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Show HN: SendRail - The easiest way to send files from the desktop
- rohanator 14y agojust used it for the first time. incredibly slick and useful!
- mikeryan 14y agoIs there some reason this was submitted again since just being on HN 3 days ago? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4370467 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4370467
- ritikm 14y ago3 days ago we only had a screencast up online. Today we launched our new website that you can download the alpha version of our app from and actually use.
- graupel 14y agoGetting an application error at http://www.sendrail.com/add-friends#_=_ http://www.sendrail.com/add-friends#_=_
- swlkr 14y agowow this seems really useful, and it's the best use of twitter bootstrap i've seen in quite some time
- tghw 14y agoLooks like they used the Neet template from WrapBootstrap https://wrapbootstrap.com/theme/neet-minimalistic-template-WB0G85JHC https://wrapbootstrap.com/theme/neet-minimalistic-template-W...
- johnrob 14y agoIf I already use dropbox, should I also use this? It's probably worth listing the reasons I should use this along with dropbox/box/sugarsync/whatever else (although it's perfectly valid if you're targeting users who don't already use one of those). I imagine early users will hit your site wondering if there's something there that they don't already have.
- rane 14y agoI agree. > integrates into your desktop and lets you seamlessly send files I think you should replace the screencast on the right with a graphic that communicates the part I just quoted.
- rane 14y agoBonus points for not asking for a permission to post on my timeline, it's infuriating.
- usmanity 14y ago+1 for this. I was surprised it only asked for Chat permissions
- autophil 14y agoFacebook? Um, no.
- rsamvit 14y agoWe use facebook so that you can start sending files to your friends with minimal friction -- gmail integration is included as well.
- mbreese 14y agoThere are lots of people for which requiring Facebook is a complete non-starter. From the front page, it looks like FB is required. For some people, deep Facebook integration makes things easy... but I suspect for your audience (early adopters, HN types), focusing on FB may be a bad plan.
- sangaya 14y agoI don't see mention of GMail integration on the site, and when I click "Get Started" or "My Files" it takes me to Facebook. So I assume then that Facebook is required, and gmail contact integration is in addition to Facebook contacts. Is that right?
- ehosca 14y agoI use http://www.filesovermiles.com/ http://www.filesovermiles.com/ for this.
- usmanity 14y agoThank you. This is great that it uses my facebook friends and I don't have to scramble for everyone's email addresses. +1 I did notice that it's not case-insensitive which would help a lot. Also, this might be on your roadmap but a progress bar or some feedback of it being sent would be great. Also, file seems to be not sent through HTTPS.
- sangaya 14y ago"No one but the recipient will ever be able to access your files." Why can I directly access and download the file shown in the demo video? Why is it transferred in the clear via HTTP? http://www.sendrail.com/file/516885724/ResumeTemplate.docx http://www.sendrail.com/file/516885724/ResumeTemplate.docx Just wondering why there isn't some type of authentication/authorization going one. i.e. If your delivery method is to a Facebook friend, why not require authenticating them to Facebook before granting access to the file? Is the only security in place knowing a 9-digit number + filename?
- pjeide 14y agoUnless they have the URL to your files, in which case, anyone can download your files.. similar to public DropBox files. I think the "will ever be able to" verbiage is a bit misleading.
- aeontech 14y agoYou just spammed my entire friend list with private messages, without my confirmation! I clicked 'import facebook friends' assuming it would simply import their friend id's and message them when I tried to send them something. When I saw that you wanted to send them "invites", I clicked "cancel", but you sent several hundred messages anyway. This is unacceptable behavior by any application. I haven't been this pissed in a long time, now I have to spend an hour manually messaging each of those people and apologizing for the spam.