Hi, Kitus. As you mention, it would be great if sync conflicts could be figured out and resolved by the software. I guess the issue would be, how far this could go. I don't think it could be 100%. Suppose I update a task correctly on one platform and make a mistaken update on the other. How would the software know which one I meant? The later one would not necessarily be better. There can also be some very complex situations where repeating tasks are involved. For example, on one platform I might have an update made today to a daily task that was due yesterday, while on another platform I have an update made yesterday to a copy of the task due today. Which one is considered more recent?
I have worked with several different automated sync mechanisms over the years, and if one happens to resolve the conflicts the way I would have resolved them manually, then I'm happy. But if it picks the wrong version to keep, the user now faces a much more difficult job finding and undoing the erroneous sync before redoing the sync manually. Most of the automated syncs I have worked with have fallen somewhere between annoying and infuriating. I think the worst was Intellisynch. You mention "other tools" that do it - which ones do you think get it really right?? -Dwight From: mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com [mailto:mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of kitus Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 10:54 AM To: mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com Subject: [MLO] MLO's cloud sync management of conflicting data Hello, I was wondering, can't the cloudsync handle conflicting data autonomously? why do I have to be prompted when the same action has been updated from different devices? I really don't like having to step off my train of thoughts and think whether A or B is correct. I really think that technology should be able to that for me because other tools already do that. Am I oversimplifying something? thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mylifeorganized/-/ukwymTlkkgwJ. To post to this group, send email to mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en.
