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I tried O Drive - v0.2.0 - when it first came out. For a while, it worked faultlessly. Then....poof! Just like that, it quit. I didn't know why at that time. I do now...<snip>....since the app is apparently broken and won't login....</snip>
Hear, hear. That arrogant interference from Google has to be one of the most irritating and destructive behaviours impacting the internet. It stifles creativity and wastes time and money.mikewalsh wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 1:25 am Google, being the security control freaks that they are, basically say that if you're not going to use an up-to-date, supported version of their browser, then sorry; you can't access your account. We're not going to LET you.....because in our considered opinion, it's not secure, and it's not safe.
WTF ??!?! If I want to risk an insecure connection to access my own a/c, surely it's MY decision? Big Brother says NO WAY. You don't get any choice here, amigo; it's OUR way, or not at all.....
I totally agree. And I get really mad when I remember Google had promissed a Linux client for Gdocs, but never fullfilled that promisse.mikewalsh wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 1:25 am @ eduardoecp:-
I tried O Drive - v0.2.0 - when it first came out. For a while, it worked faultlessly. Then....poof! Just like that, it quit. I didn't know why at that time. I do now...<snip>....since the app is apparently broken and won't login....</snip>
The Open Drive package is an "Electron" app. These are based around a stripped-down version of the Chromium browser. This is why v0.2.1 - which I've just tried - now uses the normal Google web-interface to sign in, except.....it won't.
This release is now around 18 months old. Google, being the security control freaks that they are, basically say that if you're not going to use an up-to-date, supported version of their browser, then sorry; you can't access your account. We're not going to LET you.....because in our considered opinion, it's not secure, and it's not safe.
WTF ??!?! If I want to risk an insecure connection to access my own a/c, surely it's MY decision? Big Brother says NO WAY. You don't get any choice here, amigo; it's OUR way, or not at all.....
Google do provide APIs to connect with many of their services, but are one of the biggest 'culprits' in this respect.....constantly 'sunsetting' and releasing new versions, TOTALLY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. If you're a developer, relying on their APIs to make an app work, it's down to you to totally rewrite your app to work with their new API.
One of our Puppy developers, Fredx181, built a brilliant little GTK-based two-pane file manager type of thing that you can use to 'manage' your G. Drive. It's been superb for the last 18 months/2 years. But so I understand, Google are planning to drop the API for this in the next couple of months.....
Sod's law, mate. It's like Alice in Wonderland, trying to play "footsie" with Big Brother. Ya gotta run as fast as you possibly can, just to remain in the same place..... (*shrug*)
Mike.
Phil, which Pups d'you have that working in, mate?666philb wrote: ↑Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:56 am this is working for me https://github.com/liberodark/ODrive/releases
hi mike,mikewalsh wrote: ↑Thu Jul 30, 2020 11:56 amPhil, which Pups d'you have that working in, mate?666philb wrote: ↑Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:56 am this is working for me https://github.com/liberodark/ODrive/releases
Mike.