The major browsers provide users with a means of synchronizing their data across browser instances, but the services behind that synchronization process are not controlled by users, and users don't have the ability to sync the data of their choice, or sync with other browsers.
Our goal is to create a specification for a browser sync process that gives users more control over their data, gives developers the ability to sync specific data for their web applications, and allows for a diverse marketplace of sync backend providers.
Group's public email, repo and wiki activity over time
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I’ve posted a “Browser Sync API” post on Specifiction, in order to stimulate some discussion there. If you prefer to discuss this topic there, please head on over and leave your thoughts in the thread.
Good morning! I’ve written a call to action explaining why I think this community group is important, and some of the problems that we should be trying to solve in our discussions here. Please read and share: Open Sync: Your Browser Data in Your Hands.
One of our first goals should be to make sure the existence and mission of this community group is known to as many potentially interested parties as possible. I know a handful of people at Mozilla whom I’ve reached out to, but if any of you know people working on Chrome, Safari, Opera, or other browsers, or anyone at Dropbox, Sync, Box, or at Google working on Drive, please let them know that we would greatly appreciate their participation.
The major browsers provide users with a means of synchronizing their data across browser instances, but the services behind that synchronization process are not controlled by users, and users don’t have the ability to sync the data of their choice, or sync with other browsers.
Our goal is to create a specification for a browser sync process that gives users more control over their data, gives developers the ability to sync specific data for their web applications, and allows for a diverse marketplace of sync backend providers.
This is a community initiative. This group was originally proposed on 2014-05-23 by Ryan Freebern. The following people supported its creation: Ryan Freebern, Theodore Mielczarek, Robin Berjon, Ethan Dagner, robin garner. W3C’s hosting of this group does not imply endorsement of its activities.
