Ingenious add-on to Gmail

[trapical]

With over 2 gigs of free memory don't you wish you could store some of your files on Gmail's servers? Sure you can email yourself attachments, but thats lame. ;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check this out - >http://www.viksoe.dk/code/gmail.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check it out, drag and drop storage to any Gmail account from any computer. It = awesome :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments?

[Greatsilverwyrm]

What are transfer speeds like? I'd imagine for large files it would be terrible, especially over a slow connection..

[devilheart14]

rofl,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i was reading about this last night in my pc user mag

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:D :D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sounds good thou

[trapical]

What are transfer speeds like? I'd imagine for large files it would be terrible, especially over a slow connection..

 

 

 

Well, obviousl it depends on the connection you have, but I did a test using my cable...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I downloaded the google toolbar (536kb) in 13.4 seconds

 

 

 

I uploaded that same file it to gmail in 25.4 seconds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So its a notch quicker then twice as slow as downloading. Keep in mind though that that download speed is quicker then usual seeing as though it was from google.com, the faster servers I know. In reality uploaded to gmail is probably just as fast as downloading from some 3rd party sites or Kazaa.

[Hannibal]

With over 2 gigs of free memory don't you wish you could store some of your files on Gmail's servers?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surely Google would object to such usage of the space? Not that I don't like the idea... I just want to keep my GMail account around, not lose it because I bended the rules a bit ;)

[BlueLancer]

 

With over 2 gigs of free memory don't you wish you could store some of your files on Gmail's servers?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surely Google would object to such usage of the space? Not that I don't like the idea... I just want to keep my GMail account around, not lose it because I bended the rules a bit ;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Think about it: Why would they object to it if they volunteer to give you a 2gb 'harddrive' email in the first place?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A lot of the harddrives on the google servers are a result of overestimation of google/internet site growth in 2001/2002 as the company bought thousands and thousands of hard drives it now doesn't need as it has enough for indexing and caching the current sites and spidering for more. So they're putting them to use rather than just dumping them in a warehouse.

[trapical]

 

With over 2 gigs of free memory don't you wish you could store some of your files on Gmail's servers?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surely Google would object to such usage of the space? Not that I don't like the idea... I just want to keep my GMail account around, not lose it because I bended the rules a bit ;)

 

 

 

Technically its your space to use. I mean, would they get mad if you recieved 100mb of emails everyday to? Also, two things:

 

 

 

- Make a new Gmail account to store stuff on, otherwise your inbox might get cluttered

 

 

 

- I'm not sure of the practically of storing gigs of files on Gmail, I intend to use it to replace my floppy drive, just use it to transfer documents to other computers that you use.

[Hannibal]

 

 

With over 2 gigs of free memory don't you wish you could store some of your files on Gmail's servers?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surely Google would object to such usage of the space? Not that I don't like the idea... I just want to keep my GMail account around, not lose it because I bended the rules a bit ;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Think about it: Why would they object to it if they volunteer to give you a 2gb 'harddrive' email in the first place?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A lot of the harddrives on the google servers are a result of overestimation of google/internet site growth in 2001/2002 as the company bought thousands and thousands of hard drives it now doesn't need as it has enough for indexing and caching the current sites and spidering for more. So they're putting them to use rather than just dumping them in a warehouse.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, but this system makes it a *lot* more practical to start using things like this for filesharing and/or "FTP"-like archives. Which wasn't the point - GMail doesn't limit file attachments to 10MB for no reason at all ;)

[trapical]

Good point Hannibal. According to the website over 500,000 people have downloaded it and so far Gmail doesn't seem to care :? As for me I will cotinue to use the program until Gmail makes it pubic and/or warns people not to use it

[DaN]

 

 

With over 2 gigs of free memory don't you wish you could store some of your files on Gmail's servers?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surely Google would object to such usage of the space? Not that I don't like the idea... I just want to keep my GMail account around, not lose it because I bended the rules a bit ;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Think about it: Why would they object to it if they volunteer to give you a 2gb 'harddrive' email in the first place?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A lot of the harddrives on the google servers are a result of overestimation of google/internet site growth in 2001/2002 as the company bought thousands and thousands of hard drives it now doesn't need as it has enough for indexing and caching the current sites and spidering for more. So they're putting them to use rather than just dumping them in a warehouse.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

its called overselling the avarage user will use less than 100MB of space but with this system filling 2gigs isnt even a task.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plus google dont make money this way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with this system id have over a terabyte of remote storage i dout their going to let me have that for free when otheres are charging thousands of dollars amonth for that sort of remote storage.

[SideWinderGX]

so could you upload a 20 MB runescape movie to there and link people to it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

because the current google video thing is horrible, i submitted videos 2 weeks ago and they havent been verified. yet. and my sitesled account wont get validated by the admins :( im stuck.

[Meesy]

so could you upload a 20 MB runescape movie to there and link people to it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

because the current google video thing is horrible, i submitted videos 2 weeks ago and they havent been verified. yet. and my sitesled account wont get validated by the admins :( im stuck.

 

 

 

I don't think you can link into your gmail account, except when you want to give your username and password away.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm giving it a try though, looks nice.

[DaN]

so could you upload a 20 MB runescape movie to there and link people to it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No linking...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I should pointout theres a differance between remote storage and webhosting.

[unknownmasterofnothing]

dunno what kinda files would be useful for this, since file sizes limit is so small.

[trapical]

dunno what kinda files would be useful for this, since file sizes limit is so small.

 

 

 

What file size limit? 2 Gigs is the limit...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I intend to use it to store Microsoft Word files, jpegs, and a few MP3s that I want to transfer to another computer.

[indy500fan]

 

dunno what kinda files would be useful for this, since file sizes limit is so small.

 

 

 

What file size limit? 2 Gigs is the limit...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I intend to use it to store Microsoft Word files, jpegs, and a few MP3s that I want to transfer to another computer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i think some one up above said the file size limit was 10 megs, and i think that is what he is talking about.