Task proposal: Integration of Cloud computing

[Marie Hrdinová]

2012/2/10 Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo at kde.org>:
> just to clarify a bit, and ensure i understand the goals properly ... the user
> story is two-fold:
>
> a) to have access to files stored off-device
>
> b) to save and restore configuration data
>
> the latter seems straightforward. the former is a little undefined: where does
> the upload happen from (laptop, tablet, ..?) and how will the files be seen on
> the tablet (will the user manually select a file for download onto the tablet,
> or will it be downloaded transparently when accessed if it hasn't yet been
> synced or some combination?)

The upload will be primarily from tablets. My plan so far is that the
files will be stored in the cloud and downloaded to the device as
needed. I'd like to make it transparently without annoying dialogs.
But there may be some problems with larger files and latency, so some
sort of progress bar may be needed.

> implementation proposal needs a bit more work though. it's essentially a re-
> statement of the deliverable rather than a "how it will be implemented" :)
>
> perhaps (and understandably) you haven't gotten that far in planning?
>
> in any case, i give this a +1 for a project start. do you have a timeline in
> mind for the project? (i assume you do as its part of your studies..)

The work is at the very beginning and before any programming I have to
do a lot of planning and some research. This proposal has been written
to let you know that someone is planning to do this. And I'm looking
for some reactions so I know what the others want. It's easier change
the plans at the beginning than later on.

Deadline for submitting whole Master's thesis is on turn of
November/December. I would like to have the practical part done well
before the deadline and have time to write the text.

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