Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Timeline Extension For Google Chrome (windowscentral.com)

Posted by msmash on from the marching-forward dept.

Microsoft has released an official Timeline extension for Google Chrome called "Web Activities" that brings Timeline integration to Google's web browser. From a report: Just like with Microsoft Edge, this new extension syncs web browsing activities with the Timeline feature on Windows 10, making it easier to pick up old activities and search through webpages you've visited recently. The extension is available now in the Chrome Web Store, and ties with your Microsoft Account.

5 of 39 comments (clear)

  1. The what? by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What is "Timeline"? I'm not a Microsoft connoisseur.

    --
    Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
    1. Re:The what? by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 2

      Even after reading the summary, I'm still wondering what it is.

      All I can understand is... it's what other browsers call "history"?

      --
      #DeleteFacebook
    2. Re:The what? by ElizabethGreene · · Score: 2

      With timeline I can start reading something on my PC and then switch over to my tablet to finish it. Or come back to something if I closed the window. I stumbled across the feature on my tablet over the weekend because (In Tablet mode) the timeline links show up on your start menu underneath your pinned stuff.

      It was handy, but I'm normally a Firefox user by habit so it's not of great use to me.

      Yes, it's very much like the browser history function, except that it can span devices (and now browsers).

      (I work for Microsoft as a DSE supporting unrelated technologies. This is not paid corporate shilling.)

  2. Farming your internet history... by dark.nebulae · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Since they can't gather the telemetry from folks not using their crappy browser and crappy search engine, they needed a way to grab it from the competitors.

    So here, install this extension to make your windows integration work better, yeah, that's the ticket.

    Meanwhile you're just handing over the data to M$ on top of everyone else...

  3. Just let us pick when to install updates by Solandri · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You wouldn't need to add a "Timeline" feature if your forced Win 10 updates weren't automatically rebooting computers overnight, closing millions of working apps and web pages without user consent. People only need help picking up where they left off because you're closing everything without their approval.