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
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