Volafile.io is a cloud service that is dedicated to those who have some files to share with other users, This without the need to register your data, a situation that differentiates it from similar ones in which, when creating a well-defined account, it is an inviolable rule.
For example, if you have an account Google you could use Drive, or Skydrive if you have a service subscribed with Microsoft; these examples of cloud hosting with subscription also include DropBox or MEGA, the latter offering 50 GB of free storage. It could be said that Volafile.io works "on the fly", due to the creation of rooms where anyone can enter in order to collaborate, temporarily sharing information anonymously.
Groups and rooms to share files on Volafile.io
Perhaps we can remember what formerly existed more than a decade ago when the first chat rooms on the Internet began, where a user could enter these environments with the aim of meeting friends; in this case, the intention of Volafile.io is to share documents or files, can be mp3, video files or any other that may be needed. There is no limit or restriction when entering these rooms to share information, being practically an unlimited feature to which anyone can be welcomed. Now, some of these files can be viewed immediately to see if they interest us or not, which will depend mainly on the type of browser we use, as some could allow the playback of an mp3 file or the display of an image or real-time photography. In the event that the browser does not support this feature, the invited user will have to risk downloading what is shared there, having to proceed in the conventional way when we need to download a file from the Internet, that is, make use of the contextual menu of our right button with the choice of the option «save Link As«; If different types of files are being shared in a room (in addition to multimedia), this could be a great advantage when trying to find something that is of interest to us.
For example, there could be collaborators who are sharing both video and image files, audio (which may well be music), text documents, among others. If the situation is presented in such a way in that group or room, then it will be admired that at the top there is a small options bar, where are the categories that will identify this type of files.
It will only be enough to have to click on any of the categories shown in the bar to be able to admire all those files that are being shared with these characteristics. In addition to it, towards the right side of the category bar that we have mentioned are a small search engine, space in which we will only have to write the name of the video, audio, application or document in which we are interested, being able to show one, several and perhaps no results depending on what is being shared there; Being a room or group created by users interested in a particular topic, the developer of this service Volafile.io has seen fit to place an additional window so that the group members can communicate with each other; For this reason, towards the left side of the interface we can notice that there is a small section to chat, where you could get to talk with the group or with a specific user, about the availability of some type of documentation in which be interested.
Now, at the beginning of the article we mentioned that this service is a kind of temporary hosting in the cloud, something that is fully evidenced since the files that will be shared on their servers will have a maximum validity of 12 hours, which is why, once a special one has been located, they must be downloaded. In addition, in the event that a large file is shared, the need to have a good Internet connection to download it is necessary, since if several members are interested in downloading the same file , this could saturate the service.
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