Comments on: Ezmo & AllPeers Say Their Goodbyes

By: Pieter

Pieter — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:51:14 +0000

We’ve actually done a pretty extensive write-up about that service before

I know, CyberNet is where I get all the good stuff.
I just thought it was strange that you didn’t mention it as an alternative to Ezmo in the article.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:01:18 +0000

Mris mentioned using instant messengers to transfer files, and that is exactly what I do. All of my friends and myself use Google Talk to share files between each other, and it works great.

Pieter wrote:

You might want to try MP3tunes at http://www.mp3tunes.com/ as an alternative to Ezmo. It’s free, by the way.

We've actually done a pretty extensive write-up about that service before: http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-mp3tunes-provides-unlimited-storage-for-your-music/

By: Pieter

Pieter — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:40:24 +0000

You might want to try MP3tunes at [mp3tunes.com] as an alternative to Ezmo. It’s free, by the way.

By: Mris

Mris — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:37:58 +0000

I was really interested in AllPeers when it first launched and used it to share digital photos and videos with my mother and send her interesting links. It was really easy once I got it installed for her and it was nice to just drag and drop links without opening a separate program. Then they released a newer version which was incompatible with some of my other extensions and otherwise unstable so I had to uninstall.

Some time ago I reinstalled AllPeers and it seemed really great but it was just simply easier to email stuff or send by IM than to set AllPeers working on all computers, recover old accounts and get people to use it again.

I think the development was way too slow and there wasn’t much marketing beyond the initial launch. I had hoped that they were busy working on a Firefox 3 compatible version and would speed up development soon.

I’d still like to have an easy to use desktop program to share files with family and friends, my new digital camera records very high quality videos which I can’t send by email anymore. I tried Tubesnow, which is now also closed, but it was way too heavy to use on older computers. Any recommendations?

By: curtissthompson

curtissthompson — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:45:21 +0000

I’m sad to see AllPeers go, it was definitely one of my favorite Firefox addons, and was very well developed.

I used it all the time with friends of mine to transfer large files between each other, without having to use a middle man service (upload to a website then have them download from the website).

But I can see why they didn’t achieve their user base they needed, as it is a Firefox addon, which necessitates that users must use Firefox, then they must make an account, and get your friends to do the same so that you could use it between each other…and then have each friend add the other to their buddy list in order to start transferring files. That and the fact that most users don’t transfer large enough files to need a service like this in order to send friends files, email is often a much simpler and established substitute.

In my experience it took some time to get my friends to use this in place of email attachments, or IM file transfers took a little effort, but once they started using it, they continued using it in place of the other options. Once you get over the hurdles of installation, etc….the simplicity of use and speed of transfers easily made it a worthwhile service.