Google Drive is live

[thomthom]

@gaieus said:

Hm. It says "my Google drive is not ready yet". So yet another Google product that they are introducing separately in different countries?

Ditto! grumble

[thomthom]

@mtnarch said:

Only 5GB is free - check out the limit and pricing for more storage space here: https://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2375123&p=mktg_pricing

Dropbox only offer 2GB.

[thomthom]

Then you have Microsoft's Skydrive: https://skydrive.live.com/
Also an alternative.

What will be interesting is the integration with the file system.

Does Google Drive automatically sync folders on your computer, like Dropbox?

[Rich O Brien]

Yes, and much faster

[Rich O Brien]

Can I just ask people to click the drive link on the google homepage when logged in(at the top of page in the big black bar). I have entered through that since yesterday no problem. Even though the other way says notify me.

[Rich O Brien]

You should get a link to the installer after that blah blah blah

[thomthom]

@unknownuser said:

Can I just ask people to click the drive link on the google homepage when logged in(at the top of page in the big black bar). I have entered through that since yesterday no problem. Even though the other way says notify me.

What big black bar? Screenshot? I can't find the damn thing.

[Rich O Brien]

Google.com

At the top of page is a black nav bar with links to docs, plus etc.

I've drive up there since yesterday. I just clicked it and downloaded installer. Now I've drive folder on system.

[thomthom]

Nope! For me it redirects to http://www.google.no - and there is no Drive link...

[Rich O Brien]

[Rich O Brien]

[thomthom]

While I wait ... does it sync one folder, like Dropbox and SkyDrive - or does it allow arbitrary folder sync?

[Rich O Brien]

Testing link from drive

Deleted link

[Rich O Brien]

Does this answer your question?

[Gaieus]

I do not even have that in the black Google bar.

[Rich O Brien]

@gaieus said:

I do not even have that in the black Google bar.

Normally we're always last to the parade but it seems we rolled out on launch?

I got zero notification I just noticed Drive in the bar and clicked it. I presumed everyone was getting it.

[jeff hammond]

@unknownuser said:

Can I just ask people to click the drive link on the google homepage when logged in(at the top of page in the big black bar). I have entered through that since yesterday no problem. Even though the other way says notify me.

you're special!

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[jeff hammond]

@gaieus said:

I do not even have that in the black Google bar.

you sure? go to the other sketchup forums (the productforums.google one)

the black bar should be at the top of your screen there (and pretty much everywhere else in the googleverse)

[EDIT].. nevermind.. i can't even read what you typed properly…

[Rich O Brien]

@unknownuser said:

you're special!

Wait til you get your hands on SU9.

[simon le bon]

Thank you Rich for the heads up,

another thread is actually talking about the interest of such services:
Dropbox's New feature - Links

And here is a comparison table (in french) with the main actors in this area:

Attention Required! | Cloudflare

(www.journaldugeek.com)

Google Drive is very attractive !

++simon