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A comment on Emacs' Org-Mode and Syncthing = Perfect (2017). Parent comment

Re:Emacs' Org-Mode and Syncthing = Perfect (2017) by Deganta on Monday May 04, 2020 @07:49AM (#23066861)
Ah yes, the typical problem of Open Source applications, especially ones without a company behind it.

The implementation of the actual sync is pretty good (I never had a problem with it).

But, the UI is not intuitive at all. Its hard to setup a new sync, and if you're not careful you can set it up in a way that deletes all your files without any warning.

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Re:Emacs' Org-Mode and Syncthing = Perfect (2017) by nanna on Monday May 04, 2020 @11:49AM (#23069433)
While I've lost data to Syncthing too, I've also lost data by removing a Dropbox folder. I don't think bad UI is the sole problem of FOSS.
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Re:Emacs' Org-Mode and Syncthing = Perfect (2017) by littlestymaar on Monday May 04, 2020 @09:34AM (#23067835)
There are enough company-backed products with terrible UI to make your argument invalid.

Software UI is hard, that's it.

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Re:Emacs' Org-Mode and Syncthing = Perfect (2017) by AshamedCaptain on Monday May 04, 2020 @01:02PM (#23070512)
Absurd.

If anything, it is the UI of Synctying that allows me (sometimes) to try and protect some directories.

When the same thing happens with Dropbox, all my computers automatically lose all files because there is no way to force a one directional sync to one specific directory.

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