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PasteBar - Limitless, Free Clipboard Manager for Mac and Windows
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Improvement Proposals: Google Drive Integration, SQLite Support, and Tags for Categorization #127

Open llkiriell opened 3 months ago

llkiriell commented 3 months ago

Hi!

I would like to propose several enhancements for the clipboard manager application that could significantly improve its functionality and user experience:

1. Google Drive Integration: Implement an option to save backups of clipboard items to Google Drive. This would allow users to keep their data safe and synchronized across different devices, thus improving the security and accessibility of the information. 2. Local SQLite Database Support: Add the capability to store clipboard history in a local SQLite database. This would provide a lightweight and efficient alternative for managing history, allowing for quick retrieval and improving performance and storage capacity. 3. Better Integration with the Spanish Language: Improve localization and support for the Spanish language in the application, including a complete translation of the interface and adaptation of functionalities for Spanish-speaking users. This would make the user experience more accessible and user-friendly for the Spanish-speaking community. 4. Tags for Categorizing Clipboard Content: Implement a tagging system that allows users to add tags to clipboard items. This would help organize and search content more efficiently, facilitating better management of clipboard history.

I love the application and am excited about its potential for growth. I hope it continues to develop and improve over time. These proposed enhancements would not only add new functionalities but also enhance the usability and flexibility of the application. I appreciate any feedback and am willing to collaborate on implementing these features if necessary.

Thank you!

kurdin commented 3 months ago

@llkiriell Thank you for your suggestions.

  1. We are discussing clipboard history items and saved clips sync using cloud providers in another issue: https://github.com/PasteBar/PasteBarApp/issues/116. In short, yes, this is a good idea, and we would all love to have this as an option. However, before creating this functionality, we should implement end-to-end encryption first. Putting sensitive data that we could store in clipboard history or saved clips is not safe using existing cloud providers, even with their local security and encryption for data transfer.

  2. PasteBar already stores everything in a local SQLite database. If you look at the PasteBar data folder, you will find a pastebar-db.data file. This is your local data DB file in SQLite format.

  3. I would love to add more languages. It's relatively easy to do. I can generate an initial automatic translation for Spanish, and if you're a native speaker, please help me improve it. Let me know if you can help.

  4. I'm not sure how tags could be useful in clipboard history. Perhaps if other people vote to add this feature, I can implement it. Usually, local history search with filters are good enough for my needs to find anything in the clipboard history. But yes, this is a good suggestion. We'll see.

Thanks again for your very useful post!