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Brian Layman replied on November 03, 2009 17:31 to the question "Expandrive breaks Client for Microsoft Networking on Windows 7 64bit" in ExpanDrive:

Oh wow, this is good to know, I am about to install this, No expandrive would be crippling...

Brian Layman replied on August 04, 2009 04:39 to the question "Two keywords for two different cards on the same phone. How?" in Contxts:

Any news?

Brian Layman replied on July 19, 2009 22:20 to the question "What are your plans for SFTPDrive?" in ExpanDrive:

Hi guys,
I got this product back in June 2007, and was told that FTP support was planned. I started this thread in June 2008, and you mentioned it was gonna be a few months yet. You were more specific here: http://bit.ly/sNIhM later in June and said we'd have FTP support by the end of summer 2008. Four months ago, in March, 2009, in the same thread you'd said it:

"FTP is coming with ExpanDrive for Windows v2.0, which we're targeting for late summer. Sorry we can't do it sooner, but we've got another major project in the works which we'll be announcing shortly."

I have been looking for that new product on your store page but I've not seen it.

Are we at a point where we can see the light at the end of the tunnel for this? Hopefully, you're now really on the expandrive source and that gives you some advantages like oop or something that will make ftp support a little easier. But please don't forget about us... I've been working with this one client that would still rather we all use non-secure FTP access rather than provide ssl access.

I've now contracted more work for them and it is going to be a PAIN do deal with this the old fashioned way.

Can you tell me if "end of summer" has been pushed? or is that a real hope. And does "end of summer" actually mean in the fall, or can we expect ExpanDrive 2.0 for Windows to be released in August?

Right now you are ending up creating false advertising situations when you have Chris Pirillo talking all about how ExpanDrive 2.0 is out with support for SFTP and FTP as he talks about how ExpanDrive works on a Mac and PC. I was very disappointed that day.

Brian Layman replied on March 26, 2009 21:30 to the question "Two keywords for two different cards on the same phone. How?" in Contxts:

w1redone, do you think this is a reasonable suggestion? Do you have plans along these lines?

Brian Layman replied on March 26, 2009 21:28 to the question "Disable request #? Change username?" in Contxts:

That would be GREAT. Then I'd be willing to use this more publicly. Don't make it something as complex as typing SEND when a number would do.

A simple code like
1 = Approve
2 = Reject & send note
3 = Silent Reject

The note could be something like "{USERNAME} has requested that you introduce yourself via email at {EMAIL} before the contact info is sent."

OK, so that's feature creep and approve/reject would work, but a reject note still would be neat.

Brian Layman asked a question in Contxts on March 14, 2009 00:45:

Two keywords for two different cards on the same phone. How?

I want a keyword for business contacts and a keyword for personal/consulting/church contacts. I would not send the same info for these two types of requests. How do I do this?

Since I'm at SxSW this week, I'd really like to promote this in a business context but I signed up with a more personal username.

Can you help me setup a business account for a phone number that already exists?

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Brian Layman replied on January 19, 2009 02:18 to the question "Licensing new SFTDrive/ExpanDrive beta?" in ExpanDrive:

TY!

Brian Layman replied on January 09, 2009 14:01 to the question "Licensing new SFTDrive/ExpanDrive beta?" in ExpanDrive:

Hmmm Where can we get the is 2.0 beta? The newest I've found was 1.3.4 b0 :)

Brian Layman replied on January 09, 2009 13:17 to the question "Use existing Putty connections" in ExpanDrive:

GREAT idea

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Brian Layman replied on December 05, 2008 21:10 to the question "FTP and S3 for SFTPDrive as well?" in ExpanDrive:

Then make sure you click on "I have this question too" and do the same for http://getsatisfaction.com/expandrive... If no one marks the question as important, they won't know it is!

A comment on the question "What are your plans for SFTPDrive?" in ExpanDrive:

yep, that's the version I have. Your situation must be different than mine. NetDrive is unstable on Vista and WebDrive fails the usability test miserably as far as speed is concerned due to our massively redundant directory structure. It's "optimizations" work against it, in our situation. Additionally, it seems wrong to install it when I have a preferred solution that does what outwardly appears to be pretty much the same thing. – Brian Layman, on November 05, 2008 17:32

Brian Layman replied on November 05, 2008 17:14 to the question "What are your plans for SFTPDrive?" in ExpanDrive:

I work in SFTP drive 10+ hours a day. This last release fixed most of my issues. I use it and ZTreeWin and notepad++ for all of my linux file management except for when I am working from an IP that is not whitelisted for ssh access for one of my clients. Then I am back to using WinSCP yuck...

The only problems I have had is that N++ does not always recieve an error when I try to save to a file that does not have group write privileges(Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't) and that I have to log in to change that access. It would be smoother if ExpanDrv4Win could do that (and have a check box to allow it to attempt to sudo do it).

Let me know if you need a heavy use beta tester!

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A comment on the idea "Add menu option to mount all configured drives (or perhaps add groups/types of drives)" in ExpanDrive:

This is an EXCELLENT IDEA. It is a rather drawn out process to reconnect all of my drives when I am moving from working in an offline mode to online mode again. I've actually right clicked to see if this option was there. So Simon's suggested interface is a good one. We use your product when working with specific clients. It would be great to say "Connect>Client A Drives" or "Connect>Client B Drives" or "Connect>Home configuration" Disconnecting is easy enough as you don't lose access to the UI for each drive. That is the problem with opening 6 connections, you have to re-open the UI from the tray icon for each and every drive... – Brian Layman, on November 05, 2008 17:02

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A comment on the question "What are your plans for SFTPDrive?" in ExpanDrive:

Are you sure you are running the current release? I haven't had any problems with explorer crashing or being of date since I went to the site and re-downloaded the software. It was simply a bug fix release half a year ago (or so it feels) with no fan fair. In fact I think I'll try a download again today to see if there were any more fixes... FTP support would be very worth of fanfare... and even an upgrade fee... – Brian Layman, on November 05, 2008 16:50