Genuine question, why do people here use Dropbox or box when Google drive is far superior?
In my case because Dropbox support for Linux is far superior.
Fair enough, I guess I should have asked why Mac users prefer dropbox or box.
Dropbox ignore file or folder in beta
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Re: Dropbox ignore file or folder in beta
#32OK, this is probably a very dumb question, but I'm trying tio understand the usecase. I put things that I want to sync with Dropbox in /Dropbox and take out things that I don't want to sync. Why would I want to leave things in /Dropbox that I don't want on Dropbox?
If you're a Node/JavaScript developer, you might want to keep code in Dropbox, but putting node_modules in there will tank it.
Re: Dropbox ignore file or folder in beta
#33Is there any reason to use dropbox over onedrive? This feature has been in onedrive I believe since Windows 10 release? (Also onedrive has linux clients too so- I use it on Linux itself and the linux client by abraunegg supports this)
Re: Dropbox ignore file or folder in beta
#34OK, this is probably a very dumb question, but I'm trying tio understand the usecase. I put things that I want to sync with Dropbox in /Dropbox and take out things that I don't want to sync. Why would I want to leave things in /Dropbox that I don't want on Dropbox?
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Re: Dropbox ignore file or folder in beta
#35OK, this is probably a very dumb question, but I'm trying tio understand the usecase. I put things that I want to sync with Dropbox in /Dropbox and take out things that I don't want to sync. Why would I want to leave things in /Dropbox that I don't want on Dropbox?
This is the same question as why .gitignore files exists. You probably want to leave build files unsynced in your project folder.
Re: Dropbox ignore file or folder in beta
#36Genuine question, why do people here use Dropbox or box when Google drive is far superior?
I have to use Google Drive at work and it's a complete dumpster fire.
Re: Dropbox ignore file or folder in beta
#37The most requested feature, to allow a file or folder to be ignored by Dropbox sync without using selective sync is finally in beta. The community requested a .dropboxignore file but they chose another solution which I’m sure is reasonable for making the feature more user friendly to non-devs. This will be immensely helpful for node_modules or build target directories.
Who needs a VCS when you could just use Dropbox?
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
In my case because Dropbox support for Linux is far superior.
Fair enough, I guess I should have asked why Mac users prefer dropbox or box.
always between mac and windows. i have had better experience with dropbox than drive. in fact, i have all three: onedrive, dropbox, and drive. drive is my least favorite...
Re: Dropbox ignore file or folder in beta
#39That seems like an arcane solution, although I'm happy they finally added it
I think this is a perfectly good technical solution that they haven't built a modern UI for, is all. It's great that under the hood the feature will be easily scriptable using standard OS utilities.
Yeah I'm just confused why there is no UI integration. It's not like Dropbox is too light on the UI otherwise.
Re: Dropbox ignore file or folder in beta
#40Genuine question, why do people here use Dropbox or box when Google drive is far superior?
Bigger install base and it's not Google (which has become quite a huge argument for technical as well as non-technical users)