I’ve been using Dropbox for a few months and I must admit that it is a really great and useful service.
Dropbox provides you with a 2Gb space for storing and synchronizing files across several computers (e.g., work and home). It works in a seamless fashion:
- install a Windows / MacOS X client (a Linux version is apparently in the works, and there is still a web interface)
- put some files in the Dropbox folder
- …and voila, they are automatically synchronized.
Dropbox also supports a notion of shared folders so that you can easily exchange some stuff with friends. You can also have public folders and give the URL of a file there to the world.
Last but not least, it works well across firewalls (I can speak of that as I’ve been through some very picky ones). I don’t know if they are using a WebDAV protocol or a custom one… did anyone sniff the network traffic?
It is currently an invitation-only service (thanks Guillaume!), so leave me an email if you want to try out, I have a few invitations left!
Could you explain how you use it on every day in your workflow, for which type of files.
What is really great, awesome, wonderful, cool, ugly, stressful, awful…
Thanx
PS: I may use one if you ever have some invitation.
Sure you have one
My daily workflow varies, but I usually have it as a backup tool and sometimes as a painless replacement for having a USB storage key… just log-in on a computer and you get back the very same image of the Dropbox folder you had on another computer.
I would love an invitation, if you still have one.
Sure, please send me an email and I’ll send you one next week.