Favorites Synchronization
With multiple browsers in use, the management of browser bookmarks/favorites can be an issue in terms of user experience. Users typically add favorites within different browsers but do not always recall which browser they were added to. Users may also add favorites within a browser even though the browser selected does not render the site or webpage correctly, resulting in poor user experience and loss of productivity. In addition, different browsers use different approaches to store bookmarks/favorites and this results in an inconsistent end user experience.
To assist with these challenges, Browser Manager provides capabilities around the management of browser bookmarks and favorites.
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The Favorites Synchronization feature enables administrators to provision default favorites to display within a specific browser. In addition, all specified (non-default) favorites can be synchronized between the different browsers. This ensures the same set of bookmarks/favorites are available to the user irrespective of the browser currently in use.
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User created preferences related to favorites are also retained. Properties such as the Icon Only option and the relevant favorites icon are also synchronized to provide a consistent browsing experience.
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Favorites Synchronization allows for a set of default favorites to be provisioned for each browser. These defaults do not synchronize across other browsers, and allow for a specific browser to be provisioned in cases where this is required.
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All user-created favorites are stored independently of the browsers. By default they are stored in the %AppData%\Ivanti\BrowserFavorites folder, along with their associated icons. This location can be changed to an alternative location as required.
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The Favorites Synchronization feature also has a read only mode where favorites or bookmarks from all browsers can be stored to a central location. These centrally stored favorites can then be deployed to a new environment to assist with migrations.