UbuntuOneFirefoxBookmarkSyncing
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| This should provide an overview of the issue/functionality/change proposed here. Focus here on what will actually be DONE, summarising that so that other people don't have to read the whole spec. See also CategorySpec for examples. | We will create a Firefox extension that will enable syncing of bookmarks to UbuntuOne by storing them in the local CouchDB instance (replication of that content is out of scope of this plugin, and is presumably already established functionality). Since the local CouchDB instance operates on a known port, and Firefox 3+ provides bookmark (Places) modification events we can observe, there's no need for any preferences UI. |
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| This section should include a paragraph describing the end-user impact of this change. It is meant to be included in the release notes of the first release in which it is implemented. (Not all of these will actually be included in the release notes, at the release manager's discretion; but writing them is a useful exercise.) It is mandatory. |
You can now sync your Firefox bookmarks with UbuntuOne. |
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| This should cover the _why_: why is this change being proposed, what justifies it, where we see this justified. | Bookmarks are precious data, and are more useful when shared and easily replicated between machines. |
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| === Initial Sync === Alice has two machines in her house, a desktop and a netbook. Both run Ubuntu Karmic, and she has an UbuntuOne account. She enables bookmark syncing on her desktop computer, and the plugin first syncs the existing bookmarks with UbuntuOne. === The Second Machine === Alice enables bookmark syncing on her netbook, and the plugin syncs existing bookmarks, merging them from UbuntuOne if necessary. Now her bookmarks on the netbook are identical to the bookmarks on the desktop. === The Coffee Shop === Alice takes her netbook to the coffee shop to meet a potential client. He shows her some sites he's mocked up, and she bookmarks them for later research. When she returns home, the new bookmarks are already available on her desktop version of Firefox. |
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Conflict resolution is handled by CouchDB. This extension just pulls and pushes the collection of bookmarks. |
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| Should cover changes required to the UI, or specific UI that is required to implement this | This first version will have little to no UI. Since we're operating on a known port and we'll be responding to javascript events, we don't need to establish host/port or frequency. |
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| Include: * data migration, if any * redirects from old URLs to new ones, if any * how users will be pointed to the new way of doing things, if necessary. |
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Launchpad Entry: foo
Created: urbanape
Contributors: urbanape
Packages affected: karmic
Summary
We will create a Firefox extension that will enable syncing of bookmarks to UbuntuOne by storing them in the local CouchDB instance (replication of that content is out of scope of this plugin, and is presumably already established functionality). Since the local CouchDB instance operates on a known port, and Firefox 3+ provides bookmark (Places) modification events we can observe, there's no need for any preferences UI.
Release Note
You can now sync your Firefox bookmarks with UbuntuOne.
Rationale
Bookmarks are precious data, and are more useful when shared and easily replicated between machines.
User stories
Initial Sync
Alice has two machines in her house, a desktop and a netbook. Both run Ubuntu Karmic, and she has an UbuntuOne account. She enables bookmark syncing on her desktop computer, and the plugin first syncs the existing bookmarks with UbuntuOne.
The Second Machine
Alice enables bookmark syncing on her netbook, and the plugin syncs existing bookmarks, merging them from UbuntuOne if necessary. Now her bookmarks on the netbook are identical to the bookmarks on the desktop.
The Coffee Shop
Alice takes her netbook to the coffee shop to meet a potential client. He shows her some sites he's mocked up, and she bookmarks them for later research. When she returns home, the new bookmarks are already available on her desktop version of Firefox.
Assumptions
Conflict resolution is handled by CouchDB. This extension just pulls and pushes the collection of bookmarks.
Design
You can have subsections that better describe specific parts of the issue.
Implementation
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UI Changes
This first version will have little to no UI. Since we're operating on a known port and we'll be responding to javascript events, we don't need to establish host/port or frequency.
Code Changes
Code changes should include an overview of what needs to change, and in some cases even the specific details.
Migration
N/A
Test/Demo Plan
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This need not be added or completed until the specification is nearing beta.
Unresolved issues
This should highlight any issues that should be addressed in further specifications, and not problems with the specification itself; since any specification with problems cannot be approved.
BoF agenda and discussion
Use this section to take notes during the BoF; if you keep it in the approved spec, use it for summarising what was discussed and note any options that were rejected.
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