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What the author doesn't realise is that Dropbox is not aimed at programmers or people who know how to work a computer. For example, when he says "And Dropbox? W

What the author doesn't realise is that Dropbox is not aimed at programmers or people who know how to work a computer. For example, when he says "And Dropbox? Well… I still have nightmares about this Dropbox UI <picture>", he doesn't realise that to a "normal" person, the UI looks absolutely fine and easy to use, much easier than "that horrible looking terminal! it must contain viruses and be dangerous!"

cocoa19 6y ago
With all due respect, I think you missed the point. This is not a terminal vs GUI problem. He's discussing a 1 step process (terminal) vs 10-15 step process (GUI). If Dropbox allowed you to install in 1 single step, I'm sure the author wouldn't be as vocal.
- ketzu 6y ago
  The ignorance about the reasons for those steps and the way they count feels disingenuous to me. Examples: At the end of the installation of both pieces of software, you did not accomplish the same things. Complications of ST (device id's for example) are presented as good solutions to a problem, glossing over the fact that the others wouldn't need them or they were counted towards the setup.
tonsky 6y ago
The problem with Dropbox is that I have to go to that UI and explicitly exclude each target/classes folder after I create a new project. And I have to do it on every machine. With syncthing it’s just a regexp that will work for existing and all future folders automatically
- jpalomaki 6y ago
  Dropbox has added ignore feature. Works also from command line. https://help.dropbox.com/files-folders/restore-delete/ignored-files https://help.dropbox.com/files-folders/restore-delete/ignore...