SOLVED :: Customer needs to send 1GB... what free tool would you recommend?
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No need to install anything. Both Google Drive and DropBox have a web interface.
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:cool: Thank you! :thumbsup:
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SOLUTION: The customer installed Google Drive and shared the files. WeTransfer looked the easiest and most interesting of the answers given the customer profile. OLD QUESTION: I do have Google drive here, but the customer doesn't. The customer is not tech savvy and he won't spend a € on a software solution to send that file. What free and easy-to-use software would you recommend? Even better if we don't have to install anything... I have thought on setting up an ftp server which would be easy for me but not easy for the customer. What would you use/do? Thank you very much!
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Only one of you needs to set up an ftp server to transfer files bidirectionally. So, since it's easier for you to do that than your customer, then that's what you do. You will need to teach them how to use the ftp client that's built into windows so they can do the transfer. If you want their end to be even simpler, you might try the ftp support built into IE -- as I recall, it gives the user a file-browser like view where they can copy files into and out of the directory using the standard drag-and-drop user interface. If that's all too complicated, then use a flash drive. Seriously. If they can't figure out how to use a simple file transfer program like FTP in a very limited way, with you walking them through it, then you'll be lucky if they can figure out how to put the file on a flash drive and send it to you.
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
For the last FTP server I managed (using FileZilla) I still remember having two pages of screenshots and step-by-step instructions which were super-easy to follow (in fact it was impossible to miss if they followed the steps). But you all know how this ended... depending on the customer profile accessing an FTP server is out of reach. I was supper happy with it: you knew always the state of the transfers... but now it is not on consideration.
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:cool: Thank you! :thumbsup:
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Actually I believe you can even share a folder via link on Google Drive. So, you go and create a folder, share it via link. Email the link to the user and he can click the link and drop a file into your shared folder. Even without user signing up for an account.
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:sigh:
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Actually I believe you can even share a folder via link on Google Drive. So, you go and create a folder, share it via link. Email the link to the user and he can click the link and drop a file into your shared folder. Even without user signing up for an account.
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That's what I thought... But even I created a link to that newly created folder with the editing permission for anyone that has the link, the customer can't upload files there... super strange.
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That's what I thought... But even I created a link to that newly created folder with the editing permission for anyone that has the link, the customer can't upload files there... super strange.
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That is odd. Error between keyboard and chair on customer's part maybe? :laugh:
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:(( It was terrible when something like that happened... :laugh:
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A DVD and a postage stamp?
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That is odd. Error between keyboard and chair on customer's part maybe? :laugh:
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I've tried it too... no luck... See: link to a newly created link...[^] It doesn't work here... Windows 7 IE11.
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Bittorrent. Sure, it's actually meant for p2p clusters, but you will still get: - awesome resumability - plenty of corruption prevention - portable clients, no one has to install anything - rate limiting support, just in case you need it
It must be a good option, but it sounds so awful here in this country (as every single one here is using it to download films)... X|
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I've tried it too... no luck... See: link to a newly created link...[^] It doesn't work here... Windows 7 IE11.
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You're right. I tried it too. Must be a bug in Drive.
My book, Launch Your Android App, is available at Amazon.com.
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For the last FTP server I managed (using FileZilla) I still remember having two pages of screenshots and step-by-step instructions which were super-easy to follow (in fact it was impossible to miss if they followed the steps). But you all know how this ended... depending on the customer profile accessing an FTP server is out of reach. I was supper happy with it: you knew always the state of the transfers... but now it is not on consideration.
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If you use FileZilla, you can export the SiteManager entries as an XML file, (edit it to remove anything they don't need, obviously) then email then the XML which they import into FileZilla. They can then connect easily, and drag and drop the files to / from your selected FTP server. Simple, efficient, and can be made secure so your client(s) only get to see files they are authorised to. Sound complex, but it's trivial: install FZ, "File...Import", browse to XML, open. Click on the server in the drop down and it all does it for you. It's actually less hassle than DropBox - because they don't have to work out how to expose files to you! :laugh:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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SOLUTION: The customer installed Google Drive and shared the files. WeTransfer looked the easiest and most interesting of the answers given the customer profile. OLD QUESTION: I do have Google drive here, but the customer doesn't. The customer is not tech savvy and he won't spend a € on a software solution to send that file. What free and easy-to-use software would you recommend? Even better if we don't have to install anything... I have thought on setting up an ftp server which would be easy for me but not easy for the customer. What would you use/do? Thank you very much!
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US Postal Service. burn to CD, mail overnight
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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You're right. I tried it too. Must be a bug in Drive.
My book, Launch Your Android App, is available at Amazon.com.
Yes... strange but... Thank you for trying. :thumbsup:
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It must be a good option, but it sounds so awful here in this country (as every single one here is using it to download films)... X|
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:rolleyes:
[www.tamautomation.com] | Robots, CNC and PLC machines for grinding and polishing. [YouTube channel]
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SOLUTION: The customer installed Google Drive and shared the files. WeTransfer looked the easiest and most interesting of the answers given the customer profile. OLD QUESTION: I do have Google drive here, but the customer doesn't. The customer is not tech savvy and he won't spend a € on a software solution to send that file. What free and easy-to-use software would you recommend? Even better if we don't have to install anything... I have thought on setting up an ftp server which would be easy for me but not easy for the customer. What would you use/do? Thank you very much!
[www.tamautomation.com] | Robots, CNC and PLC machines for grinding and polishing. [YouTube channel]
Ask him to create a web service that supports base64Binary attachments, let him to set credentials, and you consume the file trough a small WCF application. Simple!:-D
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US Postal Service. burn to CD, mail overnight
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
I'm wondering why nobody has proposed using pigeons... :laugh: But given the alternatives... :laugh:
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Ask him to create a web service that supports base64Binary attachments, let him to set credentials, and you consume the file trough a small WCF application. Simple!:-D
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:confused: I'm confused now... imagine my customer... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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