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Share Files on your skrbl whiteboard.

We deployed the file sharing feature Wednesday. It just makes sense, in the middle of a meeting why turn to email to send a file, just share right there on your skrbl whiteboard. The guests who want the file can get it, and stuffed mailboxes everywhere will be forever grateful. Or you could put files on your private skrbl where only you have access; your personal online parking place. And yes it is still free.

File sharing works like picture sharing. You upload from the file menu or by right clicking in any tag. Browse to select the file and hit upload. The file is uploaded and an icon appears on the whiteboard with the file name. To download, right click for the context menu. Simple isn't it?

You do need to login to upload files, this keeps file ownership straight. Deleting the file icon from a dashboard doesn't delete it from your online storage, only the file owner can do that from the 'my files' section of 'my skrbls'. When you're logged in, you can see a list of all your online files in the file menu, so your files are handy to share on multiple whiteboards, just click on the file name in the file menu and your file is shared on that whiteboard.

Online storage is limited to 10 mb per user, I know, I know this is quite low but still enough to be useful in a meeting - don't you think? We will try to increase online storage but hey we don't have google's budget or else skrbl too would be giving you a 'Goozillion' MBs. :). Individual files need to be less than 2 MB.

So go ahead, start sharing files on skrbl, we think you will find it useful, do let us know what you think.

Write, Draw... Share

File Sharing, skrbl's next feature is just about ready for release. We are excited about it because we think it is a useful feature, the ability to share files instantly while in a meeting.

I think it is a big deal to make file sharing a part of the skrbl whiteboard experience. Just put(upload) a file on the whiteboard and it is instantly available to all guests on the session. So in addition to writing or drawing together, you can pass along documents and other stuff that you need. Your skrbl whiteboard becomes that much richer, you have a new tool for online collaboration and you get more done.

We are currently testing file sharing feature and plan to launch it to all users within the next 3 - 4 days. Meanwhile we are also rewriting the web-site so that it catches up with all the skrbl feature releases over the past few weeks.

I will write more about this when we do launch file sharing, appreciate your patience and as always, thanks.