I think that on iOS synching to EverNote, Dropbox or other services feel like foreigners. This is probably different on Android or other platforms.
Manfred Am 12.02.2013 um 10:36 schrieb Martin Denham <mjden...@gmail.com>: > Currently And Bible notes and bookmarks are stored locally but I have had a > lot of requests to be able to sync them with other Sword apps. > > It would be good to have an architecture such as Dropbox that allowed sync > between different platforms. Somebody suggested EverNote to me but Dropbox > looks good. > > Martin > > On 12 February 2013 09:08, Nic Carter <niccar...@mac.com> wrote: > > Having a local copy, iCloud copy & Dropbox copy may be a little bit of > overkill? and three copies of the data means if one version gets corrupted, > that will replicate across all copies? And the effort to do 3-way sync is a > lot more than 2-way... > Dropbox sync would be off by default, the user would have to switch it on > (authenticate it) and otherwise it would only have a local copy. > > I agree that having iCloud sync would be much simpler, as almost every iOS > user would already have an account, but all my recent research on it has > shown that it's not quite "finished" yet, in any of the 3 sync iterations > that exist. For example, for a conversation that focuses on Core Data, take a > look at http://storify.com/Jury/the-trials-of-icloud > Plus, Dropbox has stuff like versioning built-in. If iCloud stuffs up, which > it does some of the time for no apparent reason, there is only one solution: > delete all iCloud data connected with the app. For Dropbox, you can at least > revert to an older version of the data that did work. > > Hence I am thinking of providing sync for those users who really want it. And > they are more likely to have a Dropbox account already. If they don't switch > on Dropbox syncing, it'll all be just local & they can put up with that. ;) > > What do you think? > > Have you tried iCloud stuff yet? > > > Thanks, ybic > nic... :) > > On 12/02/2013, at 7:15 PM, Manfred Bergmann <manfred.bergm...@me.com> wrote: > > > 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. 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