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Re: Dropbox 2048

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This is a great demonstration of a feature I didn't know existed—using Dropbox to save application-level data. I'm sure I'm just behind the curve, but there are probably a lot of us back here. Nice move, DB.

There's a few projects around the idea of not requiring a dynamic backend for webapps. The general term is "unhosted" (unhosted.org), and it mostly started as a reaction to the we-have-your-data-and-can-use-it-however-we-want websites. RemoteStorage.io is probably the most mature unhosted library, and there's a few other services listed on unhosted.org that are being actively working on.

I got attracted to this idea because it offers several security advantages. I've been working on a minimalistic javascript library (byoFS.com) that allows you to connect a Dropbox/Google Drive/etc. account and write automatically encrypted data to it. I tied for 2nd place at a recent privacy hackathon for making an encrypted chat application using only Dropbox accounts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTPimUSIWbI

Re: Dropbox 2048

#15
post #5

This is a great demonstration of a feature I didn't know existed—using Dropbox to save application-level data. I'm sure I'm just behind the curve, but there are probably a lot of us back here. Nice move, DB.

You can do it via Android apps too, not sure about iOS.

Re: Dropbox 2048

#16
post #11

keeping them coming, as I just started collecting all of these 2048 things here. http://2048.nerdspace.co/ it would be completed in a day or two, few are already listed.

What software did you use to record your screen? It looks like you're using a Mac, and all the ones I find are only for Windows.

Re: Dropbox 2048

#17
post #16
post #11

keeping them coming, as I just started collecting all of these 2048 things here. http://2048.nerdspace.co/ it would be completed in a day or two, few are already listed.

What software did you use to record your screen? It looks like you're using a Mac, and all the ones I find are only for Windows.

http://www.cockos.com/licecap/ (mac/win)

Re: Dropbox 2048

#18
post #15
post #5

This is a great demonstration of a feature I didn't know existed—using Dropbox to save application-level data. I'm sure I'm just behind the curve, but there are probably a lot of us back here. Nice move, DB.

You can do it via Android apps too, not sure about iOS.

iOS, Android, JS, OS X, Python, or just plain ol' HTTP :)

http://dropbox.com/developers/datastore

Re: Dropbox 2048

#20
That's interesting, does anyone know from where in the Dropbox user interface such datastores and their contents can be accessed?
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