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Why dropbox did not implemented something like this? Any idea?
by pibefision 16y ago
Why dropbox did not implemented something like this? Any idea?
- bruceboughton 16y agoFeatures do not simply exist by virtue of their possibility.
- pibefision 16y agoThanks! :) I need to drink more mvp kool aid asap! :)
- paulgb 16y agoNice quip but it doesn't answer the question. Dropbox has a good-sized engineering team and this is a feature useful enough that a third-party has implemented it for them. I would be very surprised if this was not a feature that Dropbox has discussed internally. So asking why they didn't do it is a reasonable question, even if the real answer is "they didn't get around to it yet".
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- endtime 16y agoI thought the implied answer was, "They didn't think of it." not "they didn't get around to it yet".
- paulgb 16y agoUsually it is, but in this case, I would bet money that Dropbox has floated the idea internally.
- treblig 16y agoThey had to've. In fact, Drew cited the following in his YC app: # What are people forced to do now because what you plan to make doesn't exist yet? Email themselves attachments. http://files.dropbox.com/u/2/app.html http://files.dropbox.com/u/2/app.html
- paulgb 16y agoThanks, good to know my money is safe :-)
- johnswamps 16y agohttps://www.dropbox.com/votebox/20/email-files-to-dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/votebox/20/email-files-to-dropbox It's one of the most requested features on dropbox, but isn't one of the "in progress" features.
- mrkurt 16y agoHalf the fun of having an API is letting third parties do your feature viability testing for you. :)
- badcarl 16y agoThey have a feature voting system called Votebox under which emailing files to dropbox is highly requested with 19,874 votes. You have to be logged in to dropbox to access it: https://www.dropbox.com/votebox/20/email-files-to-dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/votebox/20/email-files-to-dropbox
- kwamenum86 16y agoIt is a non-trivial problem. Emails can be spoofed pretty easily. Could open up security vulnerabilities.