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AnyHub - the simple, friendly, no bullshit file host

30 points by charliesome 17y ago

retube 17y ago
Nice. However - the upload box gets rendered behind the green hills. (Firefix 3.5.3 on Ubuntu) Edit: it's not completely hidden, but largely obscured, such that I have to scroll down before I can see the form fields. Edit 2: it seems to be a function of window size.
- telemachos 17y ago
  Not here (OS X, tested on Chrome & Safari). What browser/OS are you using?
  - retube 17y ago
    Sorry yes forgot to include browser details, have amended question
- vital101 17y ago
  Same here. (Chrome 5.0.3 on OS X). It's dependent on the site of the window though. I keep my relatively small, so that automatically came to mind.
  - retube 17y ago
    yes, i see the same, depends on my window size (am on a 1200 x 800 laptop)
    - sjs382 17y ago
      Same on my 1024x600 netbook.
- tibbon 17y ago
  Not that I have files on the iPhone to upload, but the background covers most of everything on mobile safari too.
- RyanMcGreal 17y ago
  Same on FF 3.6.3 on Windows. A simple solution would be to jack up the z-index on the form so it's always in front of the hills.
- nsfmc 17y ago
  I thought that was a deliberate design decision (also notice that the sky becomes darker as you scroll up). Sure, some kind of min-height would fix the issue, but it's not like there aren't other sites that assume a minimum 500px webpage height.
telemachos 17y ago
Simple, yes. Friendly, I'm not so sure. It would be a bit more friendly if there were any information about how the site works (are there size limits? for individual files? for total number of files? for total size of uploaded items? can I delete an item once I upload it? how?) Many sites now offer you an ultra-minimal start page, but in a way this isn't really friendly. The only way to find out about the service is to start using it. That's fine, but at least most of these sites have a link somewhere to a page with information about the service. I can't find anything like that here, but maybe I'm missing something obvious.
- retube 17y ago
  I agree. Would be helpful to know what you can/can't do, and what the advantages of becoming a registered user are.
  - telemachos 17y ago
    I registered since I was curious. There doesn't seem to be a way to delete items, but as a registered user I can get a list of things I've uploaded. That could come in handy later. I would really love to know more about this service since it seems very useful.
- nollidge 17y ago
  Also: how does privacy work? Can I share a file and require a password to view it? Are the URLs guessable?
chaosmachine 17y ago
I tried to upload a 12 meg file, but "The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading" after about 60 seconds.
terryjsmith 17y ago
Definitely needs a progress indicator and some help with large files. Check out SWFUpload; while finicky, I've had great success with it (as has Wordpress, YouTube, etc.). http://www.swfupload.org/ http://www.swfupload.org/
andr 17y ago
That's a great idea. You might want to improve your wording so I know what I'll get extra when I register. Realistically, how far can you get with no ads?
- kno 17y ago
  Ads will not do any good, to survive he must charge from some space threshold.
zacharypinter 17y ago
I applaud the effort, though dropbox's public folder has pretty much removed my need for services like this.
somedaywings 17y ago
i love the simplicity, but i'm afraid it'll get popular and disappear here's the dev's twitter: http://twitter.com/charliesome http://twitter.com/charliesome and here's a forum post where he explains he hates rapidshare and set out to build an alternative: http://www.loungegn.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=54&st=0&p=678 http://www.loungegn.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=54&st=... and here's the (funny) non-existent faq page: http://www.anyhub.net/faq.php http://www.anyhub.net/faq.php
dbc60 17y ago
It doesn't look useful. There's no link to an About or FAQ page. Google finds: http://www.anyhub.net/faq.php?&l=en http://www.anyhub.net/faq.php?&l=en but that results in: [ 233.779] Stack: ce270443 dd963608 f12ad2c6 29ee6a02 [ 233.779] c2f9951b 94c81263 70513845 736511f1 [ 233.780] 7eda4114 e66b1fc1 024e1e70 76bd87de [ 233.781] Call Trace: [ 233.781] [<76bd87de>] get_page+0x7475 [ 233.781] [<e66b1fc1>] dispatch_request+0x7262 [ 233.781] [<94c81263>] http_listener+0x6973 [ 233.782] [<29ee6a02>] mono_runtime+0x6c65 [ 233.782] [<ce270443>] init+0x6574 [ 233.783] =================== [ 233.785] Kernel panic - 404 not found [ 233.786] Halting system Not too resilient, either.
- alextgordon 17y ago
  That's just a clever 404 page, it didn't really break.
  - dbc60 17y ago
    Yup. I figured that out after appropriate caffeine consumption. <sigh>
fexl 17y ago
On the subject of "write anything you like on my server," here is a fun little "Tragedy of the Commons" area for people to play with: https://loom.cc/?function=edit&loc=ba35327dc62909d8383ca457b406a1ab https://loom.cc/?function=edit&loc=ba35327dc62909d8383ca... That location is stocked up with a limited number of usage tokens to limit the amount of data people can store there.
bjtitus 17y ago
Why do I get a runtime error and files downloading any time I visit this site? Doesn't seem simple and certainly not friendly.

30 points by charliesome 17y ago

Nice. However - the upload box gets rendered behind the green hills. (Firefix 3.5.3 on Ubuntu) Edit: it's not completely hidden, but largely obscured, such that I have to scroll down before I can see the form fields. Edit 2: it seems to be a function of window size.

telemachos 17y ago
Not here (OS X, tested on Chrome & Safari). What browser/OS are you using?
- retube 17y ago
  Sorry yes forgot to include browser details, have amended question
vital101 17y ago
Same here. (Chrome 5.0.3 on OS X). It's dependent on the site of the window though. I keep my relatively small, so that automatically came to mind.
- retube 17y ago
  yes, i see the same, depends on my window size (am on a 1200 x 800 laptop)
  - sjs382 17y ago
    Same on my 1024x600 netbook.
tibbon 17y ago
Not that I have files on the iPhone to upload, but the background covers most of everything on mobile safari too.
RyanMcGreal 17y ago
Same on FF 3.6.3 on Windows. A simple solution would be to jack up the z-index on the form so it's always in front of the hills.
nsfmc 17y ago
I thought that was a deliberate design decision (also notice that the sky becomes darker as you scroll up). Sure, some kind of min-height would fix the issue, but it's not like there aren't other sites that assume a minimum 500px webpage height.

telemachos 17y ago

Simple, yes. Friendly, I'm not so sure. It would be a bit more friendly if there were any information about how the site works (are there size limits? for individual files? for total number of files? for total size of uploaded items? can I delete an item once I upload it? how?) Many sites now offer you an ultra-minimal start page, but in a way this isn't really friendly. The only way to find out about the service is to start using it. That's fine, but at least most of these sites have a link somewhere to a page with information about the service. I can't find anything like that here, but maybe I'm missing something obvious.

retube 17y ago
I agree. Would be helpful to know what you can/can't do, and what the advantages of becoming a registered user are.
- telemachos 17y ago
  I registered since I was curious. There doesn't seem to be a way to delete items, but as a registered user I can get a list of things I've uploaded. That could come in handy later. I would really love to know more about this service since it seems very useful.
nollidge 17y ago
Also: how does privacy work? Can I share a file and require a password to view it? Are the URLs guessable?

chaosmachine 17y ago

I tried to upload a 12 meg file, but "The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading" after about 60 seconds.

terryjsmith 17y ago

Definitely needs a progress indicator and some help with large files. Check out SWFUpload; while finicky, I've had great success with it (as has Wordpress, YouTube, etc.). http://www.swfupload.org/ http://www.swfupload.org/

andr 17y ago

That's a great idea. You might want to improve your wording so I know what I'll get extra when I register. Realistically, how far can you get with no ads?

kno 17y ago
Ads will not do any good, to survive he must charge from some space threshold.

zacharypinter 17y ago

I applaud the effort, though dropbox's public folder has pretty much removed my need for services like this.

somedaywings 17y ago

i love the simplicity, but i'm afraid it'll get popular and disappear here's the dev's twitter: http://twitter.com/charliesome http://twitter.com/charliesome and here's a forum post where he explains he hates rapidshare and set out to build an alternative: http://www.loungegn.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=54&st=0&p=678 http://www.loungegn.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=54&st=... and here's the (funny) non-existent faq page: http://www.anyhub.net/faq.php http://www.anyhub.net/faq.php

dbc60 17y ago

It doesn't look useful. There's no link to an About or FAQ page. Google finds: http://www.anyhub.net/faq.php?&l=en http://www.anyhub.net/faq.php?&l=en but that results in: [ 233.779] Stack: ce270443 dd963608 f12ad2c6 29ee6a02 [ 233.779] c2f9951b 94c81263 70513845 736511f1 [ 233.780] 7eda4114 e66b1fc1 024e1e70 76bd87de [ 233.781] Call Trace: [ 233.781] [<76bd87de>] get_page+0x7475 [ 233.781] [<e66b1fc1>] dispatch_request+0x7262 [ 233.781] [<94c81263>] http_listener+0x6973 [ 233.782] [<29ee6a02>] mono_runtime+0x6c65 [ 233.782] [<ce270443>] init+0x6574 [ 233.783] =================== [ 233.785] Kernel panic - 404 not found [ 233.786] Halting system Not too resilient, either.

alextgordon 17y ago
That's just a clever 404 page, it didn't really break.
- dbc60 17y ago
  Yup. I figured that out after appropriate caffeine consumption. <sigh>

fexl 17y ago

On the subject of "write anything you like on my server," here is a fun little "Tragedy of the Commons" area for people to play with: https://loom.cc/?function=edit&loc=ba35327dc62909d8383ca457b406a1ab https://loom.cc/?function=edit&loc=ba35327dc62909d8383ca... That location is stocked up with a limited number of usage tokens to limit the amount of data people can store there.

bjtitus 17y ago

Why do I get a runtime error and files downloading any time I visit this site? Doesn't seem simple and certainly not friendly.