Sharing photos online with friends and family is easy. You just need an image editor to scale it down, save it to compressed jpeg format and attach it to your email. But when it comes to sharing video files, things are not that straightforward.

Obviously the main problem is the file size. On average, a 2-minute 640×480 uncompressed mpeg video recording from my digital camera is about 130-140MB. You’d be hardpressed to find an email service provider that allows you to attach such a huge file to your emails.

“Hang on, there are file transfer and sharing websites like YouSendIt, RapidShare or MegaUpload to name a few that lets you upload huge files onto their server. Your friends and family can download them using a link they provide you with,” you say? These pioneering sites are notorious for making your file transfer experience a nightmare. Prepare yourself to deal with account registrations, page after page of jumps, required downloadable tools, geographically-limited bandwidth and a lot more inconveniences just to send a simple file across to your friends. Speaking from experience, MegaUpload and RapidShare are among the worst among the big names I’ve ever used.

Luckily, I’ve found one recently that gives you 100MB limit (more than that you have to register for a free account) without the fuss. You’re given a download link to your file when you start to upload your file. That means you don’t have to wait for hours to have your file completed upload to get the link. The best thing is your friend can start to download the file WHILE you’re still uploading it. That saves quite a bit of time.

Try it out at EatLime.com if you have some large files to share. I can’t guarantee if the rules and requirements remain the same a few months down the road. But right now, I’ve just transfer a few video clips of baby Clarisse to my brother-in-law without a cinch. Not bad, I hope EatLime.com keeps up the performance, simplicity and lack of annoying limits and requirements.