Re: [Re-Proposal] [Cosmo] Re: Re-haul of Collection Details / Settings / Subscribe Dialogs

On Nov 14, 2007 12:41 PM, Mimi Yin <[email protected]> wrote:

> Users trying to subscribe with Chandler Desktop, Apple iCal 3.x and other
> CalDAV clients are encouraged to visit the 'Sync' tab in 'Settings' to learn
> how to sync their Hub account with their application of choice.

"sync" is not the correct word to describe a CalDAV client's
interaction with the server. "sync" means that the client makes a
series of local changes and then later synchronizes its state with
that of the server. what really happens, with Lightning, Sunbird, and
iCal 3, is that when a change is made in the client, the change is
sent directly over to the server. when the view is updated (scrolling
between weeks, for instance), the client performs a query against the
server. the client probably does some caching, but this is transient
data that can be blown away without any data loss, as opposed to a
syncing client's local repository, which is a "source of truth" until
the next sync.
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