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Re: Show HN: My weekend project - Uberzet

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Dropbox is in some serious need of better permissions. * This app will have access to your entire Dropbox. * Please make sure you trust this app before proceeding. There's no way that I'm going to approve of access like that.

Yes, Uberzet has access to your entire Dropbox (as is made clear in http://uberzet.com/sharing-more it doesn't access anything other than your Public folder.

Still a deal breaker. I don't know who runs Uberzet or how the site is protected against hacking.

Re: Show HN: My weekend project - Uberzet

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Dropbox is in some serious need of better permissions. * This app will have access to your entire Dropbox. * Please make sure you trust this app before proceeding. There's no way that I'm going to approve of access like that.

For what it's worth, Dropbox does have an alternative permissions model where the app is sandboxed into its own folder. I used it recently for a project of mine, and it was really easy to set up, so I highly recommend checking it out.

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/start/core

Re: Show HN: My weekend project - Uberzet

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

From the landing Page: "What is Überzet? Überzet a new way to share and discover files. It's built on top of your Dropbox Public folder. " Then there is a link to http://uberzet.com/sharing-more - which goes into more detail on this.

I really agree with chrisdroukas, I had no idea I would be sharing my public folder until after I'd already approved the permissions and poked around. Also when it comes to deciding if I want to share my public folder it would be nice if you could list what's in my public folder for me. I had to go check.

> Also when it comes to deciding if I want to share my public folder it would be nice if you could list what's in my public folder for me. I had to go check.

Agreed. It's shame Dropbox doesn't let you see what files you have in your Public folder more easily. It would be great if they could some how directly link it to a folder on your computer so you could quickly and easily manage those files.

Ah well, such is the state of the art I guess.

Re: Show HN: My weekend project - Uberzet

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Teehee. Sorting by size sorts the string size rather than the true size. At first this leads to logical results, like 0.9GB being at the top of the results, and then you realize that 53mb file is right next to that 53.6kb file. Wait a second~

Re: Show HN: My weekend project - Uberzet

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really agree with chrisdroukas, I had no idea I would be sharing my public folder until after I'd already approved the permissions and poked around. Also when it comes to deciding if I want to share my public folder it would be nice if you could list what's in my public folder for me. I had to go check.

> Also when it comes to deciding if I want to share my public folder it would be nice if you could list what's in my public folder for me. I had to go check. Agreed. It's shame Dropbox doesn't let you see what files you have in your Public folder more easily. It would be great if they could some how directly link it to a folder on your computer so you could quickly and easily manage those files. Ah well, such is the…

Not sure if I'm misunderstanding you here - but - ~/Dropbox/Public might be what you're looking for?

Re: Show HN: My weekend project - Uberzet

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Teehee. Sorting by size sorts the string size rather than the true size. At first this leads to logical results, like 0.9GB being at the top of the results, and then you realize that 53mb file is right next to that 53.6kb file. Wait a second~

Yeah I just threw in the default 'twitter bootstrap' zebra-sorted table. http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/#tables

Again, just a weekend project so all the bells and whistles aren't really there.

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