3 posts tagged “macintosh”

I wanted to share some files. I had used box.net in the past and I was happy. The interface is quite good and it's easy to use and it's pretty responsive as well. However I got a message saying I would have to upgrade my account if I want to upload a file bigger than 10MB.

Well it's easy to have big files these days. So I popped in to MyOtherDrive.com. Only to find a Java dump instead of the site. I can copy the error text but it wont paste anywhere. Viewing page source lets me see that "Java Runtime Environment is not working correctly on your system" . Hmm. I think this might be Apple's JRE update causing the problem.

I'll have to see if I can tell it to emulate the 1.4.2 virtual machine or something. I don't know.

Although I am mostly impressed with Stikkit, the thing that will help spread its popularity are two new developments: The Quicksilver plugin and the Dashboard Widget. I'll be trying to squeeze in testing time to see if they can help without having to actually visit the Stikkit site.

Just for reference Stikkit has been working fine on the Mac with Firefox/BonEcho 2.0.x.

Update, 1 June 2007: This Quicksilver function doesn't appear to work smoothly at work, where IP traffic must go via a proxy server.

Theres a new multi-function site on the scene: Jubii
They promise file-storage, email and chat (coming soon) As for the online storage, you are limited to shifting 500MB per month. After all, it is free.
However they seem to be only developing and testing on Windows computers. It seemed to work fine on Windows XP with Firefox 2, but on my Mac, I couldn't register because the stage 2 screen was empty.
I then tried Safari but that didnt work either.
Later I had success registering by having Opera pretend it was Internet Explorer.
With that out of the way I tried actually using the site with Firefox 2. Some functions are OK but there are a lot of errors- yes i know this is in beta- but hardly any of the the sites in beta that allow public registration have had this many problems.
When you have an error, not only does whatever you tried not work, but it logs you out completely.
I tried replying to the welcome email but I don't think they got it.