Dropbox closing Carousel and Mailbox

#1

Post by _freu » Mon, Dec 07, 2015, 5:07 PM UTC

Dropbox closing Carousel and Mailbox
blogs.dropbox.com

Re: Dropbox closing Carousel and Mailbox

#2

Post by nikolay » Mon, Dec 07, 2015, 5:16 PM UTC

So stupid, really! Carousel is the only Dropbox product I use and it works really great!

Re: Dropbox closing Carousel and Mailbox

#3

Post by schneidmaster » Mon, Dec 07, 2015, 5:18 PM UTC

Ugh. Yet another intriguing email startup being acquihired and killed off by a more-established tech company (see also: Sparrow). It's 2015 and I still bounce around email clients every couple months because all of the major options have substantial flaws.

Re: Dropbox closing Carousel and Mailbox

#4

Post by reverend_gonzo » Mon, Dec 07, 2015, 5:18 PM UTC

That is unfortunate. Mailbox was, and still is, (barring a few bugs) one of the better, Zero-inbox mail apps for IOS.

Spark by Readdle has taken up slack there, and they look like they're building it in a way that will actually be monetizable.

Re: Dropbox closing Carousel and Mailbox

#5

Post by TheBiv » Mon, Dec 07, 2015, 5:19 PM UTC

Here is more detail about Dropbox Paper: http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/15/dropbox-paper-team-collab...

Re: Dropbox closing Carousel and Mailbox

#6

Post by orliesaurus » Mon, Dec 07, 2015, 5:19 PM UTC

Wow - feels bad for those folks that got acqui-hired and now see their product being "laid off"

RIP Mailbox, you were cool to play with for a few hours that one stormy day I decided to install you

Re: Dropbox closing Carousel and Mailbox

#7

Post by 27182818284 » Mon, Dec 07, 2015, 5:20 PM UTC

I've been a Dropbox user for--I don't know how long. A long time. I would say since...maybe 2009?

I do not know what those products are for sure. By their names I'm guessing something with photos and something with email. I feel like an old evangelist like myself would have known more about those products. Thus, I wonder if this was a marketing failure as much as a product-market-fit failure.

Re: Dropbox closing Carousel and Mailbox

#8

Post by cm2012 » Mon, Dec 07, 2015, 5:20 PM UTC

schneidmaster wrote: post #3

Ugh. Yet another intriguing email startup being acquihired and killed off by a more-established tech company (see also: Sparrow). It's 2015 and I still bounce around email clients every couple months because all of the major options have substantial flaws.

What do you not like about Outlook or Gmail (I think the market leaders)?

Re: Dropbox closing Carousel and Mailbox

#9

Post by Killah911 » Mon, Dec 07, 2015, 5:20 PM UTC

That sucks, I really like Mailbox. I guess outlook it is on iOS.

Re: Dropbox closing Carousel and Mailbox

#10

Post by sgarrity » Mon, Dec 07, 2015, 5:20 PM UTC

I haven't used Mailbox, but I'm glad to see Carousel being rolled back into the main Dropbox app. It's already good for photos, and didn't warrant a separate app.