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This is only because apps are bad at sync. Quality varies; occasionally there's an app that gets it right. For example, I've used Google Docs and Google Sheet

This is only because apps are bad at sync. Quality varies; occasionally there's an app that gets it right. For example, I've used Google Docs and Google Sheets for ages now and never wanted or needed to refresh — the content is always in sync.

djhworld 9y ago
Google recently changed "Google Drive" to "Google Backup and Sync" and it's _terrible_ I can see some files on the web version of google drive that I uploaded last night, but on my other machine the Backup&Sync tool doesn't even bother downloading them. Time to move to Dropbox I think...
- Robadob 9y ago
  I had this bug on Google Drive a few months ago, as I recall the solution was to unlink-relink my account.
- KozmoNau7 9y ago
  I've been using Insync for years, as Google never deigned to make a Linux version of the Google Drive application. It costs $30, and it's a one-time payment, no subscription.
- IshKebab 9y ago
  It was awful as Google Drive too. It really blows my mind how bad the desktop Google Drive sync app is, when Dropbox can do it nearly perfectly.
  - digi_owl 9y ago
    And here they wants us to trust them with always keeping the ChromeOS state in sync...
kalleboo 9y ago
I have had their JavaScript bug out and require a page reload though - in Chrome of all browsers
jandrese 9y ago
It turns out that cache invalidation is a capital H Hard problem. Solutions that work fine on your LAN can easily go to shit on a slow and intermittent cell connection. Some developers spend a lot of time getting it right and it shows.
- digi_owl 9y ago
  Even something as "simple" as deciding of a network is working or not can be wrong. I have been fighting weak wifi+Windows10 lately. I try to connect, and Windows will make every appearance of connecting fine, but actually assign itself a magic IP. And the only way to get it to budge is to open a CLI and type ipconfig /renew, as there is no GUI way to force Windows to renew its IP lease. disconnecting and reconnecting, or toggling the wifi radio off and on will only refresh the magic IP:

djhworld 9y ago

Google recently changed "Google Drive" to "Google Backup and Sync" and it's _terrible_ I can see some files on the web version of google drive that I uploaded last night, but on my other machine the Backup&Sync tool doesn't even bother downloading them. Time to move to Dropbox I think...

Robadob 9y ago
I had this bug on Google Drive a few months ago, as I recall the solution was to unlink-relink my account.
KozmoNau7 9y ago
I've been using Insync for years, as Google never deigned to make a Linux version of the Google Drive application. It costs $30, and it's a one-time payment, no subscription.
IshKebab 9y ago
It was awful as Google Drive too. It really blows my mind how bad the desktop Google Drive sync app is, when Dropbox can do it nearly perfectly.
- digi_owl 9y ago
  And here they wants us to trust them with always keeping the ChromeOS state in sync...

kalleboo 9y ago

I have had their JavaScript bug out and require a page reload though - in Chrome of all browsers

jandrese 9y ago

It turns out that cache invalidation is a capital H Hard problem. Solutions that work fine on your LAN can easily go to shit on a slow and intermittent cell connection. Some developers spend a lot of time getting it right and it shows.

digi_owl 9y ago
Even something as "simple" as deciding of a network is working or not can be wrong. I have been fighting weak wifi+Windows10 lately. I try to connect, and Windows will make every appearance of connecting fine, but actually assign itself a magic IP. And the only way to get it to budge is to open a CLI and type ipconfig /renew, as there is no GUI way to force Windows to renew its IP lease. disconnecting and reconnecting, or toggling the wifi radio off and on will only refresh the magic IP: