Re: [orca-list] Accessible online free service for storage

[covici ccs covici com]

owncloud is very nice, you have your own server, no bandwidth limits
like dropbox, and it works well with ios devices, with a few bugs in the
ios implementations.

B. Henry <burt1iband gmail com> wrote:

> This did not make it to the list, so L., keep reading for more at the end of what you already may have read 
> off-list.
>
>  The grive utility, commandline, is very usable, but you must manually sync.
> > Can't beat 15GB free, but I hear with windows client at least there are major problems with very large 
> > volumes of files 
> > and folders, so stick with the free account. 
> > Firefox and orca do not work well with google drive last I tried, so use chrome/chromevox. I can't help 
> > with jaws as I 
> > only use that as a last resort, and have hardly even used windows in half a year, and not more than 5% of 
> > my computing has 
> > been done on windows for the nearly 4 years I have been using Linux.
> > I am very sad that ubuntuone is going away as I've used it and really like its integration for things 
> > like email 
> > attachments. 
> > Own-cloud is accessible, but I've yet to set it up, and you need your own server, so Dropbox and google 
> > drive are the two 
> > I can recommend right nowl. 
> > The only trouble I have had with dropbox was when I tried to use a non-standard dropbox folder location 
> > the configuration 
> > interface froze for me on Vinux4, and the odd part is that this worked perfectly if a bit slowly before 
> > on the same 
> > distro. 
> > I got around that problem using sym-inks. 
> > If you are happy with the default location for the Dropbox folder, which most ppl should be, then Dropbox 
> > is a fine choice 
> > in my opinion. There are special GUIs, plug-ins and or scripts for dropbox on windows to improve 
> > accessibility.
> Just add dropbox files or folders with filemanager or mkdir etc., and to share them use the web interface 
> that is 
> accessible with firefox/orca as well as chrome/chromvox, and to a poit with CLI-browsers like Lynx. 
> Dropbox is one of the most widely used sharing platforms around, and while the 2.5GB storage in a free 
> account is not a 
> lot compared with some alternatives iit is plenty for many projects. I use mine for a lot of personal 
> storage of 
> refference materials and such taht I want no matter what computer I am using as well as to colaborate on a 
> project with 
> several other people. I even back-up settings and configurations for one computer there as well as my main 
> work directory. 
> --
> B.H.
>
>
> >
>
> > On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 09:10:57PM -0300, luciano de souza wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I need to share files by virtue of a project. So I want to choose a
> > > online free service for storage.
> > >
> > > The question is: which of then are accessible?
> > >
> > > I am really not sure, but Dropbox does not seem to be the best option.
> > > Actually, I don't want to synchronize files, but only to store and
> > > share.
> > >
> > > Firstly, I thought Microsoft Skydrive will be my choice. I can create
> > > a group for the project and store files in its Skydrive. However,
> > > recently, the accessibility seemed to be worst.
> > >
> > > I try also to use Gmail, but I couldn't understand how to create
> > > folders, place files and do other operations. Google Drive seems to be
> > > not accessible.
> > >
> > > So, regarding that I use Orca at home and JAWS at work, which service
> > > do you advise me if I want to share a library of files? I don't want a
> > > service only to download files. It's not something like SendSpace. the
> > > ideia is a permanent drive where files is uploaded for future visits.
> > >
> > > I use Ubuntu 13.10 and Orca 3.10.1.
> > >
> > > -- 
> > > Luciano de Souza
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