Driveway Brings Web Folders to the Masses; Fully Integrates "Save to Web" Option for Microsoft Office Users.Business Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 2000 Automatic Online Installation Arms Users with a Quick, Easy Way to Save Files to the Web Driveway has fully integrated Microsoft(R) Web Folder technology with its driveway.com personal online file storage service, giving users instant access to save Microsoft(R) Office 2000 files directly to the Internet with just the click of a mouse. Web Folder features on the company's site are easier than ever for new and current members to use. Microsoft(R) Internet Explorer Microsoft's Web browser, which comes with Windows starting with Windows 98. Commonly called "IE," versions for Mac and Unix are also available. Internet Explorer is the most widely used Web browser on the market. It has also been the browser engine in AOL's Internet access software. 5.0 or higher users are automatically given Web Folder functionality, allowing direct access to their driveway.com accounts. Members using other browsers can benefit by following the simple installation instructions on the Driveway site or Microsoft Office Update Microsoft Office Update is a free online service from Microsoft that allow users to detect and install updates for Microsoft Office products. It has been incorporated into Microsoft Update, the upgrade to Windows Update. site at www.officeupdate.com. Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. users can now save files to a personal space on the Web just as easily as they save files to a hard drive or floppy disk. "Our users have come to expect driveway.com to be the most convenient way to store, access and share their files online," Larry Jones Larry Jones is also the real name of Atlanta Braves player Chipper Jones. Walter "Larry" Jones (born September 22, 1942 in Columbus, Ohio) is a retired American basketball player. He played professionally in the NBA and ABA, from 1964 to 1974. , vice president, product marketing, Driveway, said. "Tight integration of features such as Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. 2000 Web Folder features makes our service so easy to use that we foresee the day when online storage will be as common as e-mail is today." A little known option offered originally with the release of Internet Explorer 5.0 and Office 2000, Web Folder features allow users to save files directly to their driveway.com accounts from any Office 2000 application with the "Save As" command. They can also store, access, organize and save files with the drag-and-drop operations in Microsoft(R) Windows Explorer See Explorer. . "We are very excited that Driveway has fully implemented our Web Folders feature. Office 2000 users now can effortlessly ef·fort·less adj. Calling for, requiring, or showing little or no effort. See Synonyms at easy. ef  fort·less·ly adv. store and access their files anytime and anywhere," Taylor Collyer, senior business development manager, Microsoft(TM), said. "As traditional desktop computing integrates with Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. , Microsoft and Driveway will be there to lead the way." Driveway is the only online storage service that is officially recognized and supported by Microsoft Office 2000. About Driveway San Francisco-based Driveway is the leader in personal Internet file storage. Through driveway.com, the company offers members a reliable way to access, store and share digital information from any Web-enabled computer. Driveway pioneered Internet-based file storage and has established relationships with Microsoft, Lycos and LookSmart. For additional information, visit Driveway at www.driveway.com. Note: Copyright 2000 Driveway Corp. All Rights Reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. Driveway(SM) and park it(SM) are servicemarks of Driveway Corp. |
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