Adobe Launches “Share” Beta
On Oct 1st, Adobe launched a new online file sharing and storage service simply called “Share” (beta). The service is aimed at making it easier for creative professionals to share, deliver and receive large files without email. In order to use this service you need an Adobe ID, which is simple and free, and also gives you access to other sections of the Adobe site like the Developer Center and Exchange ( a place to download plugins and extenstions, etc. for Adobe products)
Along with the launch of Share Beta, there is news that Adobe is set to (if it hasn’t already) aquire Virtual Ubiquity Inc., the creator the online word processor called ‘Buzzword.’ Most of you might be aware of the fact that Adobe is working on an online incarnation of Photoshop, and my guess is that they simply want to aquire companies like Virtual Ubiquity to gain control of some online rich app technologies instead of starting from scratch. Wether or not they are trying to swallow up the competition by aquiring these companies is irrelevant. I’d like to think that they are applying these technologies to their own online applications in order to provide the best online apps around. We’ll see!
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Sounds practical,
and maybe even slightly innovative :)
A much needed feature, although I’m still awestruck by Kuler!
Thanks for the heads-up!
It’s Flash based, and requires the very latest Flash Player. I thought I had the latest and greatest, but still had to upgrade my FP to use Share.
I also poked around a bitt and never could find any information on any limits as to file size, bandwidth, etc.
There is an option to share directly from a website, so I was looking for this info (for my BittBox downloads) I’m not very happy with Mediafire. They’ve been systematically removing some of my largest files and they never say why. If anyone can suggest a better free or paid online file storage, I’m all ears. (needs to be pretty much unlimited downloads and data transfer though)
~Bitt
Aw… you have to sign up and wait for an invite… How long did it take for you? Or (even better) can you send one (or is this beta not that way?)?
Jack,
Sorry man! (and everyone else) I didn’t see anything remotely tied to an invite-only beta, probably because I’ve had an Adobe ID for years. Hopefully they’ll be speedy about the testing phase.
~Bitt
Hmm. I have had an Adobe ID for a while as well, but I still get blocked. Odd to as it was starting to load, then it jumped to the “notify for invite” screen.
Hey Bittbox
Have you tried Box.net for file storage? It’s unlimited bandwidth, you get 1 gig for free and then pay for more storage thereafter. Might be worth a look.
Seems to work fine and i’ve only had an Adobe ID for a short time. It must have been in a good mood when i did it !!!
@Aaron,
Thanks man, I’ll check that out!
~Bitt
….same here, my adobe ID (which i’ve had forever) won’t get me in. if an invite got tossed into my mail, i’d be grateful.
luv yer stuff btw…you have great color sense. and the lighting is nice and soft.
If you didn’t get an invite check to see if your email address is up to date on your Abode ID at Adobe’s site. The file size limit seems to be 1024MB for now. Click on the help link for documentation & the forums link to ask questions.
Working fine for me BUT ONLY on IE. will not function of Firefox. If anyone has a secret there, let me know here. Thanks.
Finally got in!
I have had an Adobe ID for a while as well, but I still get blocked. Odd to as it was starting to load, then it jumped to the “notify for invite” screen.