CloudServices/Sync/FxSync/Releases/0.2/Release Notes

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Weave 0.2 Release Notes

Release Date: June 30th, 2008

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.

Weave is the Mozilla Labs' project to develop a coherent framework and platform for deeply integrating online services with the browser. Our goals are to enhance the Firefox user experience, increase user control over personal information, and provide new opportunities for developers to build innovative online experiences.

This third milestone release is being made available for testing purposes only and will give you a taste of Weave, but there's still more to come, and much of what you'll see may still be a bit rough around the edges.

Please see below for an extensive list of features and enhancements found in this release, as well as known issues and frequently asked questions.

As always, we appreciate your feedback either through the Weave discussion forum or by filing a bug in Bugzilla.

Getting Weave 0.2

  • Go to http://services.mozilla.com/ and install the add-on. Restart Firefox.
  • The Weave setup wizard should start (if not, select 'Create Account' from the Weave preferences).
  • Even if you previously used Weave, you will need to create a new account with this version of Weave.

What's New in Weave 0.2

User Experience
  • Significant reworking of the startup experience, including a new Setup Wizard that performs account creation in chrome and allows for customization of settings.
  • Improved error detection and handling.
  • Notification dialog added to the status bar for displaying error, status and asynchronous events with or without required actions, e.g. authentication errors, notification of shares, etc.
Data Synchronization
  • Intelligent scheduler for synchronization to improve performance.
  • Expanded set of supported browser settings and metadata, including:
    • Bookmarks
    • Browsing History
    • Cookies
    • Saved Passwords
    • Saved Form Data
    • Tabs
Data Sharing
  • Initial framework for data sharing with XMPP-based notifications of shares.
Privacy And Security
  • Support for NSS, the crypto library used by Firefox.
  • End-to-end encryption, with support for secure sharing of data with a 3rd party.
  • RSA public/private keys, AES encryption.
Performance And Reliability
  • Support for retrying failed network operations.
  • New server format performs better when there are frequent changes (e.g., for history sync).

Known Issues

Setup Wizard does not always run on install.
If you have run Weave before, it's possible the Setup Wizard might not run and so you will be unable to successfully install this release. A workaround is to invoke the Setup Wizard manually by clicking on the Weave icon on your status bar (or in the Tools menu), and selecting the "Preferences..." option. Selecting the "Create an Account" button should launch the Setup Wizard.
Weave does not yet support OS X on PowerPC.
We do not have OS X/PPC support at this time, apologies for the inconvenience. The more adventurous might try building the extension from source, see Labs/Weave/Building.
Weave does not yet support 64-bit Linux distributions.
Installing a Firefox build from getfirefox.com might fix the problem as Mozilla builds are compiled as 32-bit binaries that are compatible with Weave.
Incompatibilities with certain Linux distributions.
Unfortunately, we're still tracking down the exact nature of the problem, see bug 442788 for more information.

Frequently Asked Questions

Please see the Weave FAQ.

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