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Portable, Alterable Document
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PAD (Portable, Alterable Document) The online Web Scratchpad/Notepad/Clipboard. Write from anywhere, read from everywhere — Learn more |
Ready to create, view or modify a PAD? Type in the PAD name and click 'View':
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| Examples: http://padfly.com/MyName , http://padfly.com/MyCompany/MyName , http://padfly.com/MyName/MyDoc.MyCompany | |||
FAQ
PAD is short for Portable, Alterable Document. It's an online Web Scratchpad, Notepad, and Clipboard. PADFLY's motto is: Write from anywhere, read from everywhere.
Suppose you have a URL or a some text that you want to access later on, or you'd like to access it from another PC, or you want to share it with someone else or a group of people in another country. You can quickly create a PAD, type or paste the text and the PAD will be viewable from any browser. For example: http://padfly.com/MyNotes.
Perhaps, although I couldn't find one easily. Sure you can email content to yourself or to others. Then there are document sharing tools like Yahoo Briefcase. You can post stuff to forums, blog comments, or even your own Web site. PADFLY is just easier. It's a simple URL with a path of your own choice. There is no signing in and no restrictions. It's like a wiki, only simpler and even more democratic.
Absolutely. All they need is the URL. There is no protection scheme. A PAD is meant to be completely open - no restrictions. Of course users will need to know (or at least correctly guess) a PAD name. PADFLY will never publish any existing PAD names or PAD URLs, although others are free to publish them.
Absolutely not. What I mean is that PADFLY has no mechanism to secure or restrict any PADs from being viewed or modified by others. Once a PAD is created it becomes publicly viewable, open to be used or abused. There are some steps you can take to secure your information. For example you can choose obscure PAD names, so the URLs will be hard to guess. You can also encrypt your information (using PGP, for example) and then post it to a PAD. But please, don't stick your credit card or social security number in a PAD, unless you have a strong encryption application.
Unfortunately not. There's no logging or backup of PADs. Once a PAD is modified, the previous version is completely overwritten.
Deleting a PAD is as easy as browsing to the PAD's URL, deleting all content, and clicking the 'Save' button.
Any alphanumeric character as well as dash(-), dot(.) and slash(/) can be used in PAD names. For example "my/own/pad.txt" is legal, but "my/own/pad*txt" is not. PAD names longer than 180 characters in total are rejected. Also note that PAD names are case sensitive. For example http://padfly.com/mynotes is different from http://padfly.com/MyNotes and different from http://padfly.com/Mynotes.
Currently PADs are restricted to a total of 10,000 characters. If a post exceeds that limit then enough of the top part of the post is sliced away for it to meet the size limit before saving. This limit might be revised as more statistics on usage patterns and server resources become available.
Not at this time. If you have a binary piece you'd like store in a PAD, my suggestion is to convert it to text first. Notable formats are uuencode, base64, and quoted-printable. there are a number of utilities around that can do the from/to conversion for you. You can also use PGP with the added benefit of data encryption.
At this time there is no expiration policy for PADs, as in, they are never deleted. However depending on the usage volume and available resources, new policies may be enacted to delete dormant PADs in order to save on resources. For example PADs that are not viewed or modified for one year may be automatically deleted.
Not at this time, but that is being considered.
Not at this time, but that is being considered.
No. PADFLY is completely free of charge.
None required at the moment, perhaps later if usage picks up.
I have found PADFLY to be a good tool for cleaning up (as in, stripping away the annoying formatting) rich text copied from other sources before inserting into Word or other documents. Just paste (Ctrl-V) the content into a PAD (no need to save it) and then re-capture (Ctrl-C) from the PAD window before inserting into Word or other applications. Of course you can use Notepad to do the same.
Robert Vahid Hashemian. About Hashemian.
Since all PADs are publicly viewable, there is no promise of privacy for any PADs. When PADs are modified their previous versions are completely overwritten, however it is possible that some vestiges of older PADs would remain in backup repositories. PADFLY's site collects ordinary web traffic records, as many sites do. The traffic logs may include data such as IP address, time of visit, browser type, and referer information. PADFLY may use browser cookies to facilitate site usage for its visitors.
PADFLY reserves the right to restrict or deny access to anyone abusing the service. For example, users using robots to create excessive numbers of PADs or to engage in hacking or harvesting information will be banned.
PADFLY does not permit anyone to use the site for content relating to heinous crimes, including, but not limited to, murder, torture, rape, child pornography, armed robbery, or terrorist plots. If your content is about rolling a joint or cheating at black jack, there may be legal ramifications for you, but those are not considered PADFLY violations. Also, please respect all copyrights.
This site will cooperate with any court orders relating to law enforcement.
This service is provided "AS IS" with no warranties. No liability of any kind is assumed by the author.
User bears all risks by utilizing this service.
PADFLY.COM is not responsible for the actions of its users.
PADFLY.COM reserves the right to delete, edit, or block access to any PAD for any reason at any time.
Note: Using this service for illegal, immoral, or unethical activities such as hacking or phishing is strictly prohibited.
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