Coming Soon - Sync

Post date: 25-Oct-2010 12:55:23

For those wondering what will be in the next minor release of Multi Search, the answer is Synchronisation. I have been working on a Synchronisation module for a few weeks now and estimate I am halfway through the work (this module is larger than any of the other modules within Multi Search). For now I am working on the assumption that there are more users that won't need Multi Search than those that do want Multi Search, I'll be defaulting this functionality to off but with an Options Page setting to turn it on.

If you are interested in how the Sync functionality will work, I've decided to eschew the more popular method of using the Bookmarks to store synchronisation data in favour of directly interfacing with Google Docs as a file system. My reasons for this approach is twofold. First, due to personal taste; I dislike my Bookmarks being cluttered. Second, I was unhappy with the storage limitations of storing data in Bookmarks.

For fellow Extension writers, once I have completed the Sync functionality, I intend to release a polished copy of the source code.