On 13/02/2013, at 3:50 AM, Israel <israeld...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe you could create a way to plug in all the various cloud services. Make
> it extensible. It would be nice to have all the same modules across all the
> various sword programs on the various devices. That may be a bit beyond the
> scope of what you were talking about. But syncing all devices so that they
> can all share the same sword modules would be great! But, choice would help
> facilitate that. For example I might have an iPhone with your program and an
> Ubuntu laptop with Xiphos and Bible Time and I want to be able to read the
> same Bible at home and on the train to work. Dropbox (Ubuntu One, Evernote,
> etc...) would be a better choice for users using multiple platforms.
My thinking is that this sync would be for user-generated content only. Notes &
bookmarks primarily?
However, no need to limit it to that I guess?
But unless this way of plugging in "all the various cloud services" is done in
the API, I think you'll find that it's way too much effort for each front-end
to have to implement this.
I know for me, features in PocketSword reflect things that I find useful and
want for myself, along with bribery & threats... ;)
Nah, basically, things that are going to be useful for lots of people rather
than a very select few. Hence I'm thinking of Dropbox as it seems to be the
best & most common sync platform. Apple, Google & Microsoft all have
different/ulterior motivations for their sync platforms, Dropbox is simply
trying to make money from sync, hence (as long as they don't go bust!) they're
my choice... ;)
Anyway, simple is good. Catering to a larger audience is good. Putting in a lot
of effort for something that perhaps 5 users will ever use is not efficient use
of my time. Something that is cross-platform is essential. (Dropbox supports
iOS, Android, Ruby & Python, which possibly covers everyone? But seems to infer
that Dropbox integration at the API level (C++ or Java) is probably not gonna
happen?)
Thanks for all the thoughts so far (& unlurking!) :) I'm interested in more
thoughts, too :)
Thanks, ybic
nic... :)
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