On 5/06/2014 10:01 AM, Chris Karlof wrote:
> I propose we develop an add-on to make custom Sync configs easier.
>
> The workflow would be:
>
> 1) Before you log in to sync, you install the Firefox Sync Configuration
> add-on. If you're already logged in to Sync, it yells at you.
>
> 2) You enter any necessary URLs/config values in a friendly-ish UI, which
> does remote sanity checking of URLs and possibly service discovery. When it's
> done, your browser is configured to use the custom sync and FxA servers of
> your choosing. We could possibly often "instant config" buttons for well
> known alternative Fx Sync providers, e.g., ownCloud.
>
> 3) Log into sync.
I think this is a good approach, and it would let us get to a much
better place than the status-quo, without having to solve some tricky
UX/Product issues.
The general idea of a "custom sync-server addon" come up in an IRC chat
with a user some months back. They were cautiously supportive of the
idea, but said it felt "less official" than having it baked into the
native UI, like it was somehow tentative and might be taken away again
at any time.
That's no reason not to do it, but is something to be aware of in our
messaging around such a thing.
Cheers,
Ryan
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