On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Sandy Armstrong <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Brian Cameron <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >>>> On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 14:48 -0600, Stormy Peters wrote: >>>>> >>>>> * Develop software that can replace centralized services and >>>>> data storage with distributed software and data deployment, >>>>> giving control back to users. >>>> >>>> Check. Users can install their own Snowy instance if they don't want to >>>> use Tomboy Online, which is GNOME's centralized service. >>> >>> As Snowy isn't really a social networking site, and the main point is >>> to put your existing local data on the web, decentralization is less >>> applicable (compared to online services where your data is locked into >>> their servers). >> >> Is it possible for users to export their data in some simple standard >> format (such as comma-separated-value) so that it can be easily >> exported into other programs (such as a spreadsheet program)? > > The JSON standard of the REST API is documented. But honestly, as > their data is originating on their local system, and until we > implement editing it's inconceivable that they could use the service > without having their notes on their local system, exporting is not a > very realistic need for our users. > > It would not be any trouble to add a link in their preferences > providing easy download of a JSON representation of all of their > notes, if that would be the Right Thing to do. We have libraries in > C#, Java, and C that know how to parse this for them.
We can continue this discussion (if necessary) in bugzilla: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=629590 Sandy -- marketing-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
