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I think this points out how arbitrary software versioning is. If you ask me, Dropbox is way past a "1.0" release. In honesty, this sounds more like a "Snow Leop
by jaxn 16y ago
I think this points out how arbitrary software versioning is. If you ask me, Dropbox is way past a "1.0" release. In honesty, this sounds more like a "Snow Leopard" than a "Cheetah". (meaning that it is under the hood performance tweaks, not features that most people will understand or appreciate).
- andrewjshults 16y agoIsn't this the first non-beta build to have selective sync? Beyond selective sync, the last big upgrade I remember was in the .7 version (iirc) that added LAN sync. I think for most users, the key features have been in the earliest builds. It's great to see a focus on speed and stability over adding new shiny toys.
- jolan 16y agoSelective sync is huge and was the last big hurdle between me paying for Dropbox. My machines have different storage sizes and yes I do want to sync my 65GB of MP3s between some of them -- but not all.
- Hexstream 16y agoI never understood this sort of overblown digital hoarding attitude. Can you shed some light?
- jolan 16y agoShed some light on the fact that I like music and listen to it while working? What is an appropriate amount of music in your mind?
- jaxn 16y agoMusic lives in the cloud too. I have several well-defined Pandora stations. I listen to some other sources as well (WWOZ, bassdrive.com, etc). I used to argue for hosting my own email, now I don't even "host" my own music.
- sid0 16y agoYou're presuming an awful lot of things here. * that one has a stable high-speed Internet connection. * that one lives in a country where Pandora and other such services work. * that the music one listens to can actually be found on Pandora and friends. * for radio stations, that one likes or is ambivalent to not being in full control of the music one listens to. * that one likes the web interface these services provide. I don't use a web interface for my e-mail, and I prefer foobar2000 for my music. I have 40 GB of music (none of which is lossless, so there's a lot of it), a lot of which is relatively obscure (e.g. fewer than 500,000 plays for the artist on last.fm), and I don't see myself getting rid of any of it any time soon.
- Havoc 16y ago65gb of mp3s are more useful than 65gb of free space.
- icandoitbetter 16y agoArbitrary from the software developer's point of view, perhaps. But don't forget that *.0s have a clear marketing value.
- Hexstream 16y ago"But don't forget that *.0s have a clear marketing value." If everyone starts doing "version marketing", this marketing value will likely eventually erode.
- newman314 16y agoWell, hopefully they fixed the infinitely growing cache under 0.7. I have had to shut down Dropbox once a month to clear out the cache (which supposedly would autoclean but never did). Having to lose 60GB to cache for a 5GB dropbox folder is pretty insane.
- nhebb 16y agoI think this points out how arbitrary software versioning is. I knew of one company that released their products as v3.0 solely for marketing reasons. I wouldn't stoop to that level, but I have realized that by adding new features as minor version releases, I've lost money that I could have made by rolling them into a #.0 release and charging upgrade fees.