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One thing Dropbox does which I think is pretty easy and yet noone has done is their Apps. As a developer you can create a dropbox App which means there is a sp
by amalag 11y ago
One thing Dropbox does which I think is pretty easy and yet noone has done is their Apps.
As a developer you can create a dropbox App which means there is a specific subdirectory in the users dropbox folder which you have access to. That's it, really simple. This lets me create for instance a purchase order distribution system in which the company drops their purchase orders in a folder and they will be distributed to their vendors with email notifications. What other system facilitates this?
In contrast Google Drive apps are all or nothing. You cannot ask for permission on a single folder!
Are there any other services that can do this like Box.net?
- proexploit 11y agoGoogle Drive has an application data folder that is a separate permission from reading and writing all your files: https://developers.google.com/drive/web/appdata https://developers.google.com/drive/web/appdata
- amalag 11y ago> The Google Drive API includes a special hidden folder that your app can use to store application data. Again, that means a user cannot drop their files into a special app folder for processing. It does not facilitate the simple use case of creating an App to distribute purchase orders to vendors.
- proexploit 11y agoBut your application could store them there... I don't think the use case most users are looking for is to have a magic Drive folder that automatically processes purchase orders when they're added. That's also not what the parent comment I commented on was referring to.
- amalag 11y agoI think it is a very common use case to have a folder for an app that will do something and not have an app need permission to your entire folder. But google doesn't think so. You had responded to my comment which talked about such a use case. I think it is obvious that purchase orders are an example. Have temporary hidden storage via an application data folder may be useful, but I am talking about folder level permissions for an app.