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Re: 5 million Dropboxes

#21

Post by tsally »

mynameishere wrote: post #7
swombat wrote: post #3

Awesome. Dropbox is an awesome product. I install Dropbox on every single machine I have.. it's one of the first things I install. And it's saved me countless hours. Now if only they could sort out the folder sharing model so large folders shared by someone else (who upgraded) don't use up my personal space... (yeah, I know they're working on it.. hurry up!)

Little bit of adjective inflation here? I mean, it basically just uploads and downloads files.

I am (as many of you probably are) the go-to guy in my family and non-technical friends for computer issues. I tell people about Dropbox because once I tell them, I know they wont have to annoy me for help again.

Re: 5 million Dropboxes

#22

Post by mynameishere »

teej wrote: post #12
mynameishere wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Little bit of adjective inflation here? I mean, it basically just uploads and downloads files.

Yeah, it basically just uploads and downloads files. Except I didn't have to teach my mom how to use it. Except that I never have to worry if it's working correctly. Except that it works on every platform I use. Except that it's just a folder on my computer. These aren't features you put on a retail box, but they are the features that set Dropbox apart. "Just works" is incredibly easy to say but incredibly hard to en…

My god people, he just described a toaster. Is a toaster awesome because its operation is straightforward?

Or, if you don't like that example, compare it to just about any online game. Consider the incredible complexity and operation requirements of Call of Duty (or whatever you like) and then come up with an adjective for it. How about "awesome". Well, no, that won't do, because Dropbox is "awesome" and Call of Duty is several 1000 times more awesome, by far.

Not to mention that most games are also playable by non-technical people.

Get some perspective people. Fanboyism is really pathetic and there's a lot of it going on right here.

Re: 5 million Dropboxes

#23

Post by alabut »

rudyfink wrote: post #11
nazgulnarsil wrote: post #6

has dropbox gotten acquisition offers? i feel like if I was microsoft I'd be chomping at the bit to integrate this into windows as a major selling point.

Microsoft does already have Live Mesh ( http://www.mesh.com/ ) which is a very similar product/service. Live Mesh does per folder synching and you can invite other users to share or read only on an individual folder basis.

They also acquired Foldershare years ago and it was remarkably similar, even had Windows/OS X integration, although they haven't done much with it since the acquisition. Dropbox feels like the much better designed younger sibling - the Web version is a first class citizen rather than some clunky admin panel, for example.

Re: 5 million Dropboxes

#25

Post by mynameishere »

andrewtj wrote: post #9
mynameishere wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Little bit of adjective inflation here? I mean, it basically just uploads and downloads files.

I mean, it basically just uploads and downloads files. . You've just gone to the opposite extreme.

By describing it correctly? Yes.

Re: 5 million Dropboxes

#26

Post by ugh »

mhartl wrote: post #5

Awesome work, guys. I propose that, at least in HN circles, the official plural of Dropbox should be Dropboxen .

Dropboxen /drɒp'bɔksn̩/ (German): (lit.) candy boxing. Compound word of „Drop“ (old fashioned) and „Boxen“.

Re: 5 million Dropboxes

#27

Post by [deleted] »

mynameishere wrote: post #22
teej wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, it basically just uploads and downloads files. Except I didn't have to teach my mom how to use it. Except that I never have to worry if it's working correctly. Except that it works on every platform I use. Except that it's just a folder on my computer. These aren't features you put on a retail box, but they are the features that set Dropbox apart. "Just works" is incredibly easy to say but incredibly hard to en…

My god people, he just described a toaster. Is a toaster awesome because its operation is straightforward? Or, if you don't like that example, compare it to just about any online game. Consider the incredible complexity and operation requirements of Call of Duty (or whatever you like) and then come up with an adjective for it. How about "awesome". Well, no, that won't do, because Dropbox is "awesome" and Call of Duty…

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Re: 5 million Dropboxes

#28

Post by mynameishere »

zzzmarcus wrote: post #8
mynameishere wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Little bit of adjective inflation here? I mean, it basically just uploads and downloads files.

You'd think so, right? It's a little more than that though. Dropbox is useful to me for the following reasons: --It is an easy way to share music with a couple friends who aren't tech savvy. Installing it was easy for them and I was able to say "just drag it from iTunes to your dropbox folder" and it worked. Other ways of sharing were too complex. --It keeps software that doesn't have built in syncing synced. I use i…

It's a little more than that though.

Exactly as I said. It basically uploads and downloads files; your hyphenated examples are all under the category of "uploading and downloading". It does other things, but that's basically it. I hate it when I speak plain facts and get everybody disagreeing with me.

Re: 5 million Dropboxes

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Post by [deleted] »

mynameishere wrote: post #22
teej wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, it basically just uploads and downloads files. Except I didn't have to teach my mom how to use it. Except that I never have to worry if it's working correctly. Except that it works on every platform I use. Except that it's just a folder on my computer. These aren't features you put on a retail box, but they are the features that set Dropbox apart. "Just works" is incredibly easy to say but incredibly hard to en…

My god people, he just described a toaster. Is a toaster awesome because its operation is straightforward? Or, if you don't like that example, compare it to just about any online game. Consider the incredible complexity and operation requirements of Call of Duty (or whatever you like) and then come up with an adjective for it. How about "awesome". Well, no, that won't do, because Dropbox is "awesome" and Call of Duty…

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Re: 5 million Dropboxes

#30

Post by robryan »

mynameishere wrote: post #22
teej wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, it basically just uploads and downloads files. Except I didn't have to teach my mom how to use it. Except that I never have to worry if it's working correctly. Except that it works on every platform I use. Except that it's just a folder on my computer. These aren't features you put on a retail box, but they are the features that set Dropbox apart. "Just works" is incredibly easy to say but incredibly hard to en…

My god people, he just described a toaster. Is a toaster awesome because its operation is straightforward? Or, if you don't like that example, compare it to just about any online game. Consider the incredible complexity and operation requirements of Call of Duty (or whatever you like) and then come up with an adjective for it. How about "awesome". Well, no, that won't do, because Dropbox is "awesome" and Call of Duty…

So by your logic, if they cut the code base in half, took out everything that made it just work. We would then have something that easily looks twice as complex and this would be twice as awesome?
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