Hello Bitcasa users!
Today we released an updated Bitcasa Web Access experience. We’ve redesigned the look and feel to make your content really stand out. All the same features are still there – with some new ones added. This is a big first step as we turn the Bitcasa web experience into a fully featured media player, file viewer, and web-based file manager.
You can find it on a friendly new URL:
https://my.bitcasa.com
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Plus, delete is here!
So what’s next?
- Create folders, rename files and folders, move items, copy to, etc. (full featured file system operations)
- Continue to support playing more and more formats of video, music, and documents
- Better sorting and arrangement of your files within music, photos, and videos view
- Ability to “restore” files and folders from versions
- Improved account management, share link management, etc.
- And much more.
Check out some screenshots below, and let us know what you think!
Go back in time to recover old or deleted files with “Versions”:
Upload to any folder in your Infinite Drive:
Check it out today!
https://my.bitcasa.com
I beöieve Bitcasa is fantastic. But I still have horrendous (u spell it llike that?) batteryconsumption on my S3. So terrible I just cant have Bitcasa-app installed at all…
I will try this new uppdated version and hoping for the better!
Hey Marcus – we fixed a number of battery consumption issues in the latest release 1.1.0 – let us know if this fixed your issue. If not, please submit a support ticket so we can help diagnose and fix! Sorry for the inconvenience.
You guys need to hire a good UI/UX designer. Look at the brilliant job Dropbox did.
+ 100
(Minor blog issue) Trying to reply here using Twitter or Facebook account ends with certificate mismatch. “You attempted to reach blog.bitcasa.com, but instead you actually reached a server identifying itself as *.wordpress.com.”
Ouch. Never mind the comment above, please, and, possibly, delete it. That was due to “HTTPS everywhere” extension.
Yes. Now Bitcasa is alot better. I love it. i have tested some clouds like dropbox, wuala, drive, skydrive… but i will stay here. Send any folder on my PC to the cloud is the ultimative killer-feature (…like wuala)
Buzzkillington here: it’s worse than it was before. Would it be possible to revert?
Just go to portal.bitcasa.com
No luck. It redirects to the new my.bitcasa.com.
Was there a beta invite for this new UI that I missed? It seems like it’s kind buggy as well. Also, is there a place that I can leave suggestions? I love Bitcasa and I would like to help improve the interface.
I see functional improvements, but seems like you guys have no taste in the design.
Hi,
first i got to say that the offer is truely appealing and leads web services in the right way : offer better products.
Then i got to be honest and must be tell you that global first impression is not so good : i detail below :
- main site “pricing” page sometimes leads to a 404
- linux legacy client : well done to think about not mainstream OS and to allow an non-finished client
- (following previous) good job to provide installation commands
- (again..) repository has IP restrictions preventing from downloading client (forbidden IP from Ubuntu Quantal apt-get) : no client download
- i found an alternative portal on this blog: cool, i suggest that “beta” must be put somewhere visible to prevent deceptive comments about the design and overall quality judgements (design is personnaly the last i care about and that should not be directed by users imho, unless we want to end with a “so original” blueish theme) and make it public : previous interface seems outdated a bit (all (fonts,buttons seems like oversized .. to me at least)
I can’t test a client atm (linux) so i’ve been trying web ui
- i’ve guessed to drag and drop a file to upload and it seems to work (still uploading..) however it was a guess : no clear indications on how to upload : i’m a geeky end-user, it should be made obvious.
- the “upload” button/infobox : open another tab to “Photos” section while uploading to “Videos” : no more uploads informations :/
- personal recommandation: “Uploads” infos should be make more dynamic and always visible (optionnaly allowing “hidden state”) to prevent the “my DVD backup never got to my account!” sort-of complaints. You know the beliefs that some people have that transfers are instantaneous
- in “Photos” : open an album “Sample- Puppy”: no more “hide_grid_list_toggle” ? :/
How can i delete just *one* pic if i wanted ?
- don’t assume a click on a movie is for playing it: i may just want to downlad, or just see details (file infos) while in preview mode.
- Sections: should not be “set in stone” : just put some default with editable name.Yes, i understands it complicates versions tracking…
That’s all for my today review
and i repeat that this offers, while still in its early phase, is one of the most interesting related to online storage that i’ve seen due to pricing, storage capability and OS/clients support.
However, it may not come as a surprise to say that is not looking finished nor robust.
Last but not least :
Provide a bug/suggestions place/forum to improve feedback.
At the very least add a “report a bug button” right on the UI.
Keep up the good work !
P.S.that’s a very long comment/reply, sorry for that
Hi, when do you plan to release a stable version? I am trying to use bitcasa for a while but the bugs crashing my computer are endless…
as an example:
1) When transfering a high number of files bitcasa often gets stuck in a file, send a message that this file can not be copied into bitcasa infinite drive and then there is no way out… tryed to cancel the copy, close the dialog box but nothing works…
2) Many times after initializing bitcasa the windows explore will not work properly, getting frozen
3) Many times bitcasa will not exit… just stays there saying exiting forever…
Thanks
Joao
All my video thumbnails is gray squares now in new web version. In the old ver. they were correct. It’s .mts files from sony camcorder. Please fix it.
PS I am on infitnit plan. Good luck and congratulations with beta end!
This is what i mean.. please fix. It’s upset to have all correct in beta, then subscribe for infinit plan and have problem right away after new web explorer update. I repeat in the previous web all was correct. THis video format was’t stremed (just sound) but thumbnails was correct.
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/8398/screenshot20130206at101.png
what doe the “reset” button do thats listed under the previous versions dropdown menu??
At this time it appears like BlogEngine is the preferred blogging platform available right now.
(from what I’ve read) Is that what you are using on your blog?
With all these negative comments, I just wanted to say great job. I happen to like the way the interface looks and everything seems to work just fine for me.
Hi, i feel that i noticed you visited my web site thus i got here to return the choose?
.I’m attempting to in finding issues to improve my web site!I suppose its ok to use a few of your concepts!!
always i used to read smaller posts which as well clear
their motive, and that is also happening with this post which I am reading now.
Maybe stupid question, but I cant find the way, how to create the new folder in bitcasa on the web. Thank you.
Great post. I’m going through many of these issues as well..