FEBE 7.0 and CLEO 5.0 wishlist

[cbaker_admin]

FEBE 7.0 will have a "Backup history" report that will list the backup destination directory, timestamp, and profile name. Would this work for you?

[milt2009]

[makondo]

I like using FEBE, thank you! But this one thing has been bugging me for a while now: it's recommended to clear your prefs with every update and yet, there's no option to save your settings to a location (Import/Export). So, every time ext. updates, we have to clear everything, restart and then set it all over again.
I'm pretty sure we had this conversation a few years ago and you explained it to me why it's needed in the first place (the settings clearing) but i just can't remember now and hope things have changed since then (?)
Could you please add Import/Export setting? TIA!

[cbaker_admin]

If the truth be told, it is not usually absolutely necessary to clear preferences after every update. If it does need to be done, it is normally only after upgrading a major version (i.e., v5.x to v6.x). The reason I suggest to do it on the after-install welcome splash page is twofold: (1) It may be required with that particular upgrade, and (2) It doesn't hurt to do it anyway.

Since FEBE has been translated into over 30 languages, it isn't really practical to change the text on the welcome page after every update.

Of course, you could always use to import/export the FEBE preferences

[qwwerty]

Hi. Firstly this is a great extension, so thanks.

I really like most of what FEBE does, but I would like to be able to keep an older backup. FEBE currently backs up my profile daily, and keeps the two most recent backups. But I would like to also keep an older backup (EG At least a month old), so if something breaks I have more time to catch it before I overwrite both files. Currently I have to remember to do this manually each month.

Secondly, the ability to schedule backups of different parts of my profile on different days would be nice. For example my extensions rarely change, so backing them up weekly or monthly would be fine. This would probably speed up FEBE, and would take up less space, or only backing them up when I add or remove one (not when they update) would also be great.

Finally, could you change how the Results page displays. I want to know that FEBE has run, but I find the result page intrusive. If you could have it display a message (like the "Do you want to remember this password?" thing) instead that would be great.

These are all just really little improvements, mostly me being picky. Thanks again for a great extension.

[justin]

PLEASE add support for other offsite file hosting providers or at minimum the option for FTP/SFTP/WebDAV hosts.

Box.net is okay, but I can't seem to keep my backups below 25MB.

Thanks,
Justin

[cbaker_admin]

@qwwerty:

FEBE will store backup for as long as you like. In FEBE Options > Directory, set "Minimum backup directories to keep" to whatever you like. Setting it to zero will keep the backups forever.

I've thought about adding different backup profiles but ultimately decided against it thinking it may be too complicated for the average user Perhaps I should revisit the idea and have an "Advanced" tab in options to allow the more esoteric features.

You can have the results page display in a detail or summary format in FEBE Options > Options > Display results page. I'll consider adding a third option for "Pop-up message" in a future release.

@justin:
If your WebDAV implementation assigns a drive letter, it an be used as a backup destination. For other options, see

[qwwerty]

Thanks for your reply.

I know that I can save lots of backups, but I would like to be able to store the two most recent and one older backup (just in case) without taking up to much disk room (more on my netbook, it only got a small ssd drive). As I said this is just me being really picky, and I'm already really happy with the extension as it is.

[cbaker_admin]

[dobeys]

Has there been any work in getting FEBE to work in SongBird yet.

Really like this application with Firefox and would like to have it in SongBird if possible.

[toy4fun]

From your FAQ - "FEBE can schedule a backup on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Of course, Firefox must be running for the backup to take place."
Couldn't FEBE run while Firefox is not? like a regular scheduled task?

Thanks,
Eyal

[cbaker_admin]

No ... FEBE depends upon code that is available only when Firefox is running. - as do most (if not all) Firefox extensions.

[ugoveri]

Hi there Chuck! Long time no see! Effectively all the development being done so far since the early ages is fine for me, so there was no need to say anything

For the wish list, don't know if anybody has said anything about that but, since in firefox 3.6 and up there can be personas themes installed, I would like to have the option to back them up in the future. If possible even in FEBE 6.

Anyway, continue the good work.

Best regards,

ugoveri (Hugo Veríssimo)

[cbaker_admin]

Thanks for the suggestion, Hugo. I will include it in the FEBE 7.0 release (if I can figure out where Personas are kept ...)

[Nyuszika7H]

Hi!
It would be very good if FEBE would backup my profile before installing, updating and uninstalling add-ons. This should be customized, e.g. to skip backup on updates. Firefox would install the add-on in the usual way, but when clicking Restart, FEBE would perform a backup, and maybe alert before it, like it does currently at startup/shutdown.

Another feature that I'd like to see in FEBE 7.0 that is providing custom names for directories, with or without timestamp, e.g.:

[FEBE 2010-04-28 13:55] Installed Tab Mix Plus
Installed Tab Mix Plus

And see the format in the example? I'd like to customize it like that using the php date() function.