One other item worth discussing is that nowhere on the site or in the program did I see system specs or requirements. It's a fairly light program so I'm not thinking in terms of how much RAM or what processor you need; most of you should be fine. What I'm more interested in is knowing definitively if this is a Windows-only program or if Mac and/or Linux versions exist, or if this one is completely not platform-specific. The closest I came to anything resembling an answer was on their blog there was mention of a Mac version of the new 3.0 Beta coming eventually, but not until a final Windows version was ready to roll, whenever that may be.
In the end, it's a far from perfect program with a lot of good intentions. With some bug fixes and further optimization (and maybe taking some of the reins off the free version), it could be a useful file-sharing utility for those without the knowledge to set up their own FTP server (which has also gotten easier over the years). Availability in five languages (English, Spanish, French, Dutch, and Swedish) doesn't hurt either.
Article comments
1 - Phillip Winn
Gee, what a glowing review! ;-)
2 - Mark
I wanted to like it, but the frequent crashes when trying to do basic tasks really didn't help.
3 - OMV
Going on 2 months and not one single crash, you are right about the damn config though, a pain in the ass, but I am not paying for a program like this.
4 - Mark
I was requested by the developer/PR people to rewrite my review and take out mentions of the crashes I definitely did see, on two completely independent machines with unique configs. "GigaTribe.exe has encountered a problem/stopped working and needs to close" sounds like a crash to me.
They fixed the broken links and some of the other missing things mentioned in the review after the fact, and wanted me to change that as well. Sorry, reviews are written as-is, to represent what the average user would have encountered if they had started using it the same day I did. Patches and fixes are great, but nobody re-reviewed the PS3 game Lair after Factor 5 fixed all the glaring control issues.
You get one shot at this; make sure your your stuff is working every day, not just the day you think it matters most.