MediaFire Blog

We are very excited to announce today that MediaFire has reached 30 million registered users!

When we originally launched MediaFire in 2006, we aimed to provide online users with a simple solution for storing and sharing their files online. We envisioned a time where creative people would use the web to easily collaborate and share their content directly with their friends, family, and colleagues around the world.

Seven years later, we have become one of the biggest names in online storage, and we have you to thank for it! We are inspired every day by the powerful success stories of artists, photographers and creative people like you that use MediaFire to share and create amazing digital content.

Today, we are pleased to bring native video and music streaming support to MediaFire, enabling users to play their favorite MediaFire media directly through our Android, iOS, and Web interfaces.

For a limited time, in order to thank our loyal customers, MediaFire is offering fifty-percent discounts on all first-time purchases of our Pro and Business storage plans! Starting at $2.49 per month for 100 gigs of online storage.

To sign up or upgrade your MediaFire account, visit: https://www.mediafire.com/upgrade/#space

In order to showcase our new media streaming support, we have put together a special MediaFire “sampler” featuring music, video, and photo content created and shared by some of our favorite artists, including the M Machine, David Heartbreak, Hrvrd, Menage Quad, and others. New MediaFire users can access this content through the “sample” folder located within their  account.

Existing users can stream and download the summer 2013 sampler by visiting:          http://www.mediafire.com/folder/zvq7ms92kfn91/MediaFire_2013_Summer_Sampler

MediaFire’s New Streaming Video Player, Featuring the M Machine’s Tiny Anthem

Over the past few months, we have have seen incredible user growth, due to the incredible success of our free Android application, and we look forward to launching several new and exciting products and features over the next few weeks.

Stay tuned, and keep creating!

Brent

Link to today’s press release and screenshots:  http://www.mediafire.com/folder/3ws9srcwsfqmo/Streaming_Playback_Update_Press_Kit

-Have a MediaFire story to share with us on this special occasion? Send me an email at brent@mediafire.com

We live in a dynamically changing environment and it requires all of us to frequently review our standards and raise the bar. MediaFire is no exception. Even though our website has always been quite easy to use, we never stop looking for new ways to make things better! Release 7.0 is here, bringing some exciting changes to your MediaFire experience!

We’re thrilled to introduce a brand new design: the interface has been cleaned up and streamlined, and the overall color scheme is optimized to let you focus better on your content. You can still easily navigate all your files on your “My Files” page, add new ones, view them or collaborate – everything works as usual, except much cleaner and ready for the future!

Got pictures in your account? Go ahead and view them in our sleek new Photo Viewer! The dark color scheme creates a great contrast that makes your photo viewing experience much more sophisticated. Access all the photo viewing modes and options on the bottom of the page, or share, download, or save images to your MediaFire account (if shared with you by someone else) by clicking the button in the right top corner. Also, you can get this basic functionality by right clicking on the image being currently viewed.

We’ve also completely redesign the shared spreadsheet viewer to quickly and easily preview spreadsheet files. The new viewer supports all formulas, formatting and even graphs. Both the document viewer and the spreadsheet viewer are using a much more neutral palette helping you focus on the content you’re working on.

To retain the consistent look throughout the entire website, MediaFire has also redesigned the interface for editing files.

And one more little morsel of exciting news for all those of you who code: MediaFire now has a text and source code viewer and editor! View all text and source code file types, edit them, and share them in a new view specifically designed to emulate the look and feel of a fully featured text and code editor.

We hope this update makes your experience with MediaFire much more pleasant! We would like to thank every member of our MediaFire team who worked hard on this release, let us know how we did!

Stay tuned because there’s a lot more great stuff to come!

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The MediaFire Team

Hi everyone,

Today we released a quick update to the site including some bug fixes and a couple of new features.  First, there is now a new mobile-friendly document viewing page:

We’re also happy to report that our iPhone app has been submitted to Apple and is just pending approval now, hopefully it’ll be available in the App Store within the next two weeks.

Second, infinite scrolling now works on accounts with tens of thousands of files. In other words, you can continue to scroll through thousands of files in your account, even in one folder, without having to load additional pages. This works great for browsing large image galleries.

Tom Langridge – Co-Founder, VP Product and Communications

Hi everyone,

The dust has finally settled around our latest update giving me enough time to publish this blog post letting you all know all the new stuff we just released!

As we usually do around here at MediaFire, we’ve batched in a whole lot of new features and fixes into a major release again.

Here’s the new goodness we’ve got this time:

• Unified thumbnail viewer on the MyFiles page. Just like your OS file browser, icons, images, and documents now present themselves in a uniform way in thumbnail mode.
• Create new documents, spreadsheets, and presentations from a simple, new menu on the MyFiles page.
• Invite others to collaborate on documents with automated email notifications. Enter email addresses into the collaborate box and it will email each recipient with their own collaboration link.
• Upgraded document, spreadsheet, and presentation editor. (Internet Explorer 8 is no longer supported.)
• New Help Tab on the MyFiles page provides convenient access to Knowledge Base and Support.
• MyAccount page provides a visual representation of total storage used.
• Collaboration and 1-Time Download dialogs let users know their daily limits.
• The 1-Time Download system has been upgraded to support e-commerce transactions. (Documentation of API has also been updated)
• Upgraded image conversion and compression system – images are now displayed in higher quality, correctly sized, and load even faster on your My Files page and in your image galleries.

More coming soon!

Tom Langridge – Co-Founder, VP Product and Communications

Today, on the 43rd anniversary of the launch of the Apollo 11 mission that put the first man on the Moon, we are proud to announce an allllmost as monumental launch of our own (okay not really close to as cool as Apollo 11, but hey, we’re pretty excited about it anyway)!

Today we’re proud to announce the launch of new MediaFire features including office document collaboration and editing, 1-time download links, FileDrop upload pages, and a Moon-load of new My Files management updates.

Here’s a full list of the changes and additions:

Document Collaboration and Editing

• View and edit your documents, presentations, and spreadsheets right on MediaFire!
• You can even invite people who don’t have a MediaFire account (yet!) to securely collaborate on and edit your document.

FileDrop Upload Pages
(replacement for the “MediaFire Dropbox” feature)

• Create a hosted page version of a FileDrop widget where visitors can upload files into a users account.
• New page created for the hosted version of the FileDrop.

1-Time Download Links

• Now you can create a new type of sharing link that lets you share a file with someone and ensure that it is only downloaded once.  The download url ties it self to the first downloaders IP address and will not allow anyone else to download the file again from that link.
• To get a 1-Time download link, there is a new option on the My Files page right-click menu for files and a new option in the Share lightbox.
• Each account type has a different number of available 1-Time download links.  Free users can create 15/day, Professional customers get 500/day, and Business customers get 5000/day.

New My Files Features

• Faster Loading
• We’ve made huge improvements to your My Files page system, allowing faster loading of huge lists of folders and files.
• Lasso Select
• Just like on your desktop; click and drag a box around multiple files to select them all at once.
• Updated Drag and Drop
• New visual effect for dragging files that makes it easy to see how many files you’re working with.
• Now you can also drag and drop a new file onto an old one to update a file without changing the link.

It was just a little over a year ago when drag and drop functionality was added to our My Files page.  Today we’ve got something even cooler to show you, if you take a look at your files you might notice a few new features, including a new document view available at the top right of the page.

Now you can view and share all common types of document, spreadsheet, presentation, and pdf files right from within your MediaFire account. The documents you’re viewing actually rendered text on the page, so you can select, copy, and interact with the text. It’s not only possible to view full documents, but now you can actually see previews of your documents in the file browser too.

Want to see how it works? I thought you would! Check out a document example with our fact-kit here:
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?sae20ggt2faokqe or take a closer look at the screenshots below:

This is all in beta right now, and we’re still working on perfecting the technology. But go ahead and upload some document files and try it out! In the next couple of weeks we’ll be releasing a similar update to our image gallery pages and more overall improvements to our image system.

Cheers!

Tom Langridge – Co-Founder, VP Corporate Communications

Today we released a major update to our image serving technology just in time for me to upload my pictures from this year’s SXSW Interactive Conference in Austin, Texas.  Without getting into the details just yet, the basics of the update are that images are now processed and presented to the user in real-time which should speed up the users experience and make it more reliable as well.

As usual, this update is laying more of the foundation for future updates – go ahead and just upload some images to your account to give our image gallery system a try and keep looking out for new features coming very soon!

Also, if you haven’t already tried out our new software, MediaFire Express, now would be a great time to give it a shot, and easily move all those folders of images you have on your computer into the cloud.  MediaFire express makes it super easy to upload files and folders, just right-click on them and choose “Upload to MediaFire” and all those images sitting on your hard-drive will be on their way to your private account on MediaFire’s secure and accessible cloud.

More information on MediaFire Express and download links for Windows, Mac, and Linux here http://www.mediafire.com/software/express/tour.php

Tom Langridge – Co-Founder, VP Corporate Communications

Today the MediaFire team is proud to announce the Beta release of MediaFire’s first software application – MediaFire Express. This Windows, Mac, and Linux compatible application makes it easier than ever to upload files from your computer to your MediaFire account.

Download MediaFire Express from our new “Tools” section here: http://www.mediafire.com/software/

MediaFire Express is currently in Beta testing and the UI is still a rough proof of concept, so expect a couple bugs if you decided to give it a try. This product helps us test some of the new tools we’re developing and lays the groundwork for future products that will be released later this year. We’re excited to release MediaFire Express to the public to start our foray into bringing MediaFire’s great cloud storage tools into the desktop environment and beyond.

MediaFire Express for Mac:

MediaFire Express for Windows:

MediaFire Express (Beta) Features:

• MediaFire Express can upload files from our computer to your MediaFire account without requiring you to open your browser.
• New users can create a MediaFire account during installation.
• MediaFire Express users can switch between MediaFire accounts.
• Users can select an upload destination folder from within their “My Files” folder hierarchy.
• Users can upload a file via a right click menu on File Explorer’s (on Windows) or Finder (on the Mac).
• Users can upload a file by dragging and dropping it on the MediaFire Express’ Drop Zone.
• MediaFire Express avoids contributing to desktop clutter by hiding its windows when it is idle.
• Progress bars make it easy for users to monitor file upload progress.
• Users can invoke the MediaFire Expresses Screenshot tool from (1) the keyboard, (2) a button located on the MediaFire Express’ Drop-Zone, or via a systray menu.
• Quickly open your “My Files” page with a click of a button.
• MediaFire Express dynamically throttles-back upload rates as necessary so as to avoid reducing Quality of Service on slow DSL links.
• MediaFire Express’ Screenshot Tool captures images of (1) the entire desktop, (2) an application’s window, or (3) a user defined area and then (1) uploads the screenshot to your MediaFire account for sharing, (2) saves the screenshot to disk or (3) sends the image to the printer for a hardcopy.

As always, let us know what you think and please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have an questions or run into any bugs.

MediaFire REST API

As a side note, today we’re also excited to announce the first REST API for MediaFire. Developers interested in building tools that interface with MediaFire’s cloud storage system can find out more here. More information coming soon!

Tom Langridge – Co-Founder, VP Corporate Communications

Hi everyone,

It’s the start of a new week and back to business as usual here at MediaFire – which means the team is hard at work on more updates and improvements to the site. Today we released another update to the codebase with some very cool new enhancements.

Enhancement 1: HTML5 localStorage
The biggest enhancement that I have to report is that we’ve enabled HTML5 localStorage for browsers that support it. We’re using this technology to cache most of the file and folder data for your My Files page on your computer, greatly increasing the speed of browsing though your files. This means that My Files pages and folder pages load almost instantaneously for most users. This feature is only available to registered users (pro and non-pro) and can be managed through the My Account -> Persistent Storage control panel.

Enhancement 2: “Save File to Account” target folder selection
This one is pretty straight forward. Sometimes when you receive a file you might just want to store it in your MediaFire account rather than download it to you computer. MediaFire has let you do this for some time now, but now we make it possible for you to select the destination where you want to save it.

Enhancement 3: Linked-folder content now updates “real-time”
Like the rest of the contents of your MyFiles pages, now linked-folders also update in “real-time” (every 30 seconds). Since linked-folders are folders that are shared between MediaFire accounts, now any changes made by one of the linked users will be seen by everyone else who’s linked almost immediately without having to refresh their files list in the browser.

As always, let us know what you think! We’re working on some other cool new products so keep your eyes out for a soft-launch sometime soon.

Tom Langridge – Co-Founder, Corporate Communications

Today we’re excited to announce the release of the newest version of our MediaFire platform. We’ve been calling this the “Spock” release internally but this marks the fifth major update to our website and services. Everyone here is really excited to hear your feedback as we continue to improve the various services we are now offering.

This update marks a major milestone for MediaFire and is the result of months of feedback and suggestions, testing and refinement, and is largely thanks to the continued input of our users and fans.

As such, we’ve developed an entirely new and more user-friendly and simplified interface that emphasizes easy sharing and file management. Important menu bar items are now persistently located at the top of your browser window for fast access. We’ve simplified and cleaned up our download pages to make it easier to get your downloads quickly. We’ve also greatly improved the speed that our pages load, even on slow Internet connections.

My Files

If you’ve already been managing a lot of files on your My Files page, you’ll immediately notice a lot of updates and improvements in the new interface.

• My Files data is loaded on demand and in the background instead of when the page first loads. On the previous version of MediaFire, you had to wait for all data to be loaded before accessing your files. Now your page is loaded immediately and your current view is show almost instantly.
• My Files data now loads 200% faster due to a re-architecture of our data structures. This architecture update also saves memory on the client computer and makes it possible to display and search files and folders more quickly than ever before.
• Right-click menu support is now enabled within your My Files page, making it easier to directly manage your files and folders from within the file list.
• Pagination has been removed, all files and folders are now automatically load as you scroll down the screen.
• Real-time updates now occur when a file or folder is added or changed in your account. Any changes will be inserted into your current view (if you are in the same folder) and a status message will notate the change or deletion. This occurs in 30 second intervals.
• Image view has been completely redesigned to make navigation persistent in both views and make managing images and folders much easier.
• Recently created folders now show up at the top of your My Files page with a blue line denoting they are new and making them easier to find and access.
• Keyboard shortcuts have been added such as “N” for new folder and “U” for upload.
• Forward and Back browser buttons now work within the file manager.

Sharing

Sharing has always been at the core of what makes MediaFire such a useful service and we have some exciting updates and new features that make it even easier to share files with friends, family, and colleagues.

• Linked folders are now supported. When someone shares a folder with you, you can save the folder to your account and instead of it being a one time copy of the data, the folder is linked to your account and you will automatically receive any updates that occur within it.
• Multi-Share is a new feature that allows you to share multiple specific files with a single URL. This is extremely useful if you want to share 5 photos in a directory of 500 photos. Instead of sharing them individually you can now get a single link to share just those 5 photos.
  • Multi-Share is now supported directly from the upload tool, effectively giving you one link for all the files you uploaded instead of having to share numerous links.
• Multi-Share is enabled when you select more than 1 file on your My Files page. All you have to do is select multiple files and then click the standard “Share” button which will give you one link to share all the files.
• Sharing box/pop-up has been redesigned to be much simpler.

Uploader

Ok, great, so now it’s a lot easier to share files, but how about getting them on MediaFire in the first place? We’ve made some really exciting updates to our upload tools too!

• Improved reliability – browsers that support hashed uploads are more reliable, we compare the hash of the file on your computer to the hash of the file our system receives. If they do not match, the data was corrupted and it will automatically re-upload.
• Uploads are faster than ever.
• Multi-session uploads are now supported. When you upload into multiple folders its now treated as multiple sessions. In the previous version of MediaFire you could only see one of the uploads being performed. Now you can actually select which upload session to view and/or cancel/modify.
• Drag and drop uploads on the My Files page do not open the upload window upon completion.
• Recently uploaded files show up at the top of your My Files view (assuming you are in the same folder) and are denoted with a blue line, making them easier to find and access.
• Virus scanning has been implemented using BitDefender.
• Upload options allow you to choose your default upload type: HTML5, Flash or basic HTML.

Security

Despite being the simplest sharing system, security is always a top priority as we develop new tools. Here are just some of the security improvements we’ve made with the new version of MediaFire:

• Security logs to track all changes to an account in multi-user accounts. This ensures if something disappears or changes the user can determine exactly who and when it changed. It’s available only on Business accounts under the My Account section.
• Access to My Account is protected by SSL security.
• A new Session cookie soft-logs off a user after 90 minutes of inactivity.

Customization

Customization has been something we’ve supported for a while now but with MediaFire “Spock” we’re adding a few more bells and whistles:

• Upload your own custom avatar image or import one from Gravatar.
• Professional and Business account holders can change the header colors of their folder and download pages.
• Professional and Business account holders can add a custom logo to their account which replaces the MediaFire logo in the navigation header.

Professional and Business Accounts

Last but definitely not least, we have changed and updated our MediaPro premium offering with two new types of accounts:

• Business
  • Multi-User Login – Business class users can have multiple users sharing services and files from a single account. Groups or teams can create a business account and then add unlimited number of reads for sub users. Additional seats are much cheaper than for Professional accounts.
  • Business account customers receive a custom subdomain of their choice. When the subdomain is accessed a custom brandable login page is shown. All accesses are done through their subdomain.
  • Automatic Bandwidth Refill – When a Business account customer’s bandwidth gets low, by default they will automatically be charged for more bandwidth in 100GB increments, insuring an undisrupted delivery of services.
  • Starts at 250GBs of download bandwidth.
• Professional
  • All the features you’ve come to love in our pervious MediaPro Gold and Silver accounts.
  • Starts at 100GBs of download bandwidth.

This really is a huge update! As always, we’re constantly improving the service and we love to hear your feedback so please don’t hesitate to drop us a message with your comments and suggestions.

Tom Langridge – Co-Founder, Corporate Communications