Dropbox is a file hosting solution with a few nice features that make it stick out of the masses of file hosters. It provides its users with a client for Windows and Macintosh computers which can be used to upload files to Dropbox. The transfer of those files works in the background while the user moves the files into an Explorer like window.
Several computers can be authorized to access an account at Dropbox making it an effective way to work with files between those registered computers. Files can be downloaded at anytime and it is even possible to look at Revisions of those files. The so called Drop Box works much like the Windows Explorer. Files and folders can be added, deleted, renamed which will be automatically synced with the online interface of Dropbox.
Files can be recovered or purged in the web interface if they have been deleted on a registered computer. This is excellent if a file has been deleted by accident.
A public folder is available that can make files available for the public which basically means that the user can copy an url that gives access to the file or files in that folder.
Shared folders on the other hand are useful for project and team work. Every member that gets added to that folder can perform all file and folder operations which, in combination with the revision system, provides an easy to use way of handling project files.
Dropbox is definitely easy to use. There is no irritating progress bar or window during file uploads, everything is handled in the background. The current beta accounts can use 2 Gigabytes of free storage, it would be nice to see a feature where users who share folders can add part of their own storage to that shared folder. A Linux client is currently tested internally and will be available to all Beta testers pretty soon.
Plans are that the 2 Gigabyte account will remain free for all users and that Dropbox will earn their money with accounts that demand additional storage space and premium features.
I would like to thank Dark Kosmos for sending me the invite. I have ten invites of my own right now and would like to give them away here. Just post a comment and I will draw the lucky ten after a while.
Update:
Jon from Dropbox contacted me and promised to supply more invites for his website. I therefor invited the first nine users who left a comment for now and will invite the others once I receive additional invites!
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i have tested dropbox and i wasnt impressed… once you delete a file from your local folder it simultaneously deletes from your online folder too…i recommend adrive, their storage limit is a lot more too
Exactly what I need to replace my FTP Sync client.
i discovered that a while ago and have to say, it combines some concepts that are already out there in a nice and intuitive way.
(its a bit of subversion, online storage sites and flock..)
still, would like to check it out in reality ;)
Cool stuff, and you even have invites for us :D
I’ve been curious to see how well this works in comparison with JungleDisk/Amazon S3 storage that I currently use. The 2GB free is nice just to store some small stuff.
Sounds very handy—would love an invite!
I would really appreciate an invite, Martin. Thanks for offering them!
I want Dropbox, I have try to get invites but no luck for that :/
E-mail: krisu0100 @ gmail.com (delete spaces)
Dropbox seems to be interesting.
Thanks for the tip.
Can you send me an invitation?
Thanks!
Link is missing.
Dropbox seems very promising. Online synchronization is becoming a must. I’m a long time Foldershare user but I think that Dropbox goes one step further by adding online storage.
I’d like to try it but invites are scarce. So if you will, spare one for me.
Thanks
2GB free should work for me. Right now I am using my user group’s FTP (passworded), but would like to share my working newsletter articles with a volunteer assistant editor for a while without having to provide the password, in case she doesn’t work out.
Put me in for one of the invites please.
Interested in invite. :) I read some anticipating stuff about service months ago so interested to see what it ended up like.
Hi,
I signed up for beta account like month ago and I still haven’t got reply from them.
Would you be so kind to send me one invite? I would be eternally grateful :-))
Thank you!
It looks interesting. Hope I can get one. Hehe. :D
Oh yeah – I’ve been waiting for my DropBox invite for the past week since I signed up for the beta program, and I would LOVE to get one from you!
Thanks!
I am also interested in a dropbox invite.
I want one, too.
I would love to get a DropBox invite. I have a website in the making and I could use a free and easy file hosting service. 2GB would be plenty space.
By the way, I love this website. I check it at least three times a day, hoping for new posts and new info. Love the buzz!
Sounds quite about right for our projects in our company. Could anybody please send me an invite?
Can I have one pls? Thanks!
I have 9 invites left, I will give out 8 so if you want sent me an email to mc0qkvqd6e@sxipper.net and I will invite you
What if 2 users edit the same document at the same time, what’s happening when they’re synced?
I would take an invite; I would love to check out the service first hand.
Thanks!
(hand up) – pick me pick me! I would love an invite!
I would love an invite. I saw the demo video, and I really need someting like this for work.
I would love an invite. Want to try it out.
Sounds like a great product would love to try it :)
Can I have one please?
Great site btw
hi
please spare one for me….
thanks in advance…
I’d love to have an invite.
admin (at) arturogoga.com
Hey I would love to try this out! Thanks!
You could of course just web out over to http://www.spideroak.com and sign up for 2Gb free storage without waiting for an invite – or if you get shut out. Spideroak also has clients for Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux. I have no connections with these guys. I’m just a very satisfied (free) user. :-)
I saw the move in dropbox website. Quite interesting.
I use box.net now. Quite useful.
However, the ability to sync silently in the background is quite interesting.
Looking forward to be invited
I would really like that invite Martin!
Myself i signed up for a beta list on that site a long time ago!
Didn’t hear from them!
Thanks in advance and keep up your blogging effort!
Sounds great.
Count -=Ben=- in!!
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-=Ben=-
http://userstyles.org/users/7858
I’m a little late because I had to Evacuate from Paradise, CA cause of the fires up here. If you haven’t chosen the invitees yes, I’d sure like one! It would surely help out about now!
thx for the invitation :) using it right now. i am pretty happy with the design of the dropbox site. plain simple and clean :)
and a plus is also, all the stuff is encrypted. somewhere i have read that its also possible to use a truecrypt partition in your dropbox!
well i am still testing things out!
greez chris
Thank you SO MUCH for the invitation! Can’t wait to check it out :)
Me please too.
sounds good, i would like to test it. any invitations available?
I had an invite to Dropbox and tried it out briefly moving a couple of test files around. Haven’t used it for a couple of weeks as I was working from the desktop. They recommend keeping your files in the Dropbox folder and working from those files to ensure you have the current copy at all times. DON’T DO IT.
I’m traveling tomorrow and thought this would be a good test to try to retrieve my files from my laptop when I’m away. Well, Dropbox is gone. Its just not there. Nadda. Including the couple of test files I’d loaded up on my desktop and laptop. Gone.
I am SO GLAD I didn’t use this as a storage system. Can you imagine losing files like that?? Holy Crap.
Thanks for your write-up on Dropbox.
I would love to have an invite, please.
I use a Mac laptop and several windows PCs. This appears to the the ideal solution (if it works!)
V
I am working with IT programmers. It would be wonderful to have a online syncing . If you have an invite to share, I would be grateful!!!
Thank you!
I can’t wait to try this out! Thanks for your review.
An invite would be greatly appreciated.
I’ve been using Windows Live Foldershare, but this sounds like it works better, faster, and with a few nicer features. I’m very interested and would love an invite if/when they are available.
I’d take an invite if you have one. Thanks Martin.
2GB of storage is good for backing up most of my data. I don’t have to search around for my backup in dvd disk storage media.
Martin,
This is exactly what I am looking for. Thanks for the write-up.
I would love to have an invite, please.
-Pratik
I would like one too, if you still have.
I have been hunting after an invite for months – I would love one too, if you still have any.
Thanks!
Martin,
Can I get one? Please… :)
ainstushar@gmail.com
Thanks.
Hi,
Can any kind soul invite me to dropbox?
destawala[at]gmail.com
Thank you
Use ‘go’ as the beta code – seems to have unlimited invites.
a url
“A public folder is available that can make files available for the public which basically means that the user can copy an (a) url that gives access to the file or files in that folder.”
“an” goes before vowel sounds. “u” is vowel.
Still “a url” is more common.
Who cares?..
We could all use that right?
Can be use on iphone, MAC,PC
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thanks for using it