Le 2015-02-03 12:11, rysiek a écrit : > - FLOSS iCal/CalDAV/WebDAV sync app for Android/CyanogenMod/Replicant (or > maybe I don't know of an existing one?).
DAVDroid is the only one that I am aware of: https://davdroid.bitfire.at/what-is-davdroid https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=davdroid&fdid=at.bitfire.davdroid I somewhat agree with what you posted regarding interop/standardization. Compare this to to identity as another challenge in free software adoption, it's more visible on mobile platforms. On Android for example I can find everything I need in free software via FDroid. This requires knowing about FDroid (which I assume you didn't) and having it installed in the first place, something CyanogenMod could have included in their official ROM. Why didn't this happen? Bad timing? Yet another example of missed opportunity: https://f-droid.org/forums/topic/spreading-the-word-about-f-droid/ All that free software is great but it requires individual accounts registration, setup and configuration for each application (IM, VoIP, Calendar, addressbook, bookmarks sync, mapping, etc.). Compared to single-sign-on with Google and other providers for addressbook, calendar etc., it's a big hassle. Mozilla looked like THE organization capable of taking care of this with its Mozilla Sync / Firefox Accounts service - but I believe it will be used to support only their browser data (bookmarks/passwords/etc.) as opposed to become an identity/sync provider for all apps *including Android*. I also asked a while ago directly to the Mozilla dev.identity mailing list: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.dev.identity/BacBqzXBG6I I've previously argued for CardDAV support in FirefoxOS: https://www.reddit.com/r/FireFoxOS/comments/2jw2j5/carddav_sync_for_contacts_now_has_245_votes_why/ Even with excellent CalDav/CardDav clients in Android, without SSO anyone with less than 30 seconds to setup their mobile (when it's not done by the sales people in store) will just ignore any other alternatives. Calendar and Addressbook are probably very important and central to most people but ultimately we need to have a simpler experience for anyone to adopt - and continue using - free software on desktop or mobile. Did I mention I have to manually update each application in FDroid? Right now it's quite demanding to maintain all this and advocate for other people to do the same, to the point I prefer using a simple netbook instead of my not-too-smart-almost-free phone. F. -- Fabián Rodríguez - XMPP/Jabber+OTR: [email protected] http://fsf.magicfab.ca
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