The latest Google Chrome beta build ushers in a great new feature: bookmark syncing. If you use various computers, or even just appreciate a cloud backup of your browser bookmarks, this feature will be a boon.
You can grab the new beta build 4.0.223.16 here, which also contains speed improvements by as much as 30% since the current stable release. For more information on how the bookmark sync works in the new build, head on past the break for an introductory video from the Google Chrome team.
Whether it's a laptop and desktop, machines at home and at work, or more than one machine in the house, it's a pain to try to keep them in sync - you inevitably don't have access to that one bookmark you're looking for no matter which machine you're on. That's undoubtedly the reason Xmarks syncing extensions was so popular in our "Favorite Firefox extensions" Lunchtime Poll.
The bookmark syncing feature actually debuted earlier in the developer version of the browser, but needed setting a command-line flag. Now that Google Chrome supports bookmarking sync natively - if only in beta - will any of you consider switching or perhaps just adding it to your browser arsenal?
Remember that for now, unluckily, this is only enabled in the Windows version of Chrome (Mac users are sadly still waiting for an official version). You'll also have to of course download the beta and also allow each computer individually for syncing, by choosing "Synchronize my bookmarks" from the Wrench menu.
