As soon as you use software to study rather than to read I think you're talking about more than 5 users. A lot of my users will be Web based so syncing online could almost be expected as the same people will be using different computers On 13 Feb 2013 02:41, "Nic Carter" <niccar...@mac.com> wrote:
> > 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... :) > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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