Suggestion for service to share large files

[rivan]

I've had real issues with large files getting to dropbox, at least over their web upload.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

I'm going to second the "mail a flash drive" idea.

Because fuck DSL upload speeds, that's why.

Obviously is less of a problem the less data you have though.

 

[ShawnD1]

Yeah, could always do a split archive with WinRAR, or maybe 7-zip.

Won't work. I tried to get an engineer to install 7zip, and it was the most hopeless thing in the world. The instructions I gave had screenshots and everything. I gave a direct link to the installer file so there's no searching around. Just click "next" until it stops asking then double click the first file in this series of files I'm sending. They still couldn't get it to work. I was giving these instructions so we could send a very high resolution aerial photograph that is too big for email. After realizing the person should be wearing a helmet at all times, we put the files on a flash drive and had it priority mailed to them. This is fucking ridiculous. Guys like Al Gore can rip on people for driving SUVS but shit like this is why the environment doesn't have a chance in hell. Send it over wires? Fuck that, let's use a jet to physically move the stored data several hundred miles.

 

[Jeff7]

I'm going to emerge from lurkerdom for a moment to point out that this post is FULL of win.. I laughed for a solid minute.

Also, Mine! - I brought out a lurker and claimed him. Sweet.
Are there bonus points for that?



That thought was inspired by something I saw in another sig here: "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a truck full of tapes hurtling down the highway." Or something along those lines.

Won't work. I tried to get an engineer to install 7zip, and it was the most hopeless thing in the world. The instructions I gave had screenshots and everything. I gave a direct link to the installer file so there's no searching around. Just click "next" until it stops asking then double click the first file in this series of files I'm sending. They still couldn't get it to work. I was giving these instructions so we could send a very high resolution aerial photograph that is too big for email. After realizing the person should be wearing a helmet at all times, we put the files on a flash drive and had it priority mailed to them. This is fucking ridiculous. Guys like Al Gore can rip on people for driving SUVS but shit like this is why the environment doesn't have a chance in hell. Send it over wires? Fuck that, let's use a jet to physically move the stored data several hundred miles.

"Click Next."
- "Right click or left click?"
"Left click. If I say 'click' that's always left-click. If I say 'right-click,' that means right-click."
- "Ok. It's at the next screen now."
"Click Next again."
- "Right click or left click?"
<orbital pulse laser cannon acquiring target>

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

Dropbox. Shared directory.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Dropbox. Shared directory.

Public link.

A lot of people don't have DropBox and don't want to sign up for another service.

 

[chusteczka]

largedocument.com

Norton Anti-virus tells me that LargeDocument.com is unsafe and contains 2 computer threats.

 

[zCypher]

Teamviewer? It's free, and it's retardedly easy to set up. Once they have teamviewer on their computer, you just access it by entering the number teamviewer associates with their computer, and the user/pw. Bam, you can do the rest yourself.

 

[vshah]

pipebytes wins this thread so easily it's not even funny.

 

[artvscommerce]

Norton Anti-virus tells me that LargeDocument.com is unsafe and contains 2 computer threats.

I'm guessing that's a false positive. I'm pretty sure the site is legit, but I can understand why someone wouldn't want to chance it.

 

[jmolayal]

Also, Mine! - I brought out a lurker and claimed him. Sweet.
Are there bonus points for that?

Your request to claim me has been accepted. My signature has been updated.

/retreats into the shadows....

 

[Ichinisan]

Teamviewer? It's free, and it's retardedly easy to set up. Once they have teamviewer on their computer, you just access it by entering the number teamviewer associates with their computer, and the user/pw. Bam, you can do the rest yourself.

I'm sure you're responding to ShawnD1's post (even though you didn't quote him).

I use join.me for the same thing because of its extreme simplicity. Works with Mac too. If someone was using Internet Explorer, they only had to click "Share" then "Run" and read the 9-digit number to me. They never have to find / delete the executable because it goes to Temporary Internet Files or Downloaded Program Files. It doesn't actually install, so the user doesn't need to uninstall anything. Firefox/Chrome/Safari is only *slightly* more complex because the user downloads an executable file and has to click again to open it, so there are 2-3 more warning screens and they're left with an item in their download history. The executable file can be deleted afterward.

Now they added one step to the process by adding a "Pro" or "Basic" selection before clicking Share. Now I have to tell the person: "Under 'Share', click 'basic'. Then click the yellow circle next to it."

Of course, there's a trade-off for extreme simplicity. The join.me viewer gets confused when I use the Tab key while controlling someone's system (I use Chrome on my end, so I don't know if this is the same for all browsers). Also, due to process isolation, I can't see UAC prompts on the other end and the screen just seems to freeze while the on-site user sees the UAC prompt. When I launch an installer and the user clears the UAC prompt, I can't click anything inside the installer window, but I can still see it and tell the user what to click. I believe I can only interact with user processes.

 

[skyking]

waste network.

I remember the waste-d days

 

[silverpig]

I remember the waste-d days

Oh geez, I remember that too.