Hi Nic. I wouldn't use Dropbox instead but additionally. iCloud is the standard for synching user properties and settings across OS X and iOS devices. Most people if not all using OS X or iOS already have an iCloud account. Many people do not have a Dropbox account and this shouldn't be a requirement. Is it possible to store a larger content on iCloud like personal commentary modules. Well, they may not get that large but what's the iCloud limit?
Manfred Am 12.02.2013 um 08:17 schrieb Nic Carter <niccar...@mac.com>: > > Hi team, > > I think I may have mentioned this in the past, but I'm almost ready to go, > and so have a few comments/questions about personal commentaries. > > Different front-ends do things differently, but there is the Personal > Commentary module that we can use for the user to write their own notes to. > This is stored as a "normal module", stored in the usual modules location > (or, at least, some "usual" location on the local filesystem). > PocketSword currently doesn't support the Personal Commentary module due to > the fact that I haven't written any UI by which the user can write to it. > > However, once the user can write notes, they must be able to sync. Right now > users can have an iPhone and an iPad & have PocketSword on both & ideally any > user created content should be sync'd across both. > [In fact, I received yet another user email about this earlier today.] > > The next version of PS (almost out of beta) will sync Bible browsing history > across devices via iCloud. > For the version following I was planning on adding sync of Bookmarks via > iCloud as well. > However, Dropbox have recently released an API for iOS (& Android) for native > sync: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/sync > So I am looking into sync of bookmarks via Dropbox instead. > This way I am not limiting a user's data to Apple products only, and sync is > possible with other front-ends, if there was any desire for that to happen > from other front-end developers. > > And this then presents an idea of having user notes/Personal Commentary > located on Dropbox. I am not sure how well the SWORD module format would > function over a remote filesystem, and so I am putting this thought out there > for comments from others. > > > So, my proposal is for real-time sync of bookmarks & user notes across > front-ends via Dropbox. > > > Thanks heaps, ybic > nic... :) > > > > > > > [Aside: Dropbox comes with plenty of space for a free account, so it's no > financial burden for users. Anyone on the list who doesn't have it yet (but > you all should, cause it's pretty nifty) can sign up for free via > http://db.tt/F8p526B and then both you and I get a bonus 500MB of free space. > If you feel uncomfortable with me posting this link to this list, please > don't use the link and instead sign up the normal free way!] > > > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
