I downloaded and tested Dropbox last week and I was semi-impressed with the program. Cloud Computing is the next big thing on the internet and a lot of major companies are jumping on board. This flows right into that idea and is a pretty good interpretation.
Being able to upload and access files from anywhere is a great idea. I don't like having to remember to carry a flash drive around with me and Dropbox solves that problem. Dropbox boasts about their "file sharing" feature though and this is where I think they come up short. Being able to share files is a necessity, but assuming that everyone will want to download Dropbox just so they can access your files is asking a bit much in my opinion. Yes, it is easy but not everyone wants to download a sizeable application just to see files from one person. Dropbox should allow users to create a "Guest ID" that you can give to people you want to share files with who don't want to download the application. Of course, Dropbox would then need to allow you to restrict the "Guest ID" to only access certain folders instead of the entire box like the main user sees when accessing Dropbox through the website.
Overall I like the idea and implementation of Dropbox. I did not see that there was a web-based option for accessing files at first and almost wrote the applcation off all together. I would refuse to use the software if they expected you to have the actual application on every computer you used, but they made a smart decision by allowing the use of the Dropbox application via a strictly web-based solution.
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