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I'm glad to see that this article mentioned my all-time favorite HN naysayer thread -- the one for Dropbox. Namely because it contains this gem: > For a Linux
by FreakyT 11y ago
I'm glad to see that this article mentioned my all-time favorite HN naysayer thread -- the one for Dropbox. Namely because it contains this gem:
> For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software.
Yes, completely trivial. Every user will definitely have no trouble doing that. (Also, accessing your files with an FTP client? Really?)
- thomasahle 11y ago> then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. I didn't know Dropbox had versioning control?
- pricechild 11y agohttps://www.dropbox.com/help/11 https://www.dropbox.com/help/11
- deleted 11y ago[deleted]
- Robadob 11y agoI actually went to try and revert a file in Google Drive this morning and was shocked to find it didn't have this option after using Dropbox for years.
- RogerL 11y agoYou can do it explicitly, file by file, in Google Drive but Dropbox is vastly superior in doing it automatically for all files.
- mkobit 11y agoI think you can do this, at least on some of the Drive services. For Sheets, go to File -> See Revision History and you should be able to view changes/revert to a previous revision.
- Robadob 11y agoThis was a .tex document that I had been editing in a text editor, not a Google doc. I tried context menus on the file in both Windows and the Google drive website to no avail, could spot any other relevant buttons in the rest of the Google drive websites interface either. ---------- Just tried it again now, and found the option on the website as 'manage versions' under the context menu of a file (no idea how I missed it the first time). Still had to download the old version and replace the file manually rather than an explicit revert button.
- thomasahle 11y agoAh, I thought you needed to by that Packrat thing. I guess that's only if you want unlimited history.
- Robadob 11y agoAppears G Drive does store previous versions, I was just blind yesterday. Parent post is too old to edit/delete.
- mentos 11y agohaha that is a perfect example I think articles like op's are good in conditioning the HN crowd to be more aware of their own biases. Update your model of the world and continue on.
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- josephpmay 11y agoFun story: Someone I know got really stoned one night, FTP'd into a shared Dropbox folder, accidentally uploaded a file, tried to delete that file, and ended up deleting the entire contents of the Dropbox on everyone's computer at the company. We were never able to recover the files, but at least there was nothing too important.