Web development is changing. For years, we've relied on Flash for video, complex JavaScript for storage, and plugins for advanced graphics. HTML5 is changing all that.
HTML5 isn't just the next version of HTML – it's a collection of new standards that bring native capabilities to browsers. Video without Flash. Graphics without Canvas. Storage without cookies. It's the biggest shift in web development since CSS.
Mozilla has just rebranded their Weave add-on as Firefox Sync, and I've been using it for the past few weeks. This is exactly what I've been waiting for: the ability to continue my Firefox session from one place to another without losing context.
How many times have you left your computer at work running or hibernated because you had dozens of important tabs open and couldn't bear to lose them? Or needed to access a password you'd saved at home while you were traveling? Or wished you could see your work browsing history when you got home?