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Re: Dropbox Paper

#11

Post by paglia_s » Mon, Jan 30, 2017, 7:34 PM UTC

I really like the idea but I just tried the Android app and is super buggy. Text formatting doesn't work, it seems impossible to delete docs... And that's just what I found in 5 minutes of use

Re: Dropbox Paper

#12

Post by dmd » Mon, Jan 30, 2017, 7:35 PM UTC

criddell wrote: post #8

dmd wrote: post #6

What about it? This was released in October 2015.

Do you use it? What do you think about it?

I've tried it. It's kind of a joke, compared to Google or Microsoft's offerings in the same space.

Re: Dropbox Paper

#13

Post by azinman2 » Mon, Jan 30, 2017, 7:35 PM UTC

xutopia wrote: post #3

So essentially it's Google Wave but in a vertical layout.

Except far more focused

Re: Dropbox Paper

#14

Post by vonklaus » Mon, Jan 30, 2017, 7:44 PM UTC

Finally, they released google docs. I jest, buy I am going to give them (Dropbox) another shot. Google docs is very frustrating. From dumping me into an unorganized pile of text w/o folders to just enough features to make it complicated to do basic stuff but bot enough to do advanced...or even normal stuff.

Dropbox has done some annoying stuff w/ their offerings, but i'm going to try paper out and if I don't get burned after a few months i'll upgrade to paid.

Re: Dropbox Paper

#15

Post by llccbb » Mon, Jan 30, 2017, 7:45 PM UTC

azinman2 wrote: post #13

xutopia wrote: post #3

So essentially it's Google Wave but in a vertical layout.

Except far more focused

And named after a ubiquitous wood product

Re: Dropbox Paper

#16

Post by huac » Mon, Jan 30, 2017, 7:49 PM UTC

The other notable "Google Docs/Office killer" is Quip. Previous HN discussion of that: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12205855

My gripe with these is that after using Word, these feel rigid and not full featured enough. And only with Google docs do you get what realtime collaboration should feel like.

Re: Dropbox Paper

#17

Post by 1_2__3 » Mon, Jan 30, 2017, 7:50 PM UTC

I can smell a favored executive's pet project stink from all the way over here. And I'm not even pooh-poohing Dropbox - I love them and use them religiously.

Re: Dropbox Paper

#18

Post by tschellenbach » Mon, Jan 30, 2017, 7:50 PM UTC

We used for a few rounds of design frontend review. It's actually quite slick. Seems like it's 90% there for a google docs replacement.

Re: Dropbox Paper

#19

Post by harshaw » Mon, Jan 30, 2017, 7:58 PM UTC

vonklaus wrote: post #14

Finally, they released google docs. I jest, buy I am going to give them (Dropbox) another shot. Google docs is very frustrating. From dumping me into an unorganized pile of text w/o folders to just enough features to make it complicated to do basic stuff but bot enough to do advanced...or even normal stuff. Dropbox has done some annoying stuff w/ their offerings, but i'm going to try paper out and if I don't get burn…

Google docs organization is a mess. Honestly, I think an old school file system hierarchy that everyone sees would be better.

Paper seems like wave (not google docs), and you really need a spreedsheet feature to have a competitive product IMO.

Re: Dropbox Paper

#20

Post by coleifer » Mon, Jan 30, 2017, 7:59 PM UTC

Nobody's going to use this. Seriously, Dropbox.