Hi, I think an Android and an iPhone client would be very useful. So full support from my side. :-)
Cheers Frank On 06.04.2010, at 18:10, Ester Sanchez de Vera wrote: > Hi, > > If you need help doing Android stuff, I can help you ^^ > Also I think your idea is a good one, I could do also an iPhone client > if the rest of the people agrees. > > Cheers! > > > El 06/04/2010, a las 17:46, Silvère Lestang escribió: > >> Hi all, >> I would like to work on ownCloud for the GSoC as this project really >> interested me, but I have little knowledge of C++/Qt and the >> proposal of a syncing client for KDE is already taken. >> I think that a syncing client for another platform can be good idea >> and will make ownCloud less KDE centric. I know quite well Java for >> using it in many modules at the Uni and I want to make a Android >> application but never find a good idea of app to make. So I would >> like to develop an ownCloud syncing client for Android platform as a >> GSoC project. >> >> The number of Android devices is currently increasing rapidly and >> will certainly explode in the incoming months/years, making the >> Android platform a relevant choice to bring ownCloud to a maximum of >> users. >> Furthermore mobile device have typically a little of storage making >> difficult to keep in it a lot of files but as you always have it >> with you, it's the perfect device to access all your data wherever >> you are. So the Android syncing client could download files only on >> request (e.g. from your mobile, you browse your files which are >> store on your ownCloud server and when you find the one that you >> want, the client download it) and upload only when certain rules are >> follow (e.g. upload all my new files to the server only when I am >> connect with wifi). I need to think more about the uniqueness of the >> mobile platform and how we can handle them but I think I can make it. >> >> Do you think my idea is good? Do you think it's can work as a GSoC >> project? >> I am conscious than I need to find a mentor with knowledge of the >> Android platform and that most people working on ownCloud are from >> the KDE community, where can I find a mentor? (Android dev mailing >> list?) >> I am also conscious that I start to think about this quite late as >> the deadline for student application is Friday of this week but it >> was difficult to me devote time to this because of the Uni. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Silvère >> _______________________________________________ >> Owncloud mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud > > _______________________________________________ > Owncloud mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud -- Frank Karlitschek [email protected] _______________________________________________ Owncloud mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud
