AirDropper: Let Anyone Send Files to Your Dropbox

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:00:48 +0000

AirDropper is a plugin whose main function is to turn your Dropbox into a place where anyone can upload files. By default, you can share files in your Dropbox for others to download, but people without a Dropbox account can't send files to you (you can use a shared folder if the people sending files to you have Dropbox accounts). AirDropper gets around this limitation. The principle is simple: through an authorization process, AirDropper is allowed to access your Dropbox account. Then you just have people send files to AirDropper, and it automatically saves them into your Dropbox, which indirectly lets anyone upload. But note that this plugin doesn't work like FTP. Instead, when someone wants to send you files, you send them a link, and they upload the files using that link. Once the upload is finished, the link expires.

From my experience trying several Dropbox plugins, most of them are slow, and some won’t even load at all. This is especially true of the top-ranked ones. I guess Dropbox sends them so much traffic that their servers can’t handle it….. But AirDropper, which I’m introducing today, has been fairly stable. Its only drawback is that sending the email isn’t fast enough.

Dropbox: Super Simple Online Storage to Sync Your Data

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:22:42 +0000

Calling Dropbox an online hard drive actually sells it a bit short, but it’s the only name I can think of right now. If anyone has a better name, please let me know! Dropbox’s main function is that you install a client program on your computer. When you have a file to upload, you just drop it into the Dropbox client and it’s uploaded. Dropbox also gives free users 2GB of space, and if you recommend Dropbox to someone else, your space can grow too (up to 8GB). Personally, I feel 2GB is already enough.

Dropbox on Lin's Blog

AirDropper: Let Anyone Send Files to Your Dropbox

Dropbox: Super Simple Online Storage to Sync Your Data