Sorry about not responding sooner, I have recently moved and am still unpacking.
If you are keeping track of counts, you can add me to the list of people who only use dropbox. I obviously don't mind if you support others, but I won't use any others.
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Originally Posted by chaley
[*]Searching is extraordinarily slow, 3 to 5 books per second. Is searching really required, given that you will be able to navigate the item hierarchy just as you can in the current content server interface?[/LIST]
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There is one particular search that I think is a fairly common use case, that might be useful for a lot of people.
"Show me a list of books in my Calibre library that are not on my device".
This would be useful for people like me who like to keep their entire database loaded, but it would also be useful for people who are looking for something new to read.
A subset of this search might be:
"Show me a list of books in my Calibre library that have been added/updated since my last connection".
If you can do one of these two searches quickly, it might be very helpful for some people.
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Originally Posted by BetterRed
@chaley - I do some work for a law practice, some of the partners use Calibre/CC. Dropbox for Business (D4B) is integral to some of the practice's Line of Business systems, so they would prefer anything but Dropbox.
Their main concerns are that it won't 'interfere' with the D4B account, and that CC will continue to work as it does now. We've found that some Dropbox 'enabled' apps don't play nicely in this D4B installation, so we're somewhat wary of them.
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That's interesting. I also use dropbox for business, and except for one android file management app that had trouble if you linked to both accounts, I have never had any issues with any dropbox apps. Which apps have given you trouble, and what sorts of trouble have you had?
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Originally Posted by chaley
Do any of you have an opinion on how often I should check if covers have changed? I can see any of - every time the cover is accessed
- the first time after "CC Cloud" (whatever it is called) is started
- every so often (once per hour, once per day)
- every time the user looks at book details
- only the first time the cover is shown
Another factor: things can get messy if the user is simultaneously changing the library with calibre and using CC Cloud. |
I would say 2 is fine, but it probably doesn't hurt to do 4 as well.
I think the simultaneous use use-case is obscure enough that you can ignore it. Since you aren't writing to the database, you can't cause corruption, which would be the only real concern.