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Author Topic: Dropbox - file sharing finally made really easy  (Read 1048 times)

lumin

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Dropbox - file sharing finally made really easy
« on: January 18, 2010, 03:00:09 pm »

Anybody use this or seen it yet?  It's freaking awesome and I don't know why nobody has come up with something like this before.

I could totally see myself using this for getting LAN parties going when people need patches or mods.  No need to ever use email, FTP, or social networks to send files anymore.

Anyway, go to the site and watch the little video they have on there - very cool.

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Re: Dropbox - file sharing finally made really easy
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2010, 03:01:53 pm »

Gah, it's a lifesaver, I use it whenever possible.

I strongly suggest to anyone who is in the age old position of having trouble getting a custom made mod or something out to multiple people at once with a high download speed.
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Re: Dropbox - file sharing finally made really easy
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2010, 04:01:38 pm »

This looks very useful!  :o
Downloaded, if it works as advertised this is certainly something I'll use a lot!
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Re: Dropbox - file sharing finally made really easy
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2010, 04:23:37 pm »

This seems incredibly nifty. But there's no version for Windows Mobile. (which is probably for the better, trying to sync my multimegabyte RTD logs would eat through my money like Homer Simpson through donuts) Still great for keeping a backup of any important document-ey stuff.
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Re: Dropbox - file sharing finally made really easy
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2010, 07:28:35 pm »

Its also good for sharing musics :D
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Re: Dropbox - file sharing finally made really easy
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2010, 09:36:58 pm »

Love it. I can sync my crap like password managers across linux and windows. Also I get instant DF savegames, xcom and doomRL anywhere I want!
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Re: Dropbox - file sharing finally made really easy
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2010, 06:37:18 am »

I just noticed that it completely defeats all image-hosting services by the virtue of sheer practicality. You could make stupendous things with it. For example, you could set your avatar to an image in your public folder. And change it whenever you please to whatever you want. Among the many other things.
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Re: Dropbox - file sharing finally made really easy
« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2010, 09:23:40 pm »

This is excellent, I think it will be much more convenient than google docs.
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