Talk:OneDrive/Archive 1

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The link below reffering to the active x drag and drop feature do not work and I can't find anything like it on the site. Should removes that info imo.

Is this true?

The service currently offers 1GB, with a maximum upload file size of 50MB. Up to five files can be uploaded each time. Optionally, an ActiveX tool can be installed to allow drag-and-drop uploading from Windows Explorer.

If it is true, a link should be provided. nunocordeiro 19:32, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it is true. Just go to the upload page to verify (Cannot add a link as it requires logging in first). --soum ^talk 08:50, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

The 1GB storage space is referenced from here and here. The official team blog should also mention the ActiveX drag-and-drop uploading feature (here). Maximum upload file size is stated within SkyDrive itself, however, requires you to log-in first, hence there isn't any links provided. --

Pikablu0530

10:56, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Is this the Live Drive stuff? Then the articles should be merged. --soum ^talk 06:26, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

According to LiveSide.net, Live Folders and Live Drive are two different things. Live Folders is actually codenamed "SkyDrive" whereas Live Drive's codename is....."Live Drive". See here for more info.

Pikablu0530

09:30, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Thats a lot of Drives. :P --soum ^talk 09:41, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Actually, some sources I've found—and placed on

Windows Live Drive—suggest, that LiveDrive has been rebranded to Windows Live Folders. I suggested to merge the articles. What's your opinion? --Kubanczyk (talk

) 12:15, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

After checking some more sources (mainly MS blogs), I'm not so eager to do so. Sources are too vague on this one. --Kubanczyk (talk) 13:14, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

My instinct tells me that LiveDrive is more like FolderShare rather than SkyDrive (as Mary Jo Foley point out, it probably IS the same service). As to whether LiveDrive is SkyDrive or not, there are sources out there that indicates both arguments, and basically it's a huge branding mess. However, according to Microsoft Japan's powerpoint slide back in 2007, SkyDrive and Live Drive seems to be two distinct products. I'd choose to leave the article as it is right now (and don't merge) as no conclusion can be reached. --

talk

) 16:58, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Is the folders.live.com link correct? It goes to the default Apache on RHEL page!!! --soum ^talk 09:48, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Definitely correct. Windows Live Folders was "accidentally" put online for a while around few months ago and that is the correct address to access it. Even the newest post at Liveside.net still contain that link - but can only accessed internally at Microsoft.

Pikablu0530

10:34, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

I made the following edits when I wasn't signed in by mistake: 19:40, 9 August 2007 83.216.132.69 (Talk) (2,570 bytes) (→Updates - Renamed Skydrive.) (undo)

If you have a problem with it please let me know. Thanks, GoddersUK

GoddersUK 19:42, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Under the History section it is mentioned as "Shortly after on August 9, 2007 Windows Live Folders was renamed Windows Live SkyDrive and the participation was expanded to testers in the United Kingdom and India". I am from Sri Lanka and I am using the service for months. I think this service is for every one though I am not sure. Need to fix this.--Umapathy (உமாபதி) 23:15, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

It looks to me that this has some similarities to BT's Digital Vault, ie: this is competition between Microsoft and BT. Is this true? If so, might it be a good idea to put this in? Memassivbeast (talk) 19:20, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Can someone upload their HTML and JPG files to SkyDrive and then redirect a domain name to skydrive so when people go to the domain name it loads the web pages from SkyDrive? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.188.204.219 (talk) 16:34, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Are there any limits on how much data I can trasnfer to/from my SkyDrive every month? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.67.124.238 (talk) 18:30, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

No. There's no monthly transfer limits. The only limit is that individual files are limited to 50 MB and you have a storage space of 25GB. --

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) 04:49, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Does anyone know if Microsoft is maintaining user privacy with this "Live SkyDrive sync" thing? The big advantage of using "Shared folders" was that you could transfer, say, pirated music or such, without having to really worry about big-scary-microsoft watching you. But now that the only way to share massive files is by "sky drive" sharing, that means illegal stuff of users that they wanted to share could potentially be seen and reported. Any news on Microsoft's stance on this? There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance. - Ali ibn Abi-Talib (talk) 20:41, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Does Google have an equivalent service to this? 58.168.72.78 (talk) 10:02, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Google offers Google Docs. With this service, you can only upload documents (.doc, .txt, .rtf, etc.), spreadsheets (.xls), and presentations (.ppt). There are limits on the sizes for each of these. Like SkyDrive, you can edit them directly online using Doogle's versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, or download them to work on. You can also share these files with other people —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dcoryh192 (talk • contribs) 23:40, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

I've actually found an icon image with the same resolution, but with correct alpha transparency (for the glow of the yellow orbit ring). It can actually be found from the new Windows Live Essentials installation, it's an official icon file. I actually wished to change it myself, but I do not have sufficient user rights to do so. For anyone interested please contact me if you can't find the icon file.

KheeChun (talk) 01:15, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Microsoft is going to make new icons for all his windows live web applications. We already have seen the new hotmail icon. Now microsoft has the new SkyDrive icon. Here is the new icon: http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/6341/windowsliveskydrivenewi.png —Preceding unsigned comment added by CarlosJJ (talk • contribs) 11:52, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

https://secure.shared.live.com/FprkicNf-ps32vEVmIdcKA/Images/Cloud_Sync_96.png —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.81.84.149 (talk) 15:03, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Does somebody not notice that there are NO comments on public reaction to SkyDrive? I've noticed a lot of people online who really don't like SkyDrive (e.g. http://readmystuff.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/why-windows-live-sky-drive-sucks/)

Anyways, this wiki page seems biased on how amazing SkyDrive, nothing mentioning it's slow upload/download speeds (lost my source for this).

Any comments? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.157.213.59 (talk) 05:36, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Find a reliable source. Only then, we can have coverage. And please sign your comments too. Fleet Command (talk) 20:16, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

I tried adding a link to a page showing how to circumvent SkyDrive and it was undone. I got a "sounds like hate-mongering" comment for my efforts. I was ready for all sorts fo reactions but "hate-mongering"? Urger48400 (talk) 07:33, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Yes and it was for all intents and purposes, hate-mongering. The only critical mention of Windows Live SkyDrive in it was that it "Should be disabled"! Why? No mention at all. That's what we call subliminal propaganda.

And by the way, you tell me, why should someone "circumvent" Windows Live Skydrive? What's the good of doing this? Is getting trapped into the 10MB limit of email attachments a good thing? How about making e-mail reading orders of magnitude more costly mobile phone owners?

Fleet Command (talk) 15:08, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

As a newcomer I thought that this talk page was “for discussing improvements to the Windows Live SkyDrive article” and that it was "not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject"; I didn’t know that we are allowed to discuss the merits of SkyDrive here. First, and to answer the question as to why anyone would want to circumvent SkyDrive, my answer is that it’s because SkyDrive can’t be disabled. (The external link http://www.kanyak.com/noskydrive.html does not say and never said that it “should” be.) Second, and since our goal is to improve Wikipedia, mentioning that SkyDrive can’t be disabled and that this is by design would be one improvement to the Wikipedia Skydrive article; showing readers the way that Microsoft itself has provided to turn SkyDrive off would be another. Third, it seems to me that gratuitously accusing someone of "hate-mongering" falls within the scope of "personal attacks", which we're supposed to avoid. Urger48400 (talk) 07:28, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Here it is:

http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/Features/2011/jun11/06-20SkyDrive.mspx

Fleet Command (talk) 09:14, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

• Thanks! --Damaster98 (talk) 13:52, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Unlike the statement in this article, both http://explore.live.com/windows-live-skydrive-about-faq and http://explore.live.com/office-web-apps-control-permissions claim the maximum size is 50MB and not 100MB. -212.143.128.190 (talk) 09:50, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

salem alikom kife halake labase ghaya — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.101.87.68 (talk) 21:49, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 14:53, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

I don't see an ongoing dispute about this? If there isn't a source for the information it should be removed, that's generally uncontroversial? — raekyT 20:58, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks. That's what I thought too.

The problem was, there is a lot of reverting going on. In one instance, {{Citation needed}} tag was removed and replaced with an HTML comment that read: "Go to the web site and look at the source in your web browser". I thought, well I am willing to, but you have not cited a source for me to look in my web browser! Please cite a source and I will look it up. I don't want to be a revert button abuser but sometimes I cannot decide whether the removal of a {{Citation needed}} is a content dispute or a removal of maintenance template without resolving the problem. I thought perhaps if I started an RFC, everyone can speak his mind.

Best regards,

Codename Lisa (talk) 06:17, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi. The source of information has been added using

footnote style as Codename Lisa has suggested. Damaster98 (talk

) 07:58, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi. Actually, you are referring to a different edit of mine in which I removed unreferenced info. But I digress. The point is, {{Citation needed}} is just a template for the period of dispute and editors are not obliged to use it at all. Unreferenced info can be challenged and removed. (At leas two other people in this discussion are saying the same thing.)

Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 12:27, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

I have two suggestions. The first is that we could comment out the version number until a source is found, and the second that we leave the version number in place and add a citation needed tag. Cloudbound (talk) 13:49, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

Reference #23 in this section is a broken link. Also the first two points are not currently correct. - Hotmail / Outlook is not integrated with Skydrive - there are no options to store docs and photos from Hotmail to Skydrive. Srowatt (talk) 06:36, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

• References have all been fixed. Plus the first two points are correct, you are able to upload files directly to SkyDrive using Hotmail/Outlook.com. --Damaster98 (talk) 10:30, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi.

I noticed a change by

skydrive.com, however, still works. Please note that per

Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 15:56, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

@Codename Lisa: Thanks for notifying me! And yes, it's not OneDrive yet. ///EuroCarGT 15:58, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

Hello again

After studying sources, I have decided no semblances of OneDrive exists as of yet, and the name change was premature. I am restoring SkyDrive but I am not deleting OneDrive info from the article.

Best regards,

Codename Lisa (talk) 17:43, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

One.com Could Sue Microsoft Over OneDrive Name – Report. Softpedia.

That's for people who doubt the proven wisdom of

Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 18:03, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

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Could we recreate skydrive to tell people about that service before it was renamed please. 94.7.128.0 (talk) 16:11, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi.

There seems to be a disagreement as to whether we must list languages supported by OneDrive in the article. This list had existed in the article for a long time and is sourced but WilliamJE deleted it yesterday saying it is not necessary. He contents that:[2]

Unnecessary detail and consistent with other MS related topics- Windows 7, Windows Vista, MSE which don't list all languages. Windows Vista Service Pack 1 section mentions 31 languages. Where's that list?

I am afraid I see multiple problems with this reason:

1. Other Microsoft topics do list languages, including
   Acronis True Image
   , etc.
2. There is no rule against having a list of languages in Wikipedia. On the contrary, there is rules in favor listing them:
   WP:FACR
   requires all articles nominated for FA to be self-contained; i.e. cover everything related to that subject. So, I say in fact, we should add them to those articles that William mentioned.
3. "Consistency" is an informal fallacy here; there is no rule that says if something is absent all instances of the same genre must also be deleted. To give
   an example of absurdity
   , one can extend this fallacy by saying because Wikipedia does not have an article on Software X (insert the name of your favorite software title here) it must have no article on computer software at all. Don't you find this ridiculous?

Of course, this list was originally within the infobox. I brought it out 2.5 years ago (on 14 August 2012) because the infobox had grown to ridiculous proportions. Damaster98 later audited my edit. But if anyone is interested, we can certainly talk about it.

I am inviting people involved with this article to this discussion via ping, in the order to size of the contribution: Damaster98, MusikAnimal, Indrek, Jasper Deng, ViperSnake151 and FleetCommand, can I please have your input? And please don't restrict yourself to keep it, remove it or move it to infobox. Please feel free to explore alternative avenues.

Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 03:47, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

• Endorse. Keeping a list of languages is okay; that's the prevailing
  Internet Explorer 1. Since WilliamJE has a huge block log, I'd say you don't worry about his WP:OWN rants. And while we are at it, he is feeding you total bullshit: Merger discussions are not held in AfD. Fleet Command (talk
  ) 10:24, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

As for the accusations of

WP:OWN, I can't say I've seen any such behaviour on Lisa's part, in this particular article or others. Indrek (talk

) 12:21, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

Info in some parts are just plain inaccurate for OneDrive for Business, like most of the "Client applications" section. Edit: It seems like they are converging though.... MoHaG (talk) 07:45, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

This review is

transcluded from Talk:OneDrive/GA1

. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: David Eppstein (talk · contribs) 20:38, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

This article has multiple valid [clarify], [citation needed], and {{lead too short}} cleanup tags, some dating as early as 2014. In addition the entire "Download as ZIP files", "Photos and videos", and "Regional availability" sections are unsourced., It is not yet ready for GA review. (See Wikipedia:Good article criteria, "Immediate failures", #3: "cleanup banners that are unquestionably still valid". —David Eppstein (talk) 20:38, 11 March 2017 (UTC)