Filed under: Internet, Web services, web 2.0
EatLime: Sharing large files keeps getting easier
Once upon a time if you wanted to share files too large to send as email attachments, you would upload them to an FTP site. But not everyone has an FTP site lying around, and so web services like YouSendIt, MailBigFile, and Driveway have stepped up to the plate. While YouSendIt it probably the most familiar name of the bunch, the service only lets users send files up to 100MB for free. For larger file transfers you need to pay a fee.
EatLime has a 1GB file size limit (although you need to register for a free account to send files larger than 100MB). That alone doesn't make the service unique. But EatLime also has one killer feature that most other services lack: You can share download links with others before you've finished uploading a file, and they can begin downloading while you're still uploading.
EatLime, formerly known as YouSwap, also has a nice clean interface, easy to use tools for managing your files, and a contact manager for keeping track of the folks you regularly share files with.
Update 5/08/08: When we first took this service for a spin in March it was awesome. But in the following months we've had problems with EatLime corrupting files we've tried to share, and suffering from downtime. The service has a lot of potential, but right now its performance is just too inconsistent to recommend for sharing important files.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Frank said 2:29PM on 3-12-2008
Not a bad web app though it can be slow when trying to receive a file posted online. Of course, this posting will likely make it slower with greater use but it's pretty useful for quickly putting something online you need to share or send that's too big for email.
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Brad Linder said 2:32PM on 3-12-2008
Yeah, surprisingly my upload speeds have been faster than my download speeds. But not by much.
Joshua Works said 6:04PM on 3-12-2008
The best, in my opinion, both aesthetically and functionally is: http://senduit.com/
Top notch stuff.
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chandler3224 said 7:42AM on 3-14-2008
I've tried using this service to send a 700mb file and whenever I try to download it, the file cuts off at around 50mb. I've tried this on different connections and nothing!
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nick said 8:11AM on 4-05-2008
WTF... no mac support?
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someone said 9:47AM on 5-08-2008
i just tryed this so-called perfect host and result
SITE IS DOWN
what a waste of time
this article sucks
next time trust a company that has been around for (at least) over than a month before writting an article on it
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Brad Linder said 9:50AM on 5-08-2008
Yeah, the service was awesome back in March. Now, not so much. I've updated the post. In the meantime, you might want to check out Filemail. It too is a new service, but we haven't experienced any problems yet.