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=== Proposals for in-app data === | === Proposals for in-app data === | ||
==== Generic storage and storage provider proxy==== | ==== Proposal 1: Generic storage and storage provider proxy==== | ||
The Cloud Services team has been working on a generic storage service to allow 3rd party apps to store and synchronize arbitrary data, attached to a Firefox account. They've also supported the idea of having an intermediate service (could be part of the previous one) that would act as a proxy for different storage providers (one of them could be the Mozilla generic storage service mentioned before). | The Cloud Services team has been working on a generic storage service to allow 3rd party apps to store and synchronize arbitrary data, attached to a Firefox account. They've also supported the idea of having an intermediate service (could be part of the previous one) that would act as a proxy for different storage providers (one of them could be the Mozilla generic storage service mentioned before). | ||
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* https://github.com/mozilla-services/kinto | * https://github.com/mozilla-services/kinto | ||
==== Universal Storage API and Virtual Storage Interface ==== | ==== Proposal 2: Universal Storage API and Virtual Storage Interface ==== | ||
The Taipei team is currently working on a proposal to extend the DeviceStorage API to allow remote storages. You can read more about this [[Firefox_OS/Cloud_Storage|here]] | |||
[[File:Cloud_Storage_Support.png]] | [[File:Cloud_Storage_Support.png]] | ||
== Specific protocols == | == Specific protocols == | ||
* | For some cases like the Email (IMAP, POP3) or Calendar (CalDav) apps we are already implementing specific sync protocols. We need to keep supporting and adding more of these specific sync protocols. For now the list of identified ones are: | ||
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* Contacts | * Gmail for Contacts. We are currently importing contacts only. | ||
* Outlook for Contacts. We are currently importing contacts only. | |||
* CardDav for Contacts. One of the most wanted features (269 votes so far). Check [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=859306 bug 859306]. | |||
= Related work = | = Related work = | ||