One of the spin off benefits from the Synchronise feature of Logos 4 is that we now have the current version of our personal data secured on a server in the cloud. I appreciate that this has raised a set of issues about whether or not a user would want this and also what type of data can now be stored for legal reasons but for many users this could become a real benefit.
As things stand the existing implementation has limited benefits as a backup system because there is a single restore option which is restore all to last synchronise.
I would like to suggest that storing of Notes and other files be changed as follows to allow a more granular restore:
- Retain the last two versions of any Note, Clipping, etc. and allow the user to either restore one of the previous generations of the Note, Clipping, etc. either to a new Note, Clipping, etc. or to replace the current.
- When a Note, Clipping, etc. is deleted this should not be a physical deletion but the data should be marked for deletion at a later date, say 30 days after the logical delete, the user should then be given an option to recover deleted files.
