OK how about this for an idea for syncing 2 computers with SFFS without the overhead of reading a large chunk of data from the web each time . I'm in the process of trying it, but it looks pretty encouraging.
Create a folder on the desktop of computer 1 called "Sync"
Create a profile for SFFS to sync between your folders of interest and Desktop\Sync.
Create a folder on the desktop of computer 2 called "Sync"
Create a profile for SFFS to sync between your folders of interest and Desktop\Sync.
Get a free account from SugarSync (5Gb)
Sync the 2 folders using SugarSync.
Advantages:
Apart from the initial syncs, web traffic is only for the files that are changed.
Deletes, renames etc should be propagated.
You get to use SFFS exclusion/compression/encryption etc (this is a big plus because there is no way to specify your own encryption keys in SugarSync, and you can't have file exclusions)
Syncs are faster because SFFS is reading the "remote" file set from a local folder, and copying to and from that local folder. Once SFFS finishes, SugarSync takes over and syncs its folder to the web (and therefore the distant computer).
Disadvantages:
Need additional storage on both machines for the "Sync" folders
The same scheme should work with DropBox (but you only get 2Gb in a free account).
Any comments?