[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Re: Future features for Maemo Desktop (Task Navigator, Home, Status bar)?

[From: Danny Milosavljevic]

Hi,

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:04:44 -0500, Ted Gould wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Aug 2006, Karoliina Salminen wrote:
>> I am now collecting some ideas for future development of the UI framework.
> 
> I'm not sure if this is a framework thing, but in general, I'd like to see 
> better offline support.  

I second that.

> I realize the goal is "Internet tablet", but 
> sometimes I like pulling the data, and reading it offline.  Things like 
> reading my e-mail on the bus or a plane.
> 
> Also, syncing.  I'd like to be able to sync my contacts with my phone, my 
> desktop, etc.  

There is rsync. It could be preconfigured for syncing home, though...
Or do you mean more?

> Also, as applications like Dates or GPE develop more,
> sync my todo list and date book also.  I think that something like
> OpenSync could be part of the base platform -- especially from the
> perspective of running a background process to acknowledge requests from
> the external computer or phone.

What do you mean by "Acknowledge Requests"? I start the sync program, it
syncs :)

cheers,
  Danny