On Jun 4, 2014, at 5:09 PM, Ryan Kelly <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
This might be entirely clear to our users, but IMO, this is the *fastest* route to a better place and puts community members in more control than if it was baked in. -chris > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Dev-fxacct mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxacct _______________________________________________ Sync-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/sync-dev
