Don't see any formal Linux support, anyone know if they'll open up their API or support with FUSE?
I'm sad there isn't a native linux version. I love that GDrive lets you browse inside zip archives (Haven't tried other formats) from the site.
Introducing Google Drive... yes, really
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#62[crosspost from the French translation thread - now that we have the official details, I think this comment is better discussed here.]
So the things Google Drive has that Dropbox doesn't:
* 2-factor authentication!
* Comments on files
* OCR - like Evernote, you can search against text in images (e.g. newspaper article)
* Image recognition - if you upload a pic of the Eiffel Tower, you can find it with the search term "eiffel tower"
* Web-based file viewer - 30 file types including HD video, Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.
The OCR and image recognition are going to be killer features for "normal" people. And I imagine it's something Dropbox can't easily duplicate (unlike the other features).
Then again, as a more privacy-minded technical person, the image recognition feature scares the beejezus out of me. Tagging faces on Facebook is one thing, but being able to semantically identify all contents of my images is really stepping up the creepiness quotient.
Should be interesting to see how Dropbox responds.
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#63Integration with Docs. This is fantastic.
I'd rather it didn't by default. Now I have a ton of random docs from over the years synced...
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#64Can't use the Drive app on the Mac through a SOCKS proxy. 8-(
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#65Remember when Gmail launched and it was like 10-100 more free space than other similar services?
I was hoping Google would have done that here, but rather it still feels like they are trying to play catch up.
Re: Introducing Google Drive... yes, really
#66To anyone else who uses a custom Google apps domain, it looks like Drive may not be available for a few more weeks:
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2...
Edit: Not so. You can enable the "rapid release" track for your domain by following the instructions here: http://whatsnew.googleapps.com/choose-release-track It may take "up to a day" for the setting to take effect, but once it does your domain's users should be able to opt into Drive right away from https://drive.google.com/start
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#67Pricing is pretty darn good.
Any of these plans add 25GB on a non-Google Apps (just guessing, they like to screw us) Gmail Account which spills over to Picasa.
I just might switch from a Free Dropbox to a paid Google Drive, despite them treating me like a business because I want to use my own domains.
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#68I recently upgraded to Dropbox @ $199/yr for 100gb to archive our digital photos.
Yesterday MSFT skydrive offered 100gb for $50/yr.
Today GOOG offers 400GB for $100/yr or 1TB for $256/yr.
As a consumer with "offsite backup" in mind, there doesn't seem to be an inherently high switching cost to move services away from DropBox.
As a result I think that they're going to need to reassess pricing strategy within the year.
ref: Goog pricing https://accounts.google.com/b/0/PurchaseStorage?hl=en_US
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#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
That is incorrect, you are looking at the old Google account storage costs. These are different and may supersede the old pricing. You can get started with 5GB of storage for free—that’s enough to store the high-res photos of your trip to the Mt. Everest, scanned copies of your grandparents’ love letters or a career’s worth of business proposals, and still have space for the novel you’re working on. You can choose to…
Do you have a link? Their pricing is confusing as hell, no clear information anywhere.
Call their support line for clarification.
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#70Anyone know if this is the original Google Drive they wrote all those years ago and never launched, or a new thing they reused the name for?
Gdrive was killed in 2008 (according to Steven Levy's book In the Plex after some top management lobbying by Sundar Pichai .. the guy who now wrote the blogpost) but as this was 4 years ago and a lot of waves have passed since then, I suspect - without any internal knowledge - that this is a complete new iteration of the same topic.