[Design] Re: Getting in SYNC :-)

[Sheila Mooney]

Jim,

The spec you read was just for alpha 2 specifically, it doesn't yet  
include all the work we are doing in 0.7. You can certainly choose to  
sync collections individually but we haven't really talked about  
whether or not to be able to restrict synching to a particular type  
of item.

We are currently in the process of implementing a background sync  
which will allow you to continue to use the app while the sync is  
happening. Once we have had some time to try that out, we will decide  
what the next logical steps are for dealing with performance.

Sheila

On Mar 31, 2006, at 11:24 AM, Jim Sowers wrote:

> I did take a quick look at the spec before writing this, so I hope  
> I'm not out in left field.  But in the spirit of PPPPP (proper  
> preparation prevents poor performance) here goes:
>
> The syncing dialog right now is focused on collections in the  
> context of calendars.  However, collections will eventually contain  
> everything, verdad?  So, my question is: Will we have the ability  
> to sync a segment of a collection?  Let me describe why this is  
> important in my use case.
>
> Since I was part of the DOJ team that brought the first antitrust  
> lawsuit against Microsoft (in 1994!), I have been weaning myself  
> off of their apps (but not their OS).  But, I must admit, I think  
> Outlook is very good, and I miss the integration.
>
> Now I have my contacts stored on Yahoo! - 2738 of them!  Thus,  
> having a service that I know is backed up is important to me.  I  
> download and re-import into Thunderbird every once in a while, but  
> it's a pain.  I could see using Chandler as my new uber solution --  
> however, I'm concerned about sync time when it starts to include  
> email, calendar, contacts.  It might be good to be able to sync  
> only one aspect, or if that is unrealistic, to make sure that I can  
> access everything else whilst syncing is going on -- so that if  
> syncing takes a long time, I can still be looking up contacts,  
> emailing, etc. at the same time.
>
> As always, hope this was at least worth the time it took me to  
> write it :-)
>
> jim
>