Looking for a Live Mesh invite? Have one to share? www.sharemesh.com | The Coffeehouse

longzheng

So I built this site over the weekend which allows people to request/share Live Mesh invites.

About 7 hours work.

Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

I'd love an invite, but I'm not sure if I'd like my email adress displayed on a public website like that. What's to stop someone from harvesting all of those? Or does it just display the name you entered and not the actual name-part of the email address?

Edit: yeah, no, it displays the actual email address. So I guess I'll pass. Wouldn't it be better if it just didn't display the email address at all and kept those addresses server-side? Some sort of thing where people send the invite to your website, which then passes it on?

longzheng

Bas wrote:
I'd love an invite, but I'm not sure if I'd like my email adress displayed on a public website like that. What's to stop someone from harvesting all of those? Or does it just display the name you entered and not the actual name-part of the email address?

Edit: yeah, no, it displays the actual email address. So I guess I'll pass. Wouldn't it be better if it just didn't display the email address at all and kept those addresses server-side?

Then how will people send you invites?

Basically, your email is pretty "temporary" there. When you receive an invitation, it is removed from the waiting list.

Having said that, I agree with you someone could harvest it, but I think it's a rather low risk compared to other things.

Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

longzheng wrote:
Then how will people send you invites?

I edited my post, but apparently too late. Tongue Out

Does it need to be the actual email address for the Live ID that you'll sign up with? Because if not, then I could just use some random gmail address I have lying around.

longzheng

Bas wrote:

longzheng wrote:Then how will people send you invites?

I edited my post, but apparently too late.

Does it need to be the actual email address for the Live ID that you'll sign up with? Because if not, then I could just use some random gmail address I have lying around.

No it does not, but it's recommended to make the process more streamlined.

You could use a random gmail address if you want.

Sven Groot
My name has 9 letters. Coincidence? I think not...

And this works for people not in the US?

Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

longzheng wrote:
No it does not, but it's recommended to make the process more streamlined.

You could use a random gmail address if you want.

Cool, I'll give it a shot then. Thanks!

Sven Groot wrote:
And this works for people not in the US?

Apparently Blowdart got it to work.

longzheng

Sven Groot wrote:
And this works for people not in the US?

To an extent. The online interface all works.

You can get yourself an account, but I've heard reports the desktop application installer does not install. I haven't tested since I've disabled UAC and haven't restarted.

longzheng

Sven Groot wrote:
And this works for people not in the US?

Got the desktop client to work too http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080427/install-mesh-client-non-us-systems/

Dovella
Go Microsoft !!!!!!!

longzheng wrote:
So I built this site over the weekend which allows people to request/share Live Mesh invites.

About 7 hours work.

www.sharemesh.com

1000 thx long Wink

Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

longzheng wrote:

Sven Groot wrote: And this works for people not in the US?

Got the desktop client to work too http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080427/install-mesh-client-non-us-systems/

This begs the questions: why wasn't it simply released for testing worldwide in the first place, if it all works after all? Less stress on the US datacenter?

littleguru
<3 Seattle

I wonder how long it takes until Microsoft takes Long's site down... *counting*

But nice initiative!!! Smiley

go Long, go!!

blowdart
Peek-a-boo

You do have to wonder about an installer that doesn't work under UAC and software that requires a particular regional setting. It kind of smacks of amateurism.