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Wuala's wish list (from a Mac user)
- A non UI client for Mac. I don't see the need of having UI integrated to the FS. Why not two separate apps? or even better UI client on Web.
- spotlight integrated??
- A cocoa based client (UI only)
- An API for developers
-Why the mounted dir is called localhost? why not use the machine's name?
- WualaFS as a service. NO UI, just start and stop (mount, umount)
- WebDAV support.
- spotlight integrated??
- A cocoa based client (UI only)
- An API for developers
-Why the mounted dir is called localhost? why not use the machine's name?
- WualaFS as a service. NO UI, just start and stop (mount, umount)
- WebDAV support.
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Inappropriate?Hi Cax,
Thanks for your ideas. I put them in our internal (and very long) to do / wish list. Let me just quickly comment on some of your suggestions.
Non UI client.
Since the key aspect of Wuala is sharing files it would be dificult to do so without a UI. You could save files to Wuala, but you would not be able to share them.
A cocoa based client.
Obviously being a Mac User myself I would be more than happy to have a Cocoa client with a super responsive GUI, allowing for transitions and whatnot. I am sure, this will come one day, but it is currently not on the top of our list, simply because of the limited number of programmers we have.
An API for developers.
We have discussed this since the very first days of development and even though there is still no API, we take this wish very seriously. Let me however pose two questions:
a) Are you a developer and if yes, what kind of apps would you like to develop?
b) A certain part of the problem is fixed by having systemwide disc integration. What kind of possibilities would you like the API to have?
WualaFS.
Would that be the same like the Non UI client or do I get you wrong there?
I’m thankful
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Inappropriate?Hi moritz_,
I think we are seeing different sides.
For instance, in 99% of time I use wuala as my personal repository and for backup, not for sharing files. Therefore, The UI is not so important. It could a web UI.
I am a developer and I see wuala as a platform (at least should be), as we are seeing it as a client for sharing files.
As a platform, I would be able to define my own wualaFS infrastructure, sharing disks in my own network, creating "local" DFS, for instance. In addition to that, we could use the API to create custom UIs for web, or any other device we want to.
I see wualaFS is part of the wuala infrastructure. A DFS that we can mount and use, something like Fuse/MacFuse.
In summary, I see wuala as an infrastructure for DFS. Where you can plug on top of that anything you want. However, you in Wuala, are seeing it as a social networking tool for sharing files.
I guess this is the difference ;)
cheers,
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Inappropriate?Cax, I think these are all interesting ideas which we also have on our long-term roadmap. An API would be very nice. What kind of applications would you like to build or like to see built on top of Wuala? With file system integration and proper write access, you could already start with a very simple application on top of Wuala.
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