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== Why Syncto? == | == Why Syncto? == | ||
We have several use cases where we need to synchronize data on Firefox OS. We have browser/system related data like the one handled by Firefox Sync, but we also have data from Gaia and 3rd party applications with a very long variety of use cases including synchronizing SMS, call history, accounts configuration for Email and Calendar apps, settings, alarms, images, videos and a long etc. | We have several use cases where we need to synchronize data on Firefox OS. We have browser/system related data like the one handled by Firefox Sync (history, forms, passwords, bookmarks, tabs, etc), but we also have data from Gaia and 3rd party applications with a very long variety of use cases including synchronizing SMS, call history, accounts configuration for Email and Calendar apps, settings, alarms, images, videos and a long etc. | ||
For browser/system related data we considered using Firefox Sync directly, but that involves implementing the Firefox Sync client on Firefox OS. We did an analysis of the [http://ferjm.github.io/fxos-sync-architecture/1-fxos-sync.html#/ potential architecture] of such a client and we even started working on it, but we stopped that work considering that Syncto looks like a better fit for Firefox OS. | For browser/system related data we considered using Firefox Sync directly, but that involves implementing the Firefox Sync client on Firefox OS. We did an analysis of the [http://ferjm.github.io/fxos-sync-architecture/1-fxos-sync.html#/ potential architecture] of such a client and we even started working on it, but we stopped that work considering that Syncto looks like a better fit for Firefox OS. | ||