ShareIt

(View this page in German, courtesy Jörg Fuller)

ShareIt is a Google Desktop gadget that allows you to easily share items with your Google Talk friends: text snippets, web addresses, images and pictures, files!

You can Discuss ShareIt on Google Groups.

Features

You can share:
- Text snippets (copied or dragged from your browser, a chat window ...)
- Images and photos (copied or dragged from your browser, your favourite photo editing program ...)
- Files (copied or dragged from your computer's folders)
Compatible without extra configuration with most types of firewalls and routers, including NATs

Download

Please note, ShareIt requires Google Desktop and Google Talk.

v1.0b - ShareIt.exe (325K)

How to Use

Sending Items: Drag & Drop

Step 1: Start dragging your item...; Step 2: ...and drop it into ShareIt; Step 3: Double-click on your friend's name

Sending Items: Copy & Paste

Step 1: Copy your item to the Clipboard; Step 2: Paste it in ShareIt; Step 3: Double-click on your friend's name

Receiving Items

Step 1: Click on the item to expand it; Step 2: Right-click and Copy it; Step 3: Paste it on your computer

ChangeLog

v1.0b

Bug fix: scroll bar is disabled in "Share with" dialog when no friends listed
Feature: file item icon is the file's actualy icon

v1.0a

Bug fix: dragging multiple files or a folder would disrupt the drag-n-drop operation
Bug fix: dragging blocks source application

Author

The author of ShareIt is Catalin Patulea. Feel free to e-mail me with questions and comments. If you would like to see some of the other things I've done, check out my web site.