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Quickly Share Files with Drop.io
Posted by Adam Pash at 7:00 AM on November 8, 2007
Share files over the internet quickly and easily with web site Drop.io. We've mentioned a number of similar file sharing services in the past, but what's great about Drop.io is it's speed (requires no registration for any party), ease of use (just send a simple link to whoever you want to share the files with after you've uploaded them), and clean interface. Basically uploading files creates a web site to organise them. You can password protect the files, and anyone who you share the link with can add to the repository. Drop.io does have a 100mb upload limit—so it's a bit more suited for sharing documents and images than music and videos—but overall the slickness and minimalism of the site really makes it stand out among its peers. It's tough to say where they plan to make their money (so who knows if/when the crazy ads will come in), but for the time being it's a terrific tool.
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jambarama
Posted 4:03 PM 7/11/07
Privacy Policy looks good:
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What Information We Collect About You - Very little. In fact, practically nothing. We do not monitor Content or Drops, however we reserve the right to do so under certain circumstances. We do not monitor Content within Drops, and we will not know who uploaded what Content to which Drop.
Drops are not totally anonymous. When you visit our Service, some information is automatically collected, such as your computer's operating system and browser type, version, and capabilities. We also will track your Internet Protocol (IP) address and the time and date of your visit... we may track certain aggregated information through the use of "cookies".
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I'm satisfied that this site is a fine place to temporarily put/share files. I wonder how long it'll stay up (and be solvent) before abusers push it into being something crappy like rapidshare.
jambarama
Junkan
Posted 8:25 PM 7/11/07
I just tried it now and it works GREAT! Hope this kind of service continues.
Junkan
mitten
Posted 5:11 PM 8/11/07
I haven't been able to get it to work on my Mac natively. In Camino, Firefox and Safari, I click add files, choose one and then nothing happens.
Works ok in IE7 on Vista which I have running in a VMWare Fusion virtual machine, though.
mitten
lessin
Posted 9:16 PM 8/11/07
there is a problem with a lot of flash uploaders if you have just upgraded to leopard. look at [www.drop.io] it might fix your issue...
lessin