----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Sam Foster" <[email protected]> To: "Frederik Braun" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 5:18:14 PM Subject: Re: Overview of Backup Solutions for Firefox OS
> 1) The targeted user group for Firefox OS does not own a PC and is not > tech-savvy. I think in the long run there should be a way to do cloud > backups, probably tied to Firefox Accounts. > AFAIU a team within Cloud Services is planning to fill this gap? For our target markets we are being told that data is expensive and even when available, networks are flaky. Surely SD card backup is a better first solution, with a cloud storage provider option rolled out as and when it becomes available, for those people with the means to use it. I was just sketching out some thoughts on this subject for our 2.2 backlog: * It may cost money to transfer data * Network not always available, murphys law dictates the device will be offline or data transfer prohibitively expensive when backup or restore is needed * We dont need to wait for cloud services and accounts to support it * Side-steps cloud privacy/data security concerns * Optionally lock/encrypt backup to prevent (make more difficult) unauthorized profile usage * Provides a crude, low-tech profile manager when a family is sharing a phone * We would need a way to check the size of profile and that it would fit on SD card * Do we allow multiple or incremental backups? (suggest not - simply store a zip file) * Quick and easy disaster-proofing. * UI/functionality would need to include a way to opt in/out of backing up items, particularly when storage is limited and full backup not possible * This same UI can do double-duty as profile explorer in which we are transparent about what data is being stored by both the system and certified apps, and 3rd party apps /Sam _______________________________________________ dev-b2g mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
