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Pretty sure most people use Dropbox exactly because of its seamless Finder integration...
by saynsedit 10y ago
Pretty sure most people use Dropbox exactly because of its seamless Finder integration...
- evan_ 10y agoFile system integration, maybe. Not finder integration.
- acdha 10y agoTo normal people, those are the same - and convenience matters more than some seemingly arcane technical nuance.
- nik_0_0 10y agoFinder and Windows Explorer integration is great. This may be a bit intrusive, and it is a beta option, and it can be disabled. On Windows, immediately adding Dropbox to 'Favourites', and the icon integration to show sync status is an awesome feature. It is invasive for Dropbox to hijack your icons and overlay a checkbox? Yup. But incredibly helpful in my opinion. Maybe it isn't everyone's cup of tea, but the close integration with file browsers on multiple OSes is (was?) definitely one of the differentiating aspects of Dropbox, polarizing or not.
- nxc18 10y agoAlthough I have mixed feelings about Dropbox's approach on Mac, there is one key difference to the Windows implementation that makes the situation incomparable: Windows explicitly provides APIs for file badges and other extensibility features.
- kalleboo 10y agoSo does macOS https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/General/Conceptual/ExtensibilityPG/Finder.html https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Ge...
- acdha 10y agoIn recent versions, yes. Dropbox has monkey-patched less over time but it feels like they were one of the user successes which lead Apple to prioritize adding new official APIs to remove the need for ugly workarounds.
- nl 10y agoNo, Finder integration. I rarely care about the underlaying filesystem, but always about the primary UI.