What’s New in the Bucket Explorer?

What’s New in the Bucket Explorer?

1. Latest version 2007.11.06.00 is available for Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac users.
2. New Updated UI with enhanced Security features.
3. Latest Amazon S3’s Bucket explorer is also available for the U.S. and the EUROPEAN Customers.

Imagine the ability of Amazon s3’s simple storage service such as publish s3 content over the internet, access and share your data with others, track your account activity by logging, and you need to pay only for what you use and so on.

Now bucket explorer makes all these activities easier for all users like housewives, students / teachers, non professional users, businessmen, lawyers, doctors and so on. These users will also get some extra features in Amazon S3 by using the Bucket explorer like:

1. List only those buckets which are frequently accessed by you. It also speeds up your bucket listing process and you can perform your task as fast as possible.

2. Buckets are represented with various icons, like you can easily distinguish your friend's bucket from your bucket by different icons.

3. Set paginations for object listings. It helps when you have lots of images (10,000 or more) within a bucket. By using of pagination you can also improve you object listing speed.

4. Object filtration helps you to access list only required object or objects. It helps you while you have lots of images in various folders and directories.

5. Toggle view of tree view. You can see your local file system in tree and detailed view. In detailed view you can see the complete detailed of you local file system files and directories.

6. Let’s give a nick name (caption) to your Amazon s3 accounts to be able to easily recognize and distinguish your multiples of Amazon s3 account.

7. Upload or download entire folder structure with extensive reconnecting ability of the internet connection.it means, if internet connection breaks down, the Bucket Explorer attempts to re-connect the internet connection and proceeds with the remaining uploading or download the process.

8. Generate multiples of public URLs in single click.

9. Update entire folder or multiples files Access permissions with a single click, and so on.

Let’s take benefits up to December 31st, 2007. After that it may be payable.

Use Bucket Explorer for Amazon S3

First of all i would like to introduce the Amazon S3. Amazon S3 is unlimited online storage service. It allows you to upload, download, share and access your data remotely.

One of the good things about S3 is that everything's stored in multiple data centers and make available your data from your nearest data center. You don't really get that if you've got your own server or a regular hosting provider. That's why i like the idea of storing my business data on S3. I am also using s3 for my web images and flash demo movies instead of expansive web server spaces.

But Amazon S3 provides only web service interface for developers thats why Bucket Explorer is developed for all types of users who want to use Amazon S3 services easily.

Bucket Explorer is a FREE platform independent application, which can run on both Microsoft Windows and Linux based operation systems. It is equipped with so many advanced features. like use can;

• easily upload/download files and whole folder structure. Even bucket explorer allows you to upload any file in two modes:
• upload file: if user wants to access any shared file then file will be downloaded on his local drive then open.
  
• upload as html file: In this mode if user wants to access any file, then will be directly open in web browser.
  
• easily share files and folders with other users in two modes
• Share with unlimited time period: In this mode user generate the public url of a file and share with others.
  
• Share with limited time period: In this mode user defines the expiry time of the public url. After expiration of url, user cannot use access the shared file. this type of url is also known as public signed url.
  
• easily track bucket count by using of Bucket Count option, because Amazon S3 allows only 100 bucket for each account.
• easily set user access permissions on buckets and their files and folders.
• easily track data transfer activities on any bucket by using of Bucket Logging. It is also helps you to calculate monthly bill. You can also track those IPs who are accessing your shared data.
• easily Pause and resume your upload/download process , even see the upload progress view. It also support large file upload download.
  

Bucketexplorer.com not only providing window based interface it also provides a user friendly web interface for the Amazon S3 (a Simple Storage Service).