Service Update

What’s New/Changed

Uploading & Downloading

• Upload speeds have been greatly increased, some people are seeing upload speeds of 2MB/second.
• We opened storage locations in the USA and Europe, you can now choose where to upload to, the closer the faster.
• Upload and Download speeds have been increased by using Flash to send the data straight to the storage location.

File Organisation

• The Dashboard was implemented to better organise your files by using folders, by default files are uploaded to ‘My Uploads’ (this folder cannot be deleted).
• We aggregated the files into sections based on their type (ie: the pictures include .jpg .png .gif) this makes it much easier to find your files.
• Expired and deleted files are no longer displayed.
• The ability to move multiple files between folders was added.
• Persistant storage was implements as a percentage of your account, ie: files will not expire.
• The file details page was changed to include large buttons for downloading and sending which makes them a lot easier to find.

Sending Files & Collection

• Sending to multiple users has been added.
• Sending multiple files has been added.
• Address book added.
• Ability to import contacts automatically from Yahoo! Mail, GMail, Hotmail/MSN, and AOL added.
• A new collection page which aggregates the files into sections was added.
• Notifications of file downloads only when the entire file has been downloaded was added.
• A Sent Items section was added allowing uses to see all the files that were sent and if they were collected.

User Interface

• The main internal interface colour was changed from grey to white making it easier on the eyes more user friendly.
• The statistics of your account (temporary/persistant space left, bandwidth used) has been added to all folder pages.

Desktop Client

• Compression (to .zip) activated by default to save space on upload.
• Added better error handeling and messaging capabilities.
• Added compression for folders when uploading.
• Added splash screen on startup.

Miscellaneous

• Transitioned to a bandwidth model rather than limiting the number of times a file can be downloaded.
• Monthly bandwidth is capped and reset to zero monthly.
• Limit removed for number of files that can be sent per month.

What’s To Come

• Folder sharing.
• Hosted upload box for your website and notification.
• Premium accounts enabling more storage and bandwidth without adverts.
• Multi-user accounts.
• A full scale address book.
• Better logging of downloads.
• Entirely new desktop client packed with features.

There are many more features that are in the pipeline to implement, so this should just whet your appetite.

We do hope you are enjoying the service and are looking forward to taking advantage of the new features that are no their way.
We encourage you to forward this email on to any friends you think may be able to make use of our service.