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Very nice! I was a little concerned about the abundant whitespace, but after a bit of using it I can say it's quite an improvement. It feels much less like I'm

by phillco 15y ago

Very nice! I was a little concerned about the abundant whitespace, but after a bit of using it I can say it's quite an improvement. It feels much less like I'm using a webapp, and more like I'm simply browsing my files. Which is the way it should be. Edit: The more I use it, the more I like this thing. It's hard to put my finger on it, but the small size of the old UI definitely made it feel a bit like a second-class, constrained tool compared to the desktop.

kijin 15y ago
> the small size of the old UI definitely made it feel a bit like a second-class, constrained tool compared to the desktop. Interestingly, my impression is exactly the opposite. The oversized new UI feels like a constrained toy to me, compared to my usual file manager(s). On my desktop I can make icons 16px and easily manage hundreds of files and folders without even scrolling, or switch to a thumbnail view if I need to see larger pictures. The Dropbox web UI, on the other hand, has only one view option that seems ideal for neither documents nor pictures, and it doesn't make any use of horizontal space beyond the hard-coded 960 pixels. So it still feels too much like a website and not enough like a file manager application. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. Large icons and bare-bones interfaces might make it easier for people to perform simple tasks on a small number of items. Besides, not everyone is looking for Finder/Nautilus/Windows Explorer when they open Dropbox on the web. In fact, I guess most people use one of those desktop apps to manage their Dropbox most of the time anyway.
- toomuchtodo 15y ago
  Agreed. Now I'd rather manage my files with my local OS file manager instead of Dropbox.com (vs before the design change).
  - skizm 15y ago
    Sounds like they should have a toggle button: Layout: [ ] Old School [X] New Hotness (I like the new design if you can't tell)
    - toomuchtodo 15y ago
      If it really bothered folks (like me), we could always just write our own interface using their public API.
ImprovedSilence 15y ago
Am I the only one who doesn't use the DB web client ever? I've got the desktop clients on all my machines, and my mobile, and I use them just like any other directory on my computer, only now my files show up everywhere. I use DB just like an addition to my file system. I've even got some DB directories in my $PATH. Having said all that, I didn't like DB's old design, and it was never completely intuitive for me to figure out how to leave a shared folder that was hoggin up my space...
- a_a_r_o_n 15y ago
  I don't want to install the client on my work computer, so it's nice to have the web site.

by phillco 15y ago

kijin 15y ago

> the small size of the old UI definitely made it feel a bit like a second-class, constrained tool compared to the desktop. Interestingly, my impression is exactly the opposite. The oversized new UI feels like a constrained toy to me, compared to my usual file manager(s). On my desktop I can make icons 16px and easily manage hundreds of files and folders without even scrolling, or switch to a thumbnail view if I need to see larger pictures. The Dropbox web UI, on the other hand, has only one view option that seems ideal for neither documents nor pictures, and it doesn't make any use of horizontal space beyond the hard-coded 960 pixels. So it still feels too much like a website and not enough like a file manager application. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. Large icons and bare-bones interfaces might make it easier for people to perform simple tasks on a small number of items. Besides, not everyone is looking for Finder/Nautilus/Windows Explorer when they open Dropbox on the web. In fact, I guess most people use one of those desktop apps to manage their Dropbox most of the time anyway.

toomuchtodo 15y ago
Agreed. Now I'd rather manage my files with my local OS file manager instead of Dropbox.com (vs before the design change).
- skizm 15y ago
  Sounds like they should have a toggle button: Layout: [ ] Old School [X] New Hotness (I like the new design if you can't tell)
  - toomuchtodo 15y ago
    If it really bothered folks (like me), we could always just write our own interface using their public API.

ImprovedSilence 15y ago

Am I the only one who doesn't use the DB web client ever? I've got the desktop clients on all my machines, and my mobile, and I use them just like any other directory on my computer, only now my files show up everywhere. I use DB just like an addition to my file system. I've even got some DB directories in my $PATH. Having said all that, I didn't like DB's old design, and it was never completely intuitive for me to figure out how to leave a shared folder that was hoggin up my space...

a_a_r_o_n 15y ago
I don't want to install the client on my work computer, so it's nice to have the web site.