Google Drive is live

jeff hammond

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..

[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?

d12dozr

@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

jeff hammond

@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 ?)

d12dozr

Test:

d12dozr

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?

jeff hammond

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

d12dozr

Ok, testing with setting at "Public"

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

Gaieus

@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)

d12dozr

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.

Gaieus

This is what I get:

d12dozr

And this is what I see:

jeff hammond

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)

Jpac

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

jeff hammond

@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

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