The way Apple manages to get iCloud to work & the way all other developers get it to work are a fair bit different. Probably having under the cover access helps? ;)
Anyway, the Dropbox API makes things pretty sweet for the end-user in that it doesn't reveal anything to them besides getting them to authenticate... Dropbox is then simply used as a behind-the-scenes sync. :) I've also had users request EverNote sync, but as I've never used it, I'm not as sure about it? Sent from my phone, hence this email may be short... On 12/02/2013, at 20:42, Manfred Bergmann <manfred.bergm...@me.com> wrote: > No, haven't tried iCloud yet. Many apps use it though (Contacts, Calendar, > Pages, Number, ...) and I'm quite happy with it most of the time. > The advantage to the user is that there is zero configuration overhead, > nothing to configure. > Where on Dropbox there must be some settings which define where, to which > folder or file the data should be synched, or? > > > Manfred > > Am 12.02.2013 um 10:08 schrieb Nic Carter <niccar...@mac.com>: > >> >> 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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