Dropbox Goes Prime-Time
Posted on September 13, 2008
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Do you find yourself working with team members beyond those in your immediate work environment (outside your office network) and need to edit/share/track multiple files? Are you finding the transfer of large files to be rather “inconvenient”?
Well, now there’s Dropbox - a super intuitive application that works across the three major platforms (Windows, Mac & Linux) that allows you to publish and track files easily. Visit the website and check out the video demo. This does what I always hoped iDisk/MobileMe would do…but really never did.
It’s a free service for 2.0GB. Beyond that, there’s a pricing model but for the life of me I couldn’t find a way to pay for more. I’m wondering if the “payment” option won’t kick in till I near the 2GB space limit. I did find a reference to a 50GB for $10/mo. model that appears to be in place for some early adopters.
If I were to rate this application/service…it’s an easy 10 out of 10.
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Factors That Improve Online Experience
Posted on September 8, 2008
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The folks over at idea have made their recent survey available for download. This is a marvelous study that is based on a good sampling of internet users and they focused on three “pools” or groups of people: 1) Nonprofit Organizations & Cities, 2) Web Designers & Firms, and 3) General Public.
Whether you are a web developer or have oversight over your organization’s website, this is a good and concise analysis that is worth reading.
To view and download their full report, click here.
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New Google Brower “Chrome” Is Super-Fast
Posted on September 6, 2008
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Here’s a rare instance of me doing a review of a currently Windows-only application. While Google has plans to release a Mac OS version - for now, this release is limited to Windows-only.
So - this morning I fired up Parallels (Windows XP) and installed Chrome for a good look at what all the fuss on the blogosphere is all about. Right out the gate - I’m impressed. I went right to the sites that seem to take a few extra seconds to load and quickly noticed the speed with which Chrome opened and displayed the pages. There’s hardly a lag at all and instead of watching things slowly appear - first text, then graphics and everything else - it’s nice to watch a page just pop out. (ESPN.COM did have more of a traditional lag, largely because their site has so much happening)
Being a Firefox fan personally…and a Mac user almost exclusively - I won’t be using Chrome much since it only resides in my rarely used Parallels area. According to reports, Firefox is also working on an upgrade to their browser that utilizes a fast back-end engine to compete with the speeds that Chrome is running at. We’ll see how soon that comes out.
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