There’s a lot of talk going on about the cloud and how it’s going to change how we use our applications and save our data. Well I’ve got an open request to any Windows developer who want to play around with Azure and Windows Live – I’ll even be the guinea pig for you. Come up with a way for me to save my critical data to the cloud and have it happen seamlessly, constant and in the background.
I got thinking about this when I started up Windows Live Mail this morning and the fact that in the past I have probably lost more mail data from either hard drive failure or upgrades that got borked. I’m fed up with it and while there are commercial options for things like Outlook there is nothing that I know of for the newer versions of the Windows default email client.
Here’s the scenario of what I would ideally like. Install the app. Point it to where ever on the cloud it has to go (my SkyDrive, Mesh .. where ever). Hit the Do Your Thing button and have it disappear. What it would do then is automatically sync my data with the cloud as it changes – simple as that.
Then when I need to restore that data for whatever reason click on the Get My Data Sucker button and have it do its thing. Simple. By saving and restoring my data I mean all of it. The address book, the program settings, the rules I’ve painstakingly set up … I mean everything. The only caveat – don’t give me a bunch of pain in the ass buttons to deal with because there is no need. simple one button operation – that’s it.
Let me know when you’re ready for some testing.
[pic courtesy of LOLcats]
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