zoho does it... with gears...
On Oct 17, 11:09 pm, Austin Chau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Rob, > > Thank you for your suggestion. We will take them into consideration! > > Cheers, > Austin > > On Oct 17, 9:37 am, Rml1997 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Google gears has the potential to revolutionise applications. When a > > server goes down, local clients have a problem if they change the same > > data in offline mode or need to carry on collaborating. By offering a > > client with backend capabilities, new opportunities arise. The problem > > when a server goes down is that communication between the server and > > client is lost. If however a secondary server can be located and > > synchronised with, this would facilitate the continued use of the > > application without loss of syncronisation. When the primary server > > comes back online, the secondary server simply resyncs its data, or > > becomes primary. This maintains sync between clients at all times. > > Given that all clients are themselves servers, it is also possible to > > nominate a sync server within the visible group, to reflect all their > > changes. For example, say gmail goes down. In a current gears enabled > > version of gmail, the clients on a local network would all be able to > > view their own mail. However, new email could not be sent even across > > the internal network which is still functioning. If gears was able to > > function as a server not just for itself as it does currently, but had > > peer to peer communications, it would be able to continue > > communication internally, resyncing when gmail came back online. If > > you could do this please, it would make me happy and stop people > > whining when gmail goes down. Thanks, Rob
