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Dropbox recently released their new API (https://www.dropbox.com/). For those unfamiliar with Dropbox, it’s a syncing service which keeps your local files/folders in sync with a cloud-based backup, and with any other machine linked to your account. It changed the way my law office runs. I currently do not use S360 for sharing files because it’s too slow compared to how efficient sync services like Dropbox are.
Dropbox integration with S360, however, would be _awesome_. That is, the ability to link a project or contact to a Dropbox file system folder, drop files into it locally, and have it immediately appear in S360. Likewise, client uploaded files would auto-sync to your local folders in the background.
You could possibly accomplish this with nothing more than a widget viewing Dropbox files from a particular linked Dropbox folder. |
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This would be amazing. I too am a big dropbox fan. I’d like to see a better way of doing revision history but I agree that there could be something here.
A few caveats:
for teams - this would need to work well with the “share folder” options and as such might be difficult to code as it would require a lot from S360’s api (multiple tokens to say the least!)
the sync use-case would need to be carefully thought out as there is a lot of room for error here.
lastly - the beta version of dropbox .8 actually lets you create a shared link to any file on your dropbox, so this might be a perfectly fine workaround that actually works better.
Now instead of uploading a file, you can just put the link in S360. |
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Yes, I’m familiar with Dropbox as well and find it certainly is handy. I like that it cuts down on bandwidth usage too. Does anybody know how well (if at all) it integrates with Google Apps? Thanks for the idea and insight guys. |
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We use Syncplicity (http://www.syncplicity.com ) as an alternative to Dropbox because it integrates with Google Apps. |
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SueJ - Jul 09, 2010 03:44am We use Syncplicity (http://www.syncplicity.com ) as an alternative to Dropbox because it integrates with Google Apps.
I actually considered switching when they released Apps syncing, but I haven’t done so yet. Honestly, if S360 implemented an integration with a sync service, I’d switch to that service. |
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I use Dropbox, and yes, better integration would be useful.
The Syncplicity seems a good service, but being Windows only it’s a no go for a mixed Windows Mac Linux enviroment that we use (not mention iPhones and Androids). |
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Perry Ismangil - Jul 22, 2010 04:23am I use Dropbox, and yes, better integration would be useful.
The Syncplicity seems a good service, but being Windows only it’s a no go for a mixed Windows Mac Linux enviroment that we use (not mention iPhones and Androids).
oooh, windows only support is a no-go for me.
Lock-in is so 2002 :) |
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adrian@vm - Jul 22, 2010 04:32am
oooh, windows only support is a no-go for me.
Lock-in is so 2002 :)
I suppose I wouldn’t call it lock-in as in a deliberate attempt. More like “we’re focused on one platform for now…“ |
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Dropbox + S360 would be awesome |
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Agreed. Dropbox integration into S360 would be a great feature! We’d love it see it happen! |
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I may as well throw my vote in as well. Dropbox + Solve gets a big +1 from me. |
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There are 13 of us using Dropbox.com almost like a virtual document server. We watch our content so as not to exceed our free limit.
It is intuitive and simple - even salespeople won’t complain about its taking too much effort/time to use.
We give it and Solve 360 a big “thumbs-up”!
Kathleen |
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Syncplicity integration would be awesome, their Google Apps integration is a huge plus for us, tying it in with 360 would be icing on the cake. |
