VoodooPad 4
November 18th, 2008Big congratulations to my friend Gus Mueller whose company, Flying Meat, shipped VoodooPad 4 today.
One of the major features in the updated desktop wiki software is page syncing across multiple computers, allowing users to easily maintain a collection of VoodooPad pages on multiple computers.
I know from a user point of view syncing is very exciting and important, especially with the popularity of notebook computers. It’s something I’d like to provide in MarsEdit, someday.
From a technical point of view syncing is a very tricky feature to get done right. I’m sure Gus is wiped out from the effort. Give yourself the day off, and congratulations again.
November 18th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
People have been talking about the difficulty of implementing syncing well, especially in the context of MacOSX applications, for a couple of years now. It would be great if a summary or writeup of the knowledge, or tips/considerations, gleaned by the developers who have gone though this could be collected into a single place, such as a blog post or CocoaDev wiki page on the subject.
November 18th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
I’d love it if I could just specify where the MarsEdit application support folder could be. Then I could put it on my iDisk or DropBox. Let them handle the syncing concerns.
November 20th, 2008 at 12:25 am
“It would be great if a summary or writeup of the knowledge, or tips/considerations, gleaned by the developers who have gone though this could be collected into a single place, such as a blog post or CocoaDev wiki page on the subject.”
Seconded. Seems like the sort of thing where there may be a lot of hidden pitfalls that could easily be overlooked by someone trying it for the first time.