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Title: getdropbox.com Post by: schild on June 25, 2008, 12:05:56 PM My invites are gone, but other people might have some now. Who knows. So keep posting, I guess. I think Ookii should have some also. Edit: Only established members are going to get invites in light of the added weight of having superior free accounts when it goes live. Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: photek on June 25, 2008, 12:12:29 PM Looks like a user friendly CVS / SVN repository.
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Sauced on June 25, 2008, 12:19:25 PM Or a gussied-up version of WebDAV. I'll take an invite, would love to play around with it.
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Oban on June 25, 2008, 12:24:09 PM .mac ?
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: schild on June 25, 2008, 12:25:28 PM Not quite .mac. It's really streamlined, but the way they've designed it basically says: This has no reason to exist if it ever costs money.
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: schild on June 25, 2008, 12:30:06 PM # After the Beta period, is Dropbox going to continue to be free to use?
We haven't fully determined a pricing structure yet, but the high level plan at this point is: * Free accounts (on the order of 1GB of space) * Paid accounts (likely different tiers of space allotment) * Beta users will keep their accounts (with more storage than the free accounts) after launch Ok, I'll use it at live. Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: tazelbain on June 25, 2008, 12:31:50 PM looks more filesharing with backups than a VCS.
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: caladein on June 25, 2008, 12:36:52 PM If you've got any invites left, I'd be up to play around with this.
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Nija on June 25, 2008, 12:42:23 PM Yeah, hook me up if you would. I like these sort of things.
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Rasix on June 25, 2008, 12:43:36 PM Sure. I'll take one.
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: schild on June 25, 2008, 12:48:19 PM Alright. 3 left.
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: schild on June 25, 2008, 12:56:50 PM tee-hee
http://www.getdropbox.com/gallery/39720/1/smilies?h=13a8e1 Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: K9 on June 25, 2008, 01:01:25 PM tee-hee http://www.getdropbox.com/gallery/39720/1/smilies?h=13a8e1 The bottom right one is creeping me the fuck out. Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Samwise on June 25, 2008, 01:12:09 PM That actually looks pretty good. Me too plz?
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Prospero on June 25, 2008, 01:17:30 PM Ooh, I'll take one if you have one left. Looks snazzy.
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: schild on June 25, 2008, 01:18:41 PM 1 left.
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Krakrok on June 25, 2008, 01:37:04 PM I like the synced "shared" folder it has and the auto photos folder seems cool. Google Docs share works the same way for limited file types (I think). Here's a list of all of the free online storage sites. (http://blog.putplace.com/2008/05/27/cheat-sheet-how-to-get-124-gb-in-free-online-storage/) Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Lantyssa on June 25, 2008, 01:38:46 PM I'd be interested in trying this.
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: schild on June 25, 2008, 01:39:47 PM My invites are gone, but other people might have some now. Who knows. So keep posting, I guess.
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Lantyssa on June 25, 2008, 01:42:05 PM Geezus that was fast, Schild. I had the invite before my other browser window finished loading.
Thanks! Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: sigil on June 25, 2008, 01:49:18 PM I'd like to give this a shot, but might be considered borderline given my postcount.
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: ClydeJr on June 25, 2008, 01:53:46 PM Looks interesting. If anyone has any invites left, I'd like one.
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Samwise on June 25, 2008, 02:06:45 PM Testing:
(http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/40386/awesome.jpg) Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: squirrel on June 25, 2008, 02:14:03 PM I don't know anything about this but between Apples (misguided IMO) Mobile ME and the upgraded Google Docs (offline client, group permissions) I can't see how a service like this can get critical mass.
EDIT: Unless the revision control and diff/merge tools are super skookum and way easier to use than SVN. Google docs has some collaboration tools now but I can see that being useful. Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Samwise on June 25, 2008, 02:19:55 PM There doesn't seem to be any merging to speak of, but the revision control is about as easy as it gets, and it does detect conflicts (it just alerts you that your change conflicted with what was there and stores it as an extra "conflicting" revision that you can try to deal with manually).
I don't think it's any sort of replacement for a real version control tool, but for nontechnical people looking for a place to store pictures and whatnot it seems pretty decent. Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: squirrel on June 25, 2008, 02:25:52 PM There doesn't seem to be any merging to speak of, but the revision control is about as easy as it gets, and it does detect conflicts (it just alerts you that your change conflicted with what was there and stores it as an extra "conflicting" revision that you can try to deal with manually). I don't think it's any sort of replacement for a real version control tool, but for nontechnical people looking for a place to store pictures and whatnot it seems pretty decent. Hmmm. Think I'd bank on Google Docs/Google Sites then. Their new stuff is pretty cool, particularly the new offline client. Never mind, I'm just derailing - carry on! Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Prospero on June 25, 2008, 02:45:19 PM I see this as more of a competitor to Microsoft's Life Foldershare thing. It's main job is to keep your files synced across multiple machines. The sharing stuff is just gravy. I don't think Google has any solution for general file storage currently, which honestly I find somewhat shocking because cloud storage is definitely "the coming thing." For years I've used Google Pages as my online file storage mechanism, which is kludgy at best.
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: NiX on June 25, 2008, 02:48:00 PM I'd like one if anyone has one.
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Samwise on June 25, 2008, 02:56:01 PM I've got a few to hand out. I can't see people's emails in their profiles, though, so the first 5 to PM me with email addresses get an invite. Gogogo!
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Soukyan on June 25, 2008, 03:01:06 PM This is a great service. I've been testing it for a couple of months now. It works on PC/Mac which is part of what sold me, but the CVS-style features and the easy integration into Explorer/Finder are what sealed the deal.
One note about the integration is that dragging and dropping a file into the Dropbox folder will perform a "move" on it since the OS sees it as another directory. It works this way on both PC and Mac, so if you want to keep a copy elsewhere locally for some reason, just remember to copy instead. In any case, I have 5 invites I am willing to part with. PM me with your e-mail address if you would like one. Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: schild on June 25, 2008, 03:04:13 PM I'm gonna set up a few of these, no doubt.
(http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/39720/games/team%20fortress%202/5MQMUNDMS6Q4I2XVF3C7GOCU22T7H3VY.jpeg) Testing. Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: schild on June 25, 2008, 03:05:43 PM Hmmm. Gonna set up a FRAPS dropbox. And start having my screenshots go directly to the dropbox directory and just change it before I start playing a game. Useful++!
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: schild on June 25, 2008, 03:10:09 PM snap
i just realized, since you can't pick the install directory, you can't have more than one account on a machine. Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: photek on June 25, 2008, 03:14:40 PM This is a great service. I've been testing it for a couple of months now. It works on PC/Mac which is part of what sold me, but the CVS-style features and the easy integration into Explorer/Finder are what sealed the deal. One note about the integration is that dragging and dropping a file into the Dropbox folder will perform a "move" on it since the OS sees it as another directory. It works this way on both PC and Mac, so if you want to keep a copy elsewhere locally for some reason, just remember to copy instead. In any case, I have 5 invites I am willing to part with. PM me with your e-mail address if you would like one. On second thought it actually sounds useful. I'd like one please. Code: neocore at gmail dot com Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: schild on June 25, 2008, 03:19:02 PM Quote hi kishore, we'll be adding a way to do this; in the meantime, if you're feeling adventurous and know your way around the registry (i assume you're on windows), you can do the following: 1) close Dropbox 2) go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Evenflow Software\Dropbox and change "DropboxPath" to your desired location 3) (optionally) move your existing Dropbox folder to that new path 4) restart Dropbox, and it will either immediately be in sync, or if you didn't move your Dropbox folder, it will let you re-link your account and will download all your files. if you prefer, you can also just sit tight and we'll add a simpler way to do this in the next month or two. Rock on. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND That's not where it is in vista. Fucky. Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: schild on June 25, 2008, 03:38:02 PM Ok, added the registry data myself. Worked frawressry. Now on an empty harddrive called.... Dropbox.
Weee. Now it's useful. Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: schild on June 25, 2008, 03:59:33 PM Well, found a great amazing useful use for Dropbox. Screenshots while I'm playing.
http://www.getdropbox.com/gallery/39720/1/screenshots?h=81384c I'll use that to keep a gaming diary of what I'm playing. FRAPS is set up so I just pick the folder before I start playing and it'll autopopulate as I play. Spiffy. I like doing things like 'removing drag and drop from list of things I need to do.' Uploading in the background while I play is spiffy also. Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Trippy on June 25, 2008, 05:26:02 PM That's if you have the upload bandwidth to handle that without screwing up your ping.
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: schild on June 25, 2008, 05:34:36 PM We do. Apparently.
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Samwise on June 25, 2008, 05:43:34 PM Images aren't that big, and DropBox throttles itself automatically (currently to 70% bandwidth capacity, soon to be configurable). (link (http://www.getdropbox.com/faq#connectivity))
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Lantyssa on June 25, 2008, 06:04:47 PM Oh good, it is configurable. I was about to worry about its usefulness because of the forced location.
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Soukyan on June 26, 2008, 09:00:44 AM Two invites left if anyone still needs one. Once again, PM me.
Photek, yours is on the way. I missed the request because you did not follow the rules and PM me. But you got one anyway... because I'm that nice. Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Prospero on June 26, 2008, 09:21:57 AM I have 5 up for grabs. PM me if you want one.
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Engels on June 26, 2008, 09:36:10 AM Btw, what's the capacity on this new toy? Also, how are folks feeling about the services security?
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: schild on June 26, 2008, 09:36:31 AM 2GB. Security seems decent but I don't know enough about security to really say even that.
Will probably go up in size for beta users as competitors offer bigger boxes than that at the base level. I'd expect it to be at least 5GB at launch for beta users. My real question is of bandwidth concerns. Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Samwise on June 26, 2008, 10:03:45 AM I wouldn't store anything sensitive on it, personally, if only because everything in it gets replicated across every machine.
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Sky on June 26, 2008, 10:30:32 AM I'm getting about 20KB/s :oh_i_see:
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: schild on June 26, 2008, 10:31:48 AM 20KB/s in reference to what?
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Sky on June 26, 2008, 10:52:18 AM Uploading to dropbox. Also, gifs don't animate when you click 'em.
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: schild on June 26, 2008, 11:27:50 AM If you're uploading at 20KB/s, then that's 70% of your connection speed. Unless your ISP is throttling you.
(http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/39720/animated%20gifs/4zjhov8.gif) Quote Uploading to dropbox. Also, gifs don't animate when you click 'em. Direct link to them in your public folder. Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Sky on June 26, 2008, 11:54:10 AM Ah, had stuff in my photo folder. Too bad the public folder isn't browsable like the photo folder. Need both functionalities in the same folder imo.
(https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/42529/1180911973124gg3.gif) Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Sky on June 26, 2008, 12:42:05 PM If you're uploading at 20KB/s, then that's 70% of your connection speed. Unless your ISP is throttling you. Throttled to fuck and always complaining about it. Switched to the public cable modem (with a few dozen patrons using it) and getting about 200KB/s up.Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Kitsune on June 26, 2008, 06:47:38 PM Hmm, m'kay, looks pretty spiffy. I appreciate the theory, though the viability of the thing as a money-making venture seems a bit .com bubble-ish to me. Anyhow, if someone has an invite handy, please drop it on me.
Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Soukyan on June 26, 2008, 08:12:14 PM Hmm, m'kay, looks pretty spiffy. I appreciate the theory, though the viability of the thing as a money-making venture seems a bit .com bubble-ish to me. Anyhow, if someone has an invite handy, please drop it on me. If you PM me with your e-mail address, I can send you an invite. Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Viin on June 27, 2008, 06:54:16 AM Hopefully they add 'copy public link' support for the individual photos too, have to move them to Public to get a single image URL.
(http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/42220/P1010007_small.png) Title: Re: getdropbox.com Post by: Soukyan on June 27, 2008, 07:57:02 AM Cute puppy.
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