I'm trying to convince Vlad to tackle this after he finishes dominating login to Loop with FxA, but we'll see.
-chris On Jun 4, 2014, at 5:23 PM, Chris Karlof <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ Sync-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/sync-dev
