ExpanDrive

SftpDrive has been under quite heavy development over the past couple months, as you might’ve noticed. We’re releasing version 1.6.5 today. It includes:

• Automatic update support. SftpDrive will [optionally] check to make sure you’re running the latest version and notify you when upgrades are available
• Much improved Vista support
• Important fixes for UTF-8 support and international filenames
• Speed improvements along with many small improvements to increase application support and speed

Also, it’s worth noting that the Mac client is still under heavy development and will be the subject of more news on this blog in the coming month or two.

We recently added a screencast to the front page of SftpDrive.com, it’s a good place to start if you’re not entirely sure what SftpDrive does or what it is different.

Screencasts are an incredible way of cleary conveying what a program does or how it is supposed to be used. It allows you to walk anyone through a complex sequence of events at a specifically chosen pace and add however much additional instruction or annotation that is needed.

The tough part is making them. You’re often confronted with a choice between a small file with blurry images or a gigantic file that is still imperfect. To get it right requires some experience and finesse. You’ll probably also want some expensive software if you’re going to do a real bang up job. Forget about all the effort it takes to learn how to use it.

What if you want to just make a simple screencast and not have it suck? I thought I’d write a bit on how we attempted to achieve that lofty goal. (more…)

After much delay, SftpDrive Version 1.6 is out the door. The major enhancement is Vista support. Along with Vista, there are many small tweaks for connection stability and various bug fixes that have been added.

Going forward, we are working on SftpDrive for Windows and OS X at a breakneck pace. While we’re excited to have worked on the Slingshot project, SftpDrive remains our focus. Our shortlist includes dramatic speed enhancements, greater interoperability between various SFTP servers, and most importantly releasing the OS X client.