It's finally here - the Google G-drive has been implemented into every Google Apps account as well as every public Google account. As noted on my January 12th announcement, each user has a 1gb virtual drive in the cloud they can use to store their personal files. Here's what we knew when first announced: * the user will be able to select multiple files using the shift for inbetween selects and ctrl for specific selects. * files converted into Google documents, spreadsheets, or presentations does NOT count towards your 1gb * additional storage beyond 1gb is $0.25 per gb per year for personal gmail accounts (minimum upgrade to 20gb) and $3.50 per gb per year for Google Apps accounts * additional storage upgrade for personal accounts is shared between gmail, picasa, and documents Now that its been released, we can answer a couple of questions which we posed at the time: * file limitations - the help file said 100mb, the announcement said 250mb - the actual limitation is a file size of 1gb!!! * searching - yes, it's possible to search by file name, but not by the contents within the file - only if the option to convert is selected will it index the contents within the file * revisions - does not keep track of multiple revisions - instead it treats them as separate files with the same name - each file therefore counts against your total * executable files - yes, it's possible to upload executable files * amount of file storage in use and used percentage of 1gb limit is displayed at the time of uploading a file * sharing - its possible to share an uploaded file just like a document * pictures - yes, it's possible to upload pictures - AND VIEW... Which brings up a new feature - the ability to view thumbnails of files. In the upper right corner is a list view icon and a thumbnail view icon. Selecting thumbnail view displays the files using their thumbnail for Google docs, spreadsheets, forms, presentations, PDFs, and pictures. Other files simply display a file icon.  |
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