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Subject: Re: Kilimanjaro Product Draft Feedback/Questions
From: JP Rosevear <j...@mozilla.com>
To: Ben Adida <benad...@mozilla.com>
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On Tue, 2012-05-01 at 09:27 -0700, Ben Adida wrote:
> On 4/30/12 5:33 PM, JP Rosevear wrote:
> > I'm surprised that the "table stakes" for this is only contacts and
> > apps. I understand that we have a working sync solution for
> > desktop/fennec for the P2 items, but what about bookmarks, passwords,
> > etc on B2G?
>
> Let's see if I can channel Dan for a second.
>
> <pm impersonation>
>
> Most initial users of B2G will use the phone as their primary computing
> device and will not have another FF instance to sync with. So what
> counts is a backup service for contacts (which are super annoying if
> lost) and apps (which the user paid for.) The rest is, *initially*, less
> important, given the expected user profile.
>
> I'm only making a relative prioritization statement, not an absolute
> one. I know there are ongoing discussions right now regarding the
> absolute prioritization of contacts & apps, and I don't mean to imply
> anything about that discussion.
>
> </pm impersonation>
Ok, that is a reasonable position to take for prioritization.
> > 2) DOM bindings for Sign In
> >
> > Surprised this is P3, it is unclear to me how we will do Persona on B2G
> > in this case other than for a browser app.
>
> It's technically very possible for Persona to work using the existing
> shim as long as B2G supports window.open (which it probably should
> support for other reasons, e.g. Facebook Connect, OAuth dialogs, etc.)
> To get an idea of what that looks like, see Persona's iOS support: it
> works and looks quite nice.
The B2G browser may support window.open, but what about the core OS
itself? (Think Accounts on Android) It seems weird to hit a server
there.
Thanks,
-JP
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JP Rosevear <j...@mozilla.com>
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