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Disclaimer: lead developer of Trovebox / OpenPhoto I wish more folks would make this distinction. Going one step farther I set out to create a layer on top of
by jmathai 13y ago
Disclaimer: lead developer of Trovebox / OpenPhoto
I wish more folks would make this distinction. Going one step farther I set out to create a layer on top of Dropbox that was optimized for photos (and videos).
Essentially, give a proper photo API to the files in your Dropbox. Things like date searches, plotting photos on a map, etc.
Then another step beyond that. Migrate between any storage service without losing a single feature, keeping every URL in tact and a mobile app which continues to work as if nothing happened. Dropbox is great but it isn't future proof either.
Then the last (and probably most important) open source it all.
https://github.com/photo https://github.com/photo
- vrypan 13y agoI don't consider dropbox to be future proof, it's the filesystem. I could easily replace dropbox with google drive, ownCloud, or BitTorrent Sync. I tried OpenPhoto a couple of months ago, but I was left with the impression that it was optimised for photos and video didn't work so well.
- jmathai 13y agoReplacing one file system with another is significantly easier if you have an abstraction layer (which also happens to include a lot of features). We just started working on video support so you were left with the correct impression. We released 4.0 on trovebox.com a few months ago and should have it available as a certified build for self installation this week. It's not perfect, of course, but we're making tremendous progress.
- vrypan 13y agoGreat! I'll give it a try.