Hey all, I'm interested in one of these online file storage solutions like Dropbox, Humyo, etc, for a friend of mine who is running a charity.
He needs to transfer large-ish maps (up to 50mb or so, pdf files usually) to and from people in Brazil. Most of the people he'll be dealing with are as tech-savvy as himself (i.e. completely oblivious).
So far we set up ftp access to his web space (company is Names.co.uk) which seemed to be going well but apparently now people from Brazil connecting to the ftp server via Internet Explorer are getting nowhere so naturally we're recommending they install FTP clients (I myself am unable to login to the ftp with Firefox but I'm getting access denied messages whereas they're not even able to connect at all so I've told him to ring up Names and see if they're preventing connections from abroad).
The thing is, putting aside technical skill, there are times when they're at a net cafe without an FTP client (and are blocked from installing one) so I'm wondering about setting up an online file sharing setup that requires no software to download. It doesn't need to sync or any fancy stuff like that, just bare basic upload/download buttons and file lists, really (I doubt they'd even need to make folders). His webspace does have a web-based file manager but it's only accessible by the main account so won't do.
Does anyone know of any that just use java or whatever to do this? It doesn't have to be free, but it would have to work through a regular browser (IE, Firefox, Safari) without needing to download anything. Is there even such a service yet?
He needs to transfer large-ish maps (up to 50mb or so, pdf files usually) to and from people in Brazil. Most of the people he'll be dealing with are as tech-savvy as himself (i.e. completely oblivious).
So far we set up ftp access to his web space (company is Names.co.uk) which seemed to be going well but apparently now people from Brazil connecting to the ftp server via Internet Explorer are getting nowhere so naturally we're recommending they install FTP clients (I myself am unable to login to the ftp with Firefox but I'm getting access denied messages whereas they're not even able to connect at all so I've told him to ring up Names and see if they're preventing connections from abroad).
The thing is, putting aside technical skill, there are times when they're at a net cafe without an FTP client (and are blocked from installing one) so I'm wondering about setting up an online file sharing setup that requires no software to download. It doesn't need to sync or any fancy stuff like that, just bare basic upload/download buttons and file lists, really (I doubt they'd even need to make folders). His webspace does have a web-based file manager but it's only accessible by the main account so won't do.
Does anyone know of any that just use java or whatever to do this? It doesn't have to be free, but it would have to work through a regular browser (IE, Firefox, Safari) without needing to download anything. Is there even such a service yet?
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