Maybe I should have mentioned I'm using the PortableApps.com AppLauncher from within Google Drive. This seems to keep all the apps working quite well - except FF. They even update themselves, which is well cool.
The reason the sync has to be paused while using FF is because Google Drive seems to bork after a load of retries with locked files. All the other apps work fine - but to be honest, none of them are particularly complex. I was just wondering if anyone else had had any success with similar setups but maybe using different providers? It seemed like a nice way to decouple my apps from the OS without the infrastructure and management overhead of stuff like Citrix, App-V, and the like, but for anything particularly complicated such as a browser with sync capability, it doesn't seem to be a reliable fit. Unless it's the interplay between FF's built-in synchronization and the app synchronization that is giving me problems? I may try turning off the native FF bookmark sync and see how it goes. Interesting discussion anyway! Cheers, JR Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email RELIABLY -----Original Message----- From: "Matthew W. Ross" <mr...@ephrataschools.org> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:52:38 To: NT System Admin Issues<ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>Subject: Re: Google Drive > Yes, you've got the idea, my portable apps (including Firefox) are installed > into my Google Drive folder. The idea is, get a new machine, install Google > Drive, create a shortcut and I have all my apps. I like the idea... but I don't. There are a lot of PortlableApps that don't work well unless they can see an acutal drive letter, and most of them like to be in the root of the drive (i.e.: x:\PortableApps) Here's an idea: Make robocopy script that does that sync. Use Google Drive as a backup (or Dropbox, or whatever) and viola. > I try not to use them simultaneously on different machines and I have to > pause the Google sync when I run FF portable, but it mostly worked OK until > I lost the bookmarks that were sync-ed thru Firefox. I can only assume there > was some sort of conflict. Pausing the sync? Sounds like that might be the reason you're getting issues. > The issue with the reappearing Trash in the online version also spooks me, > as its often the web version that causes the conflicts. Imagine if you pause the sync, then turn it back on... maybe that's why your "Re-syncing" your trash? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: kz2...@googlemail.com To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:01:31 -0800 Subject: Re: Google Drive > Yes, you've got the idea, my portable apps (including Firefox) are installed > into my Google Drive folder. The idea is, get a new machine, install Google > Drive, create a shortcut and I have all my apps. > > I try not to use them simultaneously on different machines and I have to > pause the Google sync when I run FF portable, but it mostly worked OK until > I lost the bookmarks that were sync-ed thru Firefox. I can only assume there > was some sort of conflict. > > The issue with the reappearing Trash in the online version also spooks me, > as its often the web version that causes the conflicts. > > > Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email RELIABLY > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Matthew W. Ross" <mr...@ephrataschools.org> > Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:40:19 > To: NT System Admin Issues<ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" > <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>Subject: Re: Google Drive > > I use Google Drive all the time, at least the online version. I have been > trying a lot of different "syncing" solutions as of late, as I also have > been using Dropbox and Cubby. > > I have the desktop client on my home PC, but it has not given me any > problems. It behaves a lot better than Dropbox for me, as Dropbox likes to > index every time I am forced to reboot, which seems to take an unusually > long time. > > The client at home I use to drop in PDFs of important mailers I get (Scan to > FTP, copy to Google Drive) so that I have is wherever I need them. > > Otherwise, it's a simple web-based word processor/spreadsheet/drawing tool > that works anywhere I go. > > ---- > > How are you trying to sync your Firefox bookmarks with Google drive? Are you > using the Portable Apps version of Firefox, and seeing the problems when you > are mixing the two together? (Very cool idea, BTW. I just wonder how syncing > would work if you had it open on multiple computers...) > > Doesn't Firefox now have a native bookmark syncing feature, much like Google > Chrome? > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: James Rankin > [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] > To: NT System Admin Issues > [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] > Sent: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 > 03:37:57 -0800 > Subject: Google Drive > > > > Anyone else using Google Drive and think it is a bit rubbish in general? I > > regularly get sync failures, errors in the software, and if I go to the > > online version and try to empty the Trash folder, everything simply > > reappears as soon as I delete it. I've been using it with Portable Apps > and > > recently all my Firefox bookmarks just disappeared, so I am beginning to > > think it might not be really fit for purpose. > > > > Anyone else had similar issues, or got any feedback to report? > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > -- > > *James Rankin* > > Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) > > http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
