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I spent a couple days with Syncthing. The UX and general process of setup / adding devices is one of the most inscrutable things I’ve ever done. I have been usi
by donatj 3y ago
I spent a couple days with Syncthing. The UX and general process of setup / adding devices is one of the most inscrutable things I’ve ever done. I have been using computers since the early 90s, and I have not had an experience like that since maybe setting up networking in the early nineties with no internet to help.
It’s open source, and it purports to sync resource forks which is very important to me - but they should really sit down and figure out how to make the process easier for newcomers.
I ended up back on Dropbox which also syncs resource forks. One of the few services that does.
- skydhash 3y agoThe dialog is complex but the documentation is informative and I think all the options are important. You can setup default values in the settings section. It's more an expert tool like ffmpeg. Every folder synchronization endpoint configuration is different especially as it's distributed instead of the default clients/server.
- brokenmachine 3y agoI agree the UX for adding devices is not very intuitive, but once it's set up it works great. Also it has many options for syncing, which is something I like so I can set it up in any way I like.