More than one computer: missing syncing abilities
Hello,
i wanted to ask, if it is planed that zotero supports more protocols than webdav in future? Because of the fact, that the database gets corrupted if you use zotero from different computers on a Netshare i don't really understand why there is not the simplest syncing ability: Sync to a local location? Users in Windows could sync then on a net drive and Linux users like me onto a NFS share.
This would be a really important feature because of named reason, because i don't want to setup webdav on my server only because of zotero. This would be a little extreme.
Is it possible to add this simple syncing ability?
Thanks
Stolzi
i wanted to ask, if it is planed that zotero supports more protocols than webdav in future? Because of the fact, that the database gets corrupted if you use zotero from different computers on a Netshare i don't really understand why there is not the simplest syncing ability: Sync to a local location? Users in Windows could sync then on a net drive and Linux users like me onto a NFS share.
This would be a really important feature because of named reason, because i don't want to setup webdav on my server only because of zotero. This would be a little extreme.
Is it possible to add this simple syncing ability?
Thanks
Stolzi
What do you say to this idea?
I don't think that it is a good idea to use an external mechanism when it is not called by zotero, because: You don't know when you should update. Every hour? Makes no sense when you switch computer off after 30 min. Every time the computer is switched off? Makes no sense because a lot of people let computers on.
So i think it is really needed. And i don't think that it is confusing. Because like you said WebDAV also only syncs the files. So what is confusing to make in the selection box where now is: zotero and webdav a third entry: "User defined"? And if you think users are not able to use this: Why isn't it possible to let zotero sync with a local directory? This would be enough to make everything, because when i need ssh i can mount it locally.
Please think ones more: What sense makes it to sync to zotero or webdav if i only want to work on local computers?
The main issue with simple syncing is database corruption if you're working from several machines at the same time. Standard syncing doesn't protect against that.
If you want a simple solution - what noksagt says - just sync your storage directory - you can set the sync to every 5 mins - rsync doesn't use much resources (isn't that about what MAC time machine does?).