Upload files on skydrive

Upload files on skydrive

Is this just for me, I cant upload files with opera on https://skydrive.live.com anyone have similar problems? With other browsers its working fine.

Not just you apparently. A search shows these results

same issue here, on me!

i can„t upload files to skydrive

i can„t do almost anything with opera since i met it. 3 years ago. opera seems to always stay 3 steps back to other browsers.

The best solution if you use skydrive often (like I do) is to pin the skydrive to taskbar using IE9 (just drag the favicon on the taskbar). That way your skydrive is always one click away and you can use opera for other stuff.

Originally posted by davorradman:

The best solution if you use skydrive often (like I do) is to pin the skydrive to taskbar using IE9 (just drag the favicon on the taskbar). That way your skydrive is always one click away and you can use opera for other stuff.

thanks but maybe they will fix it so we do not get stucked into lot of browsers .

it seems to be a bug that effects all of opera's browsers at the moment

Opera 11.6x = sorry cant upload a folder
Opera Next 12.xx (x86) = sorry cant upload a folder
opera OOP 12.xx (x64 bit) = sorry cant upload a folder

Hm... tried masking opera as internet explorer but it still won't let upload, wtf?

Opera, implement a better masking feature...

fix the skydrive upload issue.. i use it a lot

I have the same problem, also same problem with yahoo conversation (web messenger).

Seems to be working on lastest Opera 12 build, 1351.

Originally posted by LeoCG:

Seems to be working on lastest Opera 12 build, 1351.

Well blow me it's about time they fixed it oops hang on a sec guess they haven't I'm still getting this msg when I try to upload a file


Sorry, SkyDrive can't upload folders. Please upload the files that are contained in the folder instead.

Strange, it has worked but now i'm getting that error message again.

Skydrive is a popular website now, opera better fix this up. when it is not a popular website and it does not work it's ok, but with the important websites opera has to work, and how is it fixed , we don't care! either ask microsoft to fix the website or fix opera.

It's useless to use opera if for every other website i have to open firefox.

Agree. I'm getting the 'Sorry, SkyDrive can't upload folders' error trying to Add Files; it just doesn't work in Opera. I have to open IE to make it work.

Originally posted by igor2209:

I reported this bug more than a year ago (DSK-351924) and nothing has been done since !

Many things have been done since this time last year. A whole load of bugs and security issues have been fixed, and a few new features have been added to Opera.

However, your pet bug has not been fixed by Microsoft yet. Ask them to fix Sky Drive to work with Opera.

Originally posted by Pesala:

Originally posted by igor2209:

I reported this bug more than a year ago (DSK-351924) and nothing has been done since !

Many" target="_blank">http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/]Many things have been done since this time last year. A whole load of bugs and security issues have been fixed, and a few new features have been added to Opera.

However, your pet bug has not been fixed by Microsoft yet. Ask them to fix Sky Drive to work with Opera.

and yet Opera devs haven't bothered to fix this simple bug but oh hey look we're fully compliant with a load of garbage that hardly anyone is using yet

Skydrive works with Chrome, Fartfox, IE, Maxthon, heck even crapples Safari is able to work with skydrive do you see pattern forming here Opera is the only browser not able to use skydrive ergo it is an opera bug not MS

Moderator edit: This comment was removed for breaching our terms of service.

Originally posted by igor2209:

LOOK WHAT YOU DID:

I just hate when people just post useless photos in the forums. What do you think - does adding a completely non-sense image make any difference?

Originally posted by Pesala:

However, your pet bug has not been fixed by Microsoft yet. Ask them to fix Sky Drive to work with Opera.

Just tell me - how do you very confidently put the blame on Microsoft ???

Originally posted by Swapnil99pro:

Just tell me - how do you very confidently put the blame on Microsoft ???

Just on the track-record of MS with sites that keep breaking in Opera. Though its always possible that its due to a bug in Opera, the chances are that its not. Try running the WC3 validator on the SkyDrive home page:

27 Errors, 16 warning(s)

Its their site, so they are responsible for testing the code. Such a large company could easily afford to test their code in all browsers. If the code validates, but still breaks in Opera, then we might start looking at Opera bugs as the most likely culprit.

Originally posted by Pesala:

Originally posted by igor2209:

I reported this bug more than a year ago (DSK-351924) and nothing has been done since !

Many things have been done since this time last year. A whole load of bugs and security issues have been fixed, and a few new features have been added to Opera.

However, your pet bug has not been fixed by Microsoft yet. Ask them to fix Sky Drive to work with Opera.

It works with every other browser !!! It is not their bug. It is not some strange unknown site that nobody uses . Skydrive does not work for me . Why should I care about really obscure HTML feature in HTML5 and CSS4 that almost no site uses ? Just for higher score on HTML5test.com ? I want working web and don't care about benchmarks.
This is legitimate complain , I don't understand what is your problem .

Originally posted by igor2209:

This is legitimate complain , I don't understand what is your problem .

Its not my problem — its yours.Instead of attacking the Opera developers or other experienced Opera users, read the sticky thread on Site Compatibility and try to understand better.

• Web site compatibility

and how much time do they need this bug has been a problem for users since before Christmas heck they don't even acknowledge the fact that Skydrive is completely useless in opera

Originally posted by Athlonite:

how much time do they need this bug

Who is "they?" Opera or Microsoft?

Giving you guys the benefit of the doubt, lets assume that it is a bug in Opera. How long does it take to fix bugs? See the FAQ: Why does it take so long for certain bugs to be fixed?

Bugs will get assigned a priority, and known bugs will get fixed when they reach the top of the pile. Could be a week, might be a year, or maybe several years.

If you want to help, here's some Bug Reporting Tips

If its not a bug, but a site problem, how long it takes may be out of Opera's control. Whatever the cause of the problem, getting upset changes nothing other than magnifying the importance of this issue in your own eyes. When I encounter a problem that I cannot find a solution for, then I just right-click, and open the site in another browser. I suggest using another site for sharing files, or try Opera Unite. For my needs, that's much better — there is no need to upload anything and others can send me files of almost any size from any browser.

Originally posted by Pesala:

Originally posted by igor2209:

This is legitimate complain , I don't understand what is your problem .

Its not my problem — its yours.Instead of attacking the Opera developers or other experienced Opera users, read the sticky thread on Site Compatibility and try to understand better.

I've reported problem to MS as well. Their reply was that this is Opera's problem .

I did not attack anybody' especially Opera's devs . All I said was that Skydrive is not working with Opera for more than a year and only Opera has this problem.

P.S.: Stop telling everybody what to do . I work as software engineer. I use Opera since Opera 5 . I have enough experience and I don't need you, to tell me what I should and should not understand . Stop treating browser like same sort of religion that nobody has any right to complain about under any circumstances.

Originally posted by igor2209:

I did not attack anybody' especially Opera's devs

Unfortunately, your lies won't wash with me. Either the mod deleted your post attacking them, or you did. However, all of us who have been following this thread know that you did attack the Opera devs.

Originally posted by Swapnil99pro:

Originally posted by igor2209:

LOOK WHAT YOU DID:

I just hate when people just post useless photos in the forums. What do you think - does adding a completely non-sense image make any difference?

QED

Originally posted by igor2209:

nobody has any right to complain about under any circumstances.

That all depends on how they do it. What I see is a very unprofessional and impatient attitude from you.

Originally posted by Athlonite:

and yet Opera devs haven't bothered to fix this simple bug but oh hey look we're fully compliant with a load of garbage that hardly anyone is using yet

You are assuming that it's something Opera can or should fix. You are trolling.

Originally posted by Chirpie:

You are trolling.

And you are making a plain guess that it's Microsoft's fault.

Originally posted by Swapnil99pro:

And you are making a plain guess that it's Microsoft's fault.

An educated guess is not the same as an ignorant assumption. Many users assume that if a site works in other browsers and not in Opera, then its Opera's fault, which may, or may not be the case.

Originally posted by igor2209:

It works with every other browser !!! It is not their bug.

If a major site doesn't work in Opera then it may be due to browser sniffing sending faulty code to Opera, or non-compliance to WC3 standards. Either way the main responsibility is for the web masters to test their site and fix their code if users report problems using their site.

Of course, if it is due to a bug in Opera, then its Opera's job to fix it, but it is wrong to make that assumption without examining the site's code. I don't have time to do that. Let those who want to use the site do the debugging.

Originally posted by Pesala:

Of course, if it is due to a bug in Opera, then its Opera's job to fix it, but it is wrong to make that assumption without examining the site's code. I don't have time to do that. Let those who want to use the site do the debugging.

The it's wrong to make even an educated guess blaming Microsoft with no proof. Not everybody is a developer here - right?

Originally posted by Swapnil99pro:

Then it's wrong to make even an educated guess blaming Microsoft with no proof.

I provided proof that the site does not validate. Its right to blame MS for not testing their code. They're web site developers, right? They should validate their code and they can make their site work in Opera if they want to can't they? How hard can it be for a company with such massive resources?

Read the sticky thread again, and understand the complexity of this issue. Opera can and do make efforts to fix major sites. They provide a function to "Report a site problem" on the help menu. They provide browser.js fixes from time to time.

Instead of blaming the Opera developers for not doing anything, or not fixing other people's site code, maybe users should help by examining the code themselves if they want to get problems resolved?

Originally posted by Pesala:

I provided proof that the site does not validate.

That's no proof - the W3C validator only checks for skydrive.com website - not the web interface code that you use when you sign-in.

I workaround I do with this is to use a software client like, SDExplorer to upload to Skydrive, instead. Much easier to use (uses a Windows Explorer-like interface - copy, cut and paste) than using the browser interface.

If anyone has info straight from the horse's mouth (Microsoft or Opera representatives) on how to fix the issue here and/or which side should fix it, please post it here.

I think Opera loses more if this issue is not fixed (compared to Microsoft). Opera users will start flocking to other browsers or use other methods just to access Skydrive. On Microsoft's side, Opera users are just a minority of browser users - and IMO, they may think that it's not worth it to take the time to fix this. There was also previously another issue where Opera @ tagging with Facebook didn't work. Facebook did not fix that issue - Opera did.

Originally posted by Pesala:

...maybe users should help by examining the code themselves if they want to get problems resolved?

I don't think an average user can "examine the code" themselves. You can't expect the average Opera user to be a software or web developer.

@ Pesala
...maybe users should help by examining the code themselves if they want to get problems resolved?

maybe you should just go away to some other thread and annoy them seeing as how you've really added nothing to this thread except to poohoo everything everyone has posted

@ Intergalacticninja thanks for the link I'll be checking it out

Originally posted by intergalacticninja:

I don't think an average user can "examine the code" themselves.

Only average users? No - the stuff is too advanced - only an experienced web developer can examine it.

Originally posted by Athlonite:

maybe you should just go away to some other thread and annoy them seeing as how you've really added nothing to this thread

While I don't talk like that about anyone - I have to agree with you.

Version 12.00 alpha Build 1380
Platform x64 System Windows 7

still has the upload folders problem

luckily MS have offered a little app for using skydrive which can be had from here https://apps.live.com/skydrive

still not ideal but needs must and all that it works quite well too

basically it downloads your skydrive folders to your PC and keeps the folders in sync so anything you put in the folder on your PC gets automatically synced with the online skydrive folder

Originally posted by Pesala:

Originally posted by Swapnil99pro:

Just tell me - how do you very confidently put the blame on Microsoft ???

Just on the track-record of MS with sites that keep breaking in Opera. Though its always possible that its due to a bug in Opera, the chances are that its not. Try running the WC3 validator on the SkyDrive home page:

27 Errors, 16 warning(s)

Its their site, so they are responsible for testing the code. Such a large company could easily afford to test their code in all browsers. If the code validates, but still breaks in Opera, then we might start looking at Opera bugs as the most likely culprit.

I checked THIS site with This thread and got
5 Errors, 36 warning(s)
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmy.opera.com%2Fcommunity%2Fforums%2Ftopic.dml%3Fid%3D1243532&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0

So your validation attack is worth nothing. Opera should fix this as Skydrive is getting more and more users.

Originally posted by sackese:

Opera should fix this as Skydrive is getting more and more users

Opera should fix their own site if its broken. Is it not working for you? You seem to be able to post alright.

Expecting Opera to fix Microsoft's site is just "pie in the sky," unless the problem is caused by a bug in Opera. I expect they already contacted MS about it, so let's wait and see what the result is, or maybe try it in Opera Next.

If it's Microsoft's or Opera's fault, that'll be known after the people with the power and knowledge enough to conclude that investigate the issue.

Originally posted by Swapnil99pro:

The it's wrong to make even an educated guess blaming Microsoft with no proof. Not everybody is a developer here - right?

It's actually right to guess that Microsoft is at fault. They are known for having either blocked or degraded the experience in Opera on multiple occasions and on purpose in the past. Proof of that here: First MSN.com controversy, Second MSN.com controversy and Hotmail controversy.

This is another case of W3 noncompliance / mutilation.

Firefox 2.0 can upload files without an issue, but there seems to be efforts to make certain links not work properly (this is targeted specifically at the "add files" link and hence is an attempt to break functionality in a different browser.)

In my attempts to load the site, I also saw repeated use of "display:none", sometimes disabling these reveals the fully operational site that lies underneath them... again, seems like an attempt to block a specific browser. (Yes, there are some elements that should be hidden, but they had tagged the entire body with "display:none")



Really, standards are used simply to destroy functionality and claim "oh, but you need HTML5... download chrome/ie today." You shouldn't use the latest standards simply because they exist, you should use them because they offer functionality that is USEFUL (other than reducing serverload -.-) instead they seem to be used because certain browsers don't like them (or to encourage people to download silverlight, perhaps). I mean, if firefox 2.0 can run it then there is definitely something going on.

Originally posted by Pesala:

Originally posted by sackese:

Opera should fix this as Skydrive is getting more and more users

Opera should fix their own site if its broken. Is it not working for you? You seem to be able to post alright.

Expecting Opera to fix Microsoft's site is just "pie in the sky," unless the problem is caused by a bug in Opera. I expect they already contacted MS about it, so let's wait and see what the result is, or maybe try it in Opera Next.

I would have to say it's an Opera BUG that is the cause as in 11.60 skydrive worked perfectly but once you update to 11.62 or any of the Next/oopp versions it stops working and going back to 11.60 works perfectly again..... So it's down to how the newer versions handle commands from skydrive that are borked

Originally posted by Pesala:

Originally posted by sackese:

Opera should fix this as Skydrive is getting more and more users

Opera should fix their own site if its broken. Is it not working for you? You seem to be able to post alright.

Expecting Opera to fix Microsoft's site is just "pie in the sky," unless the problem is caused by a bug in Opera. I expect they already contacted MS about it, so let's wait and see what the result is, or maybe try it in Opera Next.

I just wanted to show that reffering to W3C is not specially credible, as Opera's own site has errors too.

Who's telling that opera should fix MS site? I haven't. I didn't even know that Opera owned Skydrive, as you suggest. ;-)

But i agree, If Opera Dev Team has contacted MS to have the browser work with MS Skydrive, then let's wait. If not, then that's what DevTeam should do as fast as possible.

Originally posted by sackese:

Originally posted by Pesala:

Originally posted by sackese:

Opera should fix this as Skydrive is getting more and more users

Opera should fix their own site if its broken. Is it not working for you? You seem to be able to post alright.

Expecting Opera to fix Microsoft's site is just "pie in the sky," unless the problem is caused by a bug in Opera. I expect they already contacted MS about it, so let's wait and see what the result is, or maybe try it in Opera Next.

I just wanted to show that reffering to W3C is not specially credible, as Opera's own site has errors too.

Who's telling that opera should fix MS site? I haven't. I didn't even know that Opera owned Skydrive, as you suggest. ;-)

But i agree, If Opera Dev Team has contacted MS to have the browser work with MS Skydrive, then let's wait. If not, then that's what DevTeam should do as fast as possible.

Nobody said that Opera is responsible for Microsoft's site but Microsoft is responsible for purposedly degrading the experience in other browsers, including Opera. Like I posted before, there have been at least three known occasions where Microsoft blocked or degraded the experience of their sites in Opera and even ignored any sort of contact with them from the Opera team to solve the issues.

Version 12.00 beta Build 1387

installed this this afternoon and still has stupid skydrive bug just how many versions/updates are we going to have to wait to see this fixed

Originally posted by satomew:

Originally posted by sackese:

Originally posted by Pesala:

Originally posted by sackese:

Opera should fix this as Skydrive is getting more and more users

Opera should fix their own site if its broken. Is it not working for you? You seem to be able to post alright.

Expecting Opera to fix Microsoft's site is just "pie in the sky," unless the problem is caused by a bug in Opera. I expect they already contacted MS about it, so let's wait and see what the result is, or maybe try it in Opera Next.

I just wanted to show that reffering to W3C is not specially credible, as Opera's own site has errors too.

Who's telling that opera should fix MS site? I haven't. I didn't even know that Opera owned Skydrive, as you suggest. ;-)

But i agree, If Opera Dev Team has contacted MS to have the browser work with MS Skydrive, then let's wait. If not, then that's what DevTeam should do as fast as possible.

Nobody said that Opera is responsible for Microsoft's site but Microsoft is responsible for purposedly degrading the experience in other browsers, including Opera. Like I posted before, there have been at least three known occasions where Microsoft blocked or degraded the experience of their sites in Opera and even ignored any sort of contact with them from the Opera team to solve the issues.

Problem is, that SD works in many concurrent browsers just fine. If it was MS blocking on purpose then it has to be because they have some disagreements with Opera AS, or some function that Opera does not recognize. I believe it's the latter, think of it, why should MS block just one browser?

AsI said, let's hope Opera Dev Team has adressed this with MS to fet things back to "normal" ...

People, you can say anything you want about this being Microsoft's fault and Opera is the good guy of the movie, but the fact is that Opera fails not just in skydrive but in many other websites not related to Microsoft, such as facebook. I'm glad they are closing down Opera Unite and Widgets, maybe now they can focus on website compatibility.

Originally posted by Sac:

People, you can say anything you want about this being Microsoft's fault and Opera is the good guy of the movie, but the fact is that Opera fails not just in skydrive but in many other websites not related to Microsoft, such as facebook. I'm glad they are closing down Opera Unite and Widgets, maybe now they can focus on website compatibility.

Yet what we're saying is a fact. Web developers intentionally block Opera because they don't care about Opera users. Why is that so hard to grasp?

Originally posted by Sac:

People, you can say anything you want about this being Microsoft's fault and Opera is the good guy of the movie, but the fact is that Opera fails not just in skydrive but in many other websites not related to Microsoft, such as facebook. I'm glad they are closing down Opera Unite and Widgets, maybe now they can focus on website compatibility.

are they closing opera unite??? bad decision! i was thinking they improve it instead of closing it, but what can we do?

Originally posted by adiprenne:

Originally posted by Sac:

People, you can say anything you want about this being Microsoft's fault and Opera is the good guy of the movie, but the fact is that Opera fails not just in skydrive but in many other websites not related to Microsoft, such as facebook. I'm glad they are closing down Opera Unite and Widgets, maybe now they can focus on website compatibility.

are they closing opera unite??? bad decision! i was thinking they improve it instead of closing it, but what can we do?

I never used it. I guess neither did many others, which is why it's going going gone.

Originally posted by Pesala:

I suggest using another site for sharing files, or try Opera Unite. For my needs, that's much better — there is no need to upload anything and others can send me files of almost any size from any browser.

By the way, here's the Opera blog link stating that Opera will be closing Opera Unite. Much more reason to fix this Skydrive issue:
http://my.opera.com/addons/blog/2012/04/24/sunsetting-unite-and-widgets

Originally posted by intergalacticninja:

Much more reason to fix this Skydrive issue:

That is no reason at all. Long after Unite is removed (if it not replaced by an extension), I shall still be using it in Opera 12 if I need to. Why should anyone want to rely on a Microsoft site working if they are using Opera? Even without either I can upload files to my own free hosting and provide download links.

The answer is simple: If the site you want to use doesn't work in Opera, use another site. There is almost always a choice. If there is no choice due to work policies, etc., then just use another browser for that site instead of fretting about it and nagging the Opera developers to fix it immediately. They have more important work to do than fixing Skydrive. Not even FaceBook or YouTube are so important that they should drop all other development to fix a single issue.

Originally posted by Pesala:

That is no reason at all. Long after Unite is removed (if it not replaced by an extension), I shall still be using it in Opera 12 if I need to. Why should anyone want to rely on a Microsoft site working if they are using Opera? Even without either I can upload files to my own free hosting and provide download links.

Not sure if trolling. Stop telling other people to use websites that you prefer, instead. You previously suggested Unite, which is now going the way of the dinosaur. Next thing, you'll probably be telling us to use other browsers instead...

Originally posted by Pesala:

If there is no choice due to work policies, etc., then just use another browser for that site

We post here in the Opera forums to talk about Opera issues with websites, not to ask for other browser recommendations.

Originally posted by Pesala:

instead of fretting about it and nagging the Opera developers to fix it immediately.

No one is nagging the Opera developers to fix it immediately. This is the Opera forums, issues regarding websites and how they work with Opera are posted here. From an Opera forum moderator post:

If you are having problems with one or more websites in Opera (display errors, site features not working, etc.), you may be able to get help by posting about it in this forum (the browser forum).

Originally posted by Pesala:

They have more important work to do than fixing Skydrive. Not even FaceBook or YouTube are so important that they should drop all other development to fix a single issue.

Well, thanks for taking the time to tell us about your development priority, Opera representative. Wait a tick, you're not!

Who's talking about "dropping all other development to fix a single issue"? Only you mentioned that. Again, I'm not sure if you're trolling.

No. There was previously another issue where Facebook @ tagging with Opera didn't work. Facebook did not fix that issue - Opera did.