Dropbox Forums: New Sharing Model

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Post by bigwill » Thu, Jun 24, 2010, 5:56 AM UTC

Dropbox Forums: New Sharing Model
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Re: Dropbox Forums: New Sharing Model

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Post by callmeed » Thu, Jun 24, 2010, 6:23 AM UTC

This is pretty awesome. Might replace senduit.com and similar services for me.

Re: Dropbox Forums: New Sharing Model

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Post by bryanh » Thu, Jun 24, 2010, 6:24 AM UTC

A natural progression. I'm glad they finally went there. I am a happy customer of their 50 gig offering. I know there are a lot of YC companies out there (most of which I am not interested in the least, but hey, different market), but they hit a big market with DropBox.

I'm signing my parents up to coordinate pics, music and videos soon.

Re: Dropbox Forums: New Sharing Model

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Post by Groxx » Thu, Jun 24, 2010, 6:25 AM UTC

Important point:

Any file or folder in your Dropbox is now linkable!

But not quite yet, presumably very soon. Apparently appears in the 0.8 beta clients only, didn't see anything specific about the website (though I don't see it on my account).

Re: Dropbox Forums: New Sharing Model

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Post by edanm » Thu, Jun 24, 2010, 6:35 AM UTC

Groxx wrote: post #4

Important point: Any file or folder in your Dropbox is now linkable! But not quite yet, presumably very soon. Apparently appears in the 0.8 beta clients only, didn't see anything specific about the website (though I don't see it on my account).

Another important point (mentioned in a later comment): unlike public folders, only things you choose to make linkable can be viewed. The public folder continues to work the same way.

Re: Dropbox Forums: New Sharing Model

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jun 24, 2010, 6:43 AM UTC

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Re: Dropbox Forums: New Sharing Model

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Post by jufemaiz » Thu, Jun 24, 2010, 6:49 AM UTC

[deleted] wrote: post #6

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o.O

https://www.dropbox.com/pricing

Pro 50(GB) $9.99 / month

Re: Dropbox Forums: New Sharing Model

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Post by ptn » Thu, Jun 24, 2010, 7:05 AM UTC

That is beyond cool. I bet you can put a git repo in dropbox and clone it using the shareable link. I'd test if I didn't have a program to deliver in 4h.

Re: Dropbox Forums: New Sharing Model

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Post by natrius » Thu, Jun 24, 2010, 7:27 AM UTC

Bonus points to the first person to write a FUSE filesystem to mount shared Dropbox folders so you can easily download the entire contents of a folder.

Or they could just add a "download folder" link, but that sounds boring. It also looks like they want people to use "Copy to my Dropbox" for that, which would lead to more signups.

Re: Dropbox Forums: New Sharing Model

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Post by ludwigvan » Thu, Jun 24, 2010, 8:32 AM UTC

ptn wrote: post #8

That is beyond cool. I bet you can put a git repo in dropbox and clone it using the shareable link. I'd test if I didn't have a program to deliver in 4h.

I don't believe you can do that. I have tried, but it failed. The interface is primarily for viewing a folder via a web interface I suppose.