Galaxy S III smartphone. She really appreciates the Firefox awesomebar experience and Firefox's saved logins. Both of those features would be even more valuable on her smartphone where typing URLs and passwords is a real PITA. With Firefox's NextGen Sync, all she has to do is log in to her Firefox on XP (creating a Firefox account in the process) and then log in to her Firefox on Android and all of her valuable Firefox settings and data are immediately pushed to her phone. | |||
* A Firefox user setting up a new/replacement device wants to get up and running with their full Firefox experience as fast as possible. | * A Firefox user setting up a new/replacement device wants to get up and running with their full Firefox experience as fast as possible. | ||
** Yaholo dropped his shiny new retina Macbook Pro out of a third story window and the Geniuses at Apple gave him a brand new one. Unfortunately, they weren't able to rescue the data off of his shattered SSD so he's back to square one. With Firefox's NextGen Sync, he doesn't have to worry because he knows that as soon as he downloads the latest version of Firefox and logs in to it, all his settings and data are magically restored. | |||
* A Firefox user who wants to back up their data easily and safely, and only has a single device. | * A Firefox user who wants to back up their data easily and safely, and only has a single device. | ||
** Nadie lives in her Android Firefox browser. It's her connection to the outside world. She values the information that Firefox has helped her gather over the last 7 years and fears that if it were ever lost, her life would be over. Having logged in to Firefox's sync and back up service, she surfs the web with confidence and piece of mind knowing that all of her Firefox data and settings live in a reliable Mozilla cloud instead of her local machine and that even if she loses her Firefox login credentials, she can still get her most important data and settings back. | |||
* A Firefox user who wants to have the option of secure syncing between devices, using a strong key they manage themselves. (Parity with/comparisons to Chrome Sync, OS X Lion DiskVault). | * A Firefox user who wants to have the option of secure syncing between devices, using a strong key they manage themselves. (Parity with/comparisons to Chrome Sync, OS X Lion DiskVault). | ||
** Cochise, a Debian Linux Firefox user, puts security above almost all else. He would like to be able to sync his Firefox profile between his two desktop machines but he's afraid that someone somewhere will snoop on his surfing. Fortunately for Cochise, Firefox's trustworthy NextGen Sync system has an advanced option that allows him to encrypt his data so it's safe from prying eyes. | |||
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