Purplenova - your personal web server

review from Aditya, Jan 2007, permalink _ Web Server Tools

From Clif:
I encourage everyone to try new freebies out. Aditya tried this one and sent me his review. Respect2Glory (here at Freeware Wiki) did some research and found out that this program might be safe to use, but it might also include some adware, according to Infinishare's TOS. So far, we haven't read any reports that the authors have included adware, but if you use it, you do give them permission to do so. Here's what Infinishare's terms of service says about their software:

Infinishare may include advertisements in the files, data and other information you may share using Infinishare's software and services. You may also receive announcements, promotional materials and advertisements from Infinishare without the ability to opt out of receiving them.

Below, see how easy it is to share your experiences with free software. If you really like it, then tell us about it. I even have a nice template with questions for you to answer at my WriteYourOwnReview page.

Thanks for sharing Aditya.

From Aditya:

IS IT FREEWARE? - Yes.

WHERE IS THE WEBSITE AT? - www.purplenova.com

IS THE DOWNLOAD LINK EASY TO FIND? - Yes there's a download button on the home page. It links to:
http://www.purplenova.com/purplenovasetup.msi

WHAT KIND OF PROGRAM IS IT?
- Portable Web Server
- Allows resource hosting directly from user machine
- Installs on PCs and removable drives
- No limit to number of files hosted

WHAT VERSIONS OF WINDOWS ARE REQUIRED?
- Windows any, as per the company
- I've used it on WinXP Home and Win2K Professional.

DOES IT REQUIRE ANYTHING ELSE? (LIKE .NET)
- No additional plugins/configuration.

IS IT A LARGE OR SMALL DOWNLOAD? - Small @ 2.2MB.

IS IT AN EASY PROGRAM TO INSTALL? - Yes. - Also I asked a friend who says "it is portable and doesn't make registry entries or install weird com objects". It's g(r)eek to me, but may be useful to you :-)

DOES IT COME WITH AN UNINSTALLER? - No. - It can be removed completely by deleting the folder it is installed in.

WHERE DID YOU FIND IT? - On wikipedia at link: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_portable_software#Web_servers

WERE YOU LOOKING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS? - Yes. I wanted to be able to remotely access my files and documents without uploading them anywhere.

WHAT ARE YOU USING IT FOR? - Privately publishing important documents from my office PC. - Works inspite of my office firewall.

WHAT WERE YOU USING BEFORE YOU FOUND THIS? - Flash drive. But I had to bother about re-saving the files I needed each time I made changes to them.

HAS IT SOLVED A PROBLEM YOU WERE HAVING? - Yes. I always have remote access to the latest version of my files.

WHAT PROBLEMS HAS IT CAUSED? - None so far. - I've used it for 3 weeks now. My office computer is always online. No viruses or system crash.

IS THE PROGRAM EASY TO USE? - Yes. I figured it out without help.

DOES IT COME WITH HELP FILES? - Yes.

WHAT FEATURES DO YOU LIKE OR NOT LIKE? - Depends on internet connection. Dialup is no no. - Small box to manage files.

WHAT FEATURES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE ADDED OR TAKEN AWAY OR CHANGED?
- Slicker user interface
- Better file hosting management.

Quote from the website
Purplenova is a tool to safely and securely host any content directly from your PC.

  • Text files, Documents, Presentations, Spreadsheets
  • Music Play lists, Photo Albums, Videos
  • Web pages, Websites, Blogs
  • Web-Services
You can host any number and any type of files
  • You specify content files to host: privately or publicly.
  • Your audience uses a regular web browser (like IE or Firefox) to view/download/stream hosted content.
  • People DO NOT get access to your PC at all. They cannot modify files on your PC in any way.
  • You are in full control of hosted files, and only the files you explicitly select for hosting are accessible.
  • If you want added security and choose to encrypt your transmissions, file contents are transmitted encrypted end-to-end using SSL.
  • There is no limit to number of files you can host, but in the interest of good user experience, we have kept a 10 MB limit to individual file size for now.

http://purplenova.com


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