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  • T Offline
    thomthom
    last edited by 26 Apr 2012, 18:41

    Got an email from Mindmeister that they now offer an integration with Google Drive. This sounds very interesting - will try it out.

    Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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      tomot
      last edited by 6 May 2012, 18:37

      I decided to give GD a spin. I presume Google is still trying to iron out the kinks, although I see no feedback forum.
      my 1st impression:

      1. upload speed; reminds me of using the old 14.5 modem, took over 1.5 hours to uploaded 300MB (126 photos), upload server crapped out at 120 photo upload.
      2. web surfing while using GD, causes severe refresh rates.
      3. was unable to generate GD sharing over my home network.

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        Edson
        last edited by 6 May 2012, 22:27

        I am a dropbox user and decided to give google drive a try because of its lower prices. one thing I immediately noticed is you cannot get links for other people to download your files. unless this is done in some other way through google docs but this would be much more complicated than in other similar services.

        edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
        http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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          tomot
          last edited by 6 May 2012, 23:48

          I figured out the sharing, over the home network, (which no one, in their right mind, would consider as a file sharing alternative which windows 7 already provides) but it illustrates how GD works.

          1. I made my wife the person I want to share the GD files with. This sends an email to her email account. If she does not have a Gmail account), she needs to setup her own Gmail account, login to access the link to my shared files, or since its a home network sign in under my Gmail account.

          BTW: I added an .mov folder to my GD computer drive, I contains 4 .mov files which after 4 hours has not been transferred yet. 😢

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          • J Offline
            jeff hammond
            last edited by 7 May 2012, 00:26

            fwiw, 'drive' still wasn't showing up in the google menu bar so i went to:

            https://drive.google.com/start
            (where it previously said my drive wasn't ready yet)

            and was able to get it going

            dotdotdot

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              jeff hammond
              last edited by 7 May 2012, 00:49

              @edson said:

              one thing I immediately noticed is you cannot get links for other people to download your files. unless this is done in some other way through google docs but this would be much more complicated than in other similar services.

              it's the same (well, similar) as dropbox.. right click on the file then go 'share…'
              go to 'share..' again then change who has access..

              you can probably link to photos etc as well.. test to follow..

              https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/dIVr2cgicKwHmEXc6lnVGkZ7lvtzAfPGg-BojUa78C5fhaRHmpuqi94t5Y3SiUJjNj8TmhMj5HY

              [EDIT] yep.. works 😉

              and maybe there's a way to create a 'Public' folder ala dropbox so you don't have to change individual access settings..?

              (edit2)--- looking from a phone now and that picture isnt showing up. anyone else seeing an embedded image above?

              dotdotdot

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                d12dozr
                last edited by 7 May 2012, 01:33

                @unknownuser said:

                (edit2)--- looking from a phone now and that picture isnt showing up. anyone else seeing an embedded image above?

                Not showing for me. If if Right click -> view Image, I get a 403 Forbidden error

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                  jeff hammond
                  last edited by 7 May 2012, 01:41

                  @d12dozr said:

                  @unknownuser said:

                  (edit2)--- looking from a phone now and that picture isnt showing up. anyone else seeing an embedded image above?

                  Not showing for me. If if Right click -> view Image, I get a 403 Forbidden error

                  hmm. ok. thanks
                  I kind of need that ability. I'll try some other stuff later to see if it's possible.
                  (unless someone already knows how ?)

                  dotdotdot

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                    d12dozr
                    last edited by 7 May 2012, 02:37

                    Test:

                    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/xrDjDp-bjK6oymDyG-4t-WlV8zZrrnO6y27wRvRgae1OvGvmjSSXDeVoJlDL22PDrBgA866-pUM

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                      d12dozr
                      last edited by 7 May 2012, 02:41

                      It looks like it worked for me right up there(tested from a different browser) - In Google Drive, after clicking the Share button, I just set the Sharing Settings to "Anyone with the link". You could make it "Public" as well.

                      Edit: wait, just tested from a 3rd browser and now it doesn't show...can you confirm or not?

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                      • J Offline
                        jeff hammond
                        last edited by 7 May 2012, 02:46

                        yeah. not showing up for me.
                        the links are shareable though. I tried that earlier.

                        dotdotdot

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                          d12dozr
                          last edited by 7 May 2012, 02:49

                          Ok, testing with setting at "Public"

                          https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/3C6Qq_kUwXBQast1ij7Ri-XzXe_pf6XsqQA7tRPzOstC7XU5PMN0_ELBmW4IHpX746ZFta2SMek

                          Edit, yeah, what you said. Links work, but not embedded images.

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                            Gaieus
                            last edited by 7 May 2012, 05:19

                            @d12dozr said:

                            Edit, yeah, what you said. Links work, but not embedded images.

                            Not even links. If I try to display the image in a new tab, it say 403 (forbidden)

                            Gai...

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                              d12dozr
                              last edited by 7 May 2012, 12:26

                              Here's a link that should work Gai: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B99bfxSe2Z4HRjM0VUZzTWVIQ0k

                              I didn't have any links above, but I tested using another browser.

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                              • GaieusG Offline
                                Gaieus
                                last edited by 7 May 2012, 12:29

                                This is what I get:

                                https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gPXi8sMSpHnE5uVISZm8hsWZpidJ5m3ORCA4d7hW9hfJODAh1uM7gJ17jKnNsWcNpKR8f0kCTR8

                                Gai...

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                                  d12dozr
                                  last edited by 7 May 2012, 12:38

                                  And this is what I see:


                                  Capture.JPG

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                                  • J Offline
                                    jeff hammond
                                    last edited by 7 May 2012, 12:57

                                    meh.. I think I'll stick with Dropbox for now..

                                    ..and hope iCloud picks up some more features soon.
                                    (though I doubt it.. mobileMe, iCloud's precursor, had some of the functions I need but they were stripped away with iCloud)

                                    dotdotdot

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                                      Jpac
                                      last edited by 7 May 2012, 13:40

                                      I took Paul Russam's write up on Dropbox with links and put my Plugins folder in the cloud:
                                      http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=179&t=44852

                                      I compared Google Drive, Microsoft SkyDrive, and Dropbox.
                                      They all executed at the same speed (Google Drive might be slightly faster).
                                      So moving your Plugins to the cloud to better manage them is worth doing!
                                      Here's my blog about this and it gives the steps needed to use Link Shell Extensions (for Windows only sorry to say):
                                      http://sketchupland.posterous.com/sketchup-plugins-in-the-cloud

                                      http://sketchup4sitedesign.wordpress.com/

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                                        jeff hammond
                                        last edited by 7 May 2012, 14:07

                                        @john

                                        fwiw, andrea.bianco was the first to put up dropbox/sketchup syncing instruction at scf (that i'm aware of)

                                        http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=40866

                                        .

                                        dotdotdot

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