I think this is a great idea to have an well integrated backup program as part of the GNOME software suite. Looking at the screenshots and from testing some previous versions I have some thoughts. I think the schedule part of the settings is for advanced usage. By default I think a good backup program should monitor the file system for changes and do backup continuously, that way the user knows that everything is safe. Like if I connect my camera and import the pictures to my computer, I would like to just not have to care if the images are backed up or when they will be backed up.... I just want to delete the pictures on my camera knowing that a backup will exist as soon as possible. Also I think that a small status applet like on the mac would be great to have, since that will show the user that things are being backed up and provide a menu for the settings and forcing a backup. And a thought for future features... I saw that there were support for some cloud services for offsite backup, which is great! But is would be great for personal offsite backups (like http://www.crashplan.com/), where you install the software on multiple computers (your own or your friends) allowing them to store backup on each others disks.
Anyway, these are just thoughts and suggestions... I really like deja-dup and hope it will be part of gnome and integrated in to the core. //Snaggen _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
