CloudServices/Sync/FxSync/Archived/About:Weave/Design Goals

Why are we doing about:weave? These are our high level design goals, with some best practices sprinkled in.

• Reduce the number of steps between downloading the Sync add-on and actually getting sync set up and running.

• Emphasize weave's guiding principles, especially:
  • Encryption by default
  • Freedom to set up your own server
  • Choice of what (not) to sync

• Optimize for sane defaults but allow for power users to tweak settings all they want

• Keep users informed of what we're doing at all points - this is their data we're working with

• Warn them before taking extreme actions, such as:
  • Deleting all data
  • Starting over etc.

• Get out of their way as much as possible and only prompt if some information that's required is missing

• Ensure users have a sense of accomplishment when they set up Sync.

• FIXME - Dan has a few other points he wants to add here.