Google Drive vs InSync

之前都講過Google 出左 Google Drive

http://jackiewong.posterous.com/google-drive

除左上網用大家嘅Google Doc 之外, 仲有Desktop App

用法同DropBox,iDisk 大同小異

安裝之後都會有一個icon 喺Menu bar 同埋Finder

題目講到另一個名"InSync"

InSync 可能比較少人知

佢地係一個運用Google Document 存取, 更改嘅application

安裝之後同樣都會有一個icon 喺Menu bar 同埋Finder

更特別嘅係…InSync 支援Multiple accounts

Right-click file 會有更多option 方便用家check version, share document

可能大家覺得兩者角色重疊

其實當Google Drive 推出之後

InSync CEO 都出左封Email, 重申InSync 發展方向同市場定位

Insync's target market has always been power and business users and Google Drive's release further confirms this.

While Insync supports multiple accounts, offline editing, external hard drive, context menu, recent changes, etc., Google Drive lacks all of these things for one simple reason: Google Drive is geared towards the average consumer.

With that, we are doubling down on Insync with the following "power" features:
+ selective sync (yes, it really is coming)
+ encrypted sync
+ sync any folder
+ native context menu (no more browser windows)
+ Picasa sync
+ Linux support

We are also going to fix 2 long standing bugs:
+ duplicates
+ random files in root

Furthermore, our mobile apps, which have been in testing mode, are scheduled to be released later this month and next.

Insync for Mac and Windows 1.0 will have the 2 bugs fixed and native context menu support; the other features will follow. Insync for web will be removed so that we can focus our resources on Insync for desktop, mobile and tablets -- no sense in competing with Google Docs web.

P.S. 始於大家都唔係一個Document Management System (Keep versioning, Check In/ Out, Lock 等features)

好多時大家共用一份文件, 一齊檢閱同更改同一份文件

又或者Offline local edit, 再upload 番上去, 就會出現內容不一嘅情況, 

大家使用時要留意