Sync styles

[JasonBarnabe]

From stylish-userstyles/stylish#94

http://forum.userstyles.org/discussion/33477/sync-userstyles-between-chrome-instances#Item_4

[etodd]

+1

[ivysrono]

+1

[danijar]

+1

[stasleo]

+1

[Baegus]

+1

[tophf]

Seems easy. @hideheader, what do you say?
100kB overall sync data limit with max 8kB/item might be too small for many styles, so we'll have to use some zip lib.

[PushkaCom]

Since this is Chrome sync - and the user needs to be logged into a Google account to sync Chrome - couldn't the extension access the user's Google Drive storage to place settings data in there? or can Chrome extensions not ask the user for permission? or Stylish doesn't want to branch out too much just for the chrome version?

[tophf]

@PushkaCom, that would look verrrry strange. Are there any extensions or addons that use it instead of the browser's built-in sync abilities?

[AKPWebDesign]

Instead of syncing the styles themselves, is it possible to sync URLs to access the styles?

[PxlBuzzard]

@AKPWebDesign That wouldn't sync styles created locally, but it's a good idea. Any thoughts on how to handle local?

[AKPWebDesign]

Perhaps a GitHub Gist could be used. When the local style is ready to be synced, create a Gist, and use the direct URL. And to save more space, you could even shorten the URLs with goo.gl or something similar.

[PxlBuzzard]

That's not a small feature request or a great user experience. You would have to create a private gist (it is a local stylesheet after all, the assumption would be to maintain privacy) which would require people setting up a new personal access token, saving a new gist, and saving that gist ID along with their token into Stylish.

I still think saving a list of links is a good idea on the surface, but whatever the outcome it should be a simple solution for both developers to create/maintain/debug and users to use.

[AKPWebDesign]

You don't need to create a personal access token. Saving a new gist is as simple as a POST request to https://api.github.com/gists with the proper data, and the gists created are private by default.

I'm currently using gists for some features in a Node.JS program, and can provide example code, if it would help.

[marlun]

Would be nice to have som statistics on how much styles people have. Maybe the default sync storage is enough for most users and only power users need more where a more advanced (complex) feature could be added?