MyFabrik: File Sharing and More

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1. Mike
   

   August 25th, 2006 at 9:12 am

   Off to a bad start, they pretend you can sign up, asking for usernames, email, etc. and then you only get a message that says we’ll let you know when you can sign up, and I love the part “your beta account and everything you upload can be cancelled and deleted at any time for any reason” - great, I’m really gonna trust these guys with my content.

   Thanks but no thanks.

2. Michael
   

   August 25th, 2006 at 9:14 am

   Typo in headline.

   Should be MyFabrik, not MyFrabrik, right?

3. John Biggs
   

   August 25th, 2006 at 9:16 am

   yeah, fixed. sorry. transliteration error.

4. Rick
   

   August 25th, 2006 at 9:27 am

   Fabrik as a company have been around for a while haven’t they? I seem to remember coming across them doing a Trademark search relating to a similiar name, there was (and still is) a trademark for ‘fabrik’ but the company could not be contacted at the time. I was just curious if this is the same company?

   http://webdb1.patent.gov.uk/Ri.....um=E669382

5. Skip Trace
   

   August 25th, 2006 at 9:39 am

   Not really interested in yet another photo sharing site. Next. =)

6. anon-guy
   

   August 25th, 2006 at 9:42 am

   I believe transliteration means to mixup certain letters with it’s corresponding counterpart, of another language.

   When you are missing a letter though, it’s called a typographical error.

   ?

7. John Biggs
   

   August 25th, 2006 at 10:05 am

   i was being facetious - transliterating from crunchgear to techcrunch

8. fifteen
   

   August 25th, 2006 at 10:05 am

   * continues to await the coming of the Platypus *

9. NeoTechies
   

   August 25th, 2006 at 10:40 am

   Web 2.0 rules. What will you invent ?Yes YOU!

10. David Catalano
    

    August 25th, 2006 at 11:44 am

    Did TechCrunch cover them in the past? I remember signing up for the beta a while ago. Must have heard of them someplace.

    Mike, I also felt the same way when I signed up. I think they’re still doing new signups manually or something because it was a few days before I got login credentials.

    I tested it out a bit and decided it’s no where close to being ready to use on a daily basis. Maybe a lot has changed in six weeks. It was pretty bad before.

11. Mike Cordano
    

    August 25th, 2006 at 12:10 pm

    Mike,

    Unlike some Web 2.0 companies that start charging users for their service yet still refer to themselves as “beta,” the myfabrik service is currently in the final stretches of beta in a more traditional sense. In the spirit of a traditional beta there still may be a few wrinkles but the service is offered free of charge.

    Also, in the spirit of a traditional beta, our terms also state that we may offer beta users a service subscription credit as a way of showing our appreciation for their efforts.

    While being a beta user is clearly not for everyone, we’re happy and confident that we will be transitioning to production very soon. So, for trailblazers that don’t mind the world of beta testing, join the ranks of our very happy beta users and register for your free account now while you still can.

    Regards,
    Mike Cordano, CEO Fabrik

12. Mike
    

    August 25th, 2006 at 1:38 pm

    Then don’t say “Sign up”, put a box where you can enter your email and get notified when you can sign up for real.

13. Noah
    

    August 25th, 2006 at 2:08 pm

    I’m looking forward to trying out the service, but I do feel like I was lead to believe I was actually signing up for a beta account, not being put on a waiting list for one.

14. Michael Rolnick
    

    August 25th, 2006 at 2:20 pm

    This thing rocks!!!

15. Ben
    

    August 25th, 2006 at 3:41 pm

    “If you’re intrigued by a Web 2.0 company that blends gray-hair business smarts with a band of AJAX ninja…”

    That sound is me dry-heaving.

16. Tom Mandel
    

    August 26th, 2006 at 8:57 am

    You know, not every company succeeds. In fact, very few companies succeed. This company will not succeed.

    So much for “gray-hair business smarts”.

    Btw, when you *do* finally get signed up, you must sign some kind of agreement that says you will use “every feature” or be subject to canceling. I don’t have the exact wording, because I was laughing too hard to commit them to memory.

17. Don Owen
    

    August 26th, 2006 at 6:26 pm

    if you mislead me into thinking that i’m signing up, what makes you think im going to trust you with my media? idiots!

18. paolo
    

    August 28th, 2006 at 3:52 am

    I signed for beta months ago: why should I pay for a service I can get for free? I mean box.net, streamload, esnips….

19. Shawn
    

    August 28th, 2006 at 10:47 am

    Hmmm, it sure would be nice if this worked with Safari.

20. Lorenzo
    

    August 29th, 2006 at 8:04 am

    I signed up and got my account right away. Very cool interface, especially their bulk import feature that uploads entire folders of files.

    It’s kind of grayed out during registration but it looks like pricing after beta will be 99 cents for the first GB and 49 cents per gig after that. It also says up to 10 users per account but I’m still trying to figure out how that works.

    So far, I like what I see.

21. John
    

    January 17th, 2007 at 12:00 pm

    For a similar service that is entirely free, http://www.myotherdrive.com provides a good alternative. It’s very useful for storage of eBay and MySpace graphics. Very slick and fast UI too!