The Google Docs integration is disappointing. Just JSON files that open up Google Docs in your browser, nothing useful to point Time Machine or some sort of backup script at.
Google Drive
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#12microsoft, canonical, apple and now google; won't any one of the bigger tech players buy dropbox instead of developing something new?
I hope not. Like Twitter and others before it, I think Dropbox is more likely to succeed and engender trust from users as an independent company.
Dropbox has said that unlike iCloud or SkyDrive, they're the only ones offering a truly cross-platform offering, that doesn't favor any one OS or platform over any other. Selling out to one of the big companies (except maybe Amazon/Facebook) would sacrifice that.
Not to mention, Drew Houston already turned down a 9-figure offer from Steve Jobs so I doubt he's interested in selling.
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#13microsoft, canonical, apple and now google; won't any one of the bigger tech players buy dropbox instead of developing something new?
But why? I'm not loyal to Dropbox. Competition is good for the rest of us. I get 25GB free from SkyDrive. I hope the others follow suit.
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#14The Google Docs integration is disappointing. Just JSON files that open up Google Docs in your browser, nothing useful to point Time Machine or some sort of backup script at.
When I saw my Docs start syncing in, I thought it meant I would be able to work on them offline. I was also disappointed, but I'm sure this functionality will roll out down the road.
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#15Has anybody tried syncing extisting folders via symlinks? Using Dropbox this is how I prefer to keep track of folders outside of the actually Dropbox folder. Google Drive just seems to ignore them.
Not being able to include other folders would pretty much be a deal-breaker for me :( Any ideas?
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#16Talk about cheap storage. :) 20 GB ($5.00 USD per year) 80 GB ($20.00 USD per year) 200 GB ($50.00 USD per year) 400 GB ($100.00 USD per year) 1 TB ($256.00 USD per year)
Where are you seeing this? I see 25GB for $2.49 USD per month, 100GB for $4.99 USD per month, 1TB for $49.99 USD per month (and a few others) here: https://www.google.com/settings/storage/?hl=en
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#17The Google Docs integration is disappointing. Just JSON files that open up Google Docs in your browser, nothing useful to point Time Machine or some sort of backup script at.
When I saw my Docs start syncing in, I thought it meant I would be able to work on them offline. I was also disappointed, but I'm sure this functionality will roll out down the road.
You can enable offline access in Google Docs. Backup's the issue for me, though.
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#18Is it just me or is this landing page pretty terribly designed (other than the video)?
If I didn't already know what the product is, I would have no idea what I'm looking at. Is it a cyberlocker? Is it a Dropbox clone? Is it a social file editor?
Heck, the landing page could almost just be describing the previous Google Docs functionality.
The most innovative features, OCR and image recognition, are buried away with almost no description of just how useful they might be (privacy issues aside). The file revisions feature is sorely lacking in detail.
Also, the amount of white space feels excessive. Was a second page for features even necessary or couldn't that have just all been on the main page?
I'm sure the product is great and all, but this page is completely useless to send to less technical friends or family members.
Edit: If you want to compare it to Google's other downloadable software landing pages:
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#19It's funny that in the old Google Docs I was able to upload documents with no issues in any browser/OS, but it seems that in Drive I cannot do it using Opera on Linux (but I can using Chrome). Also, the way in which shared documents have been handled in the transition is just plain stupid.
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#20Google & Apple make outstanding marketing videos. They are routinely some of the best I see in any industry, and the clear leaders in the tech industry. The only "startup" I have seen that rivals their quality of marketing videos is Square. Does anyone know how much producing video like this costs?
The Google Drive video is too professional and kind of boring.