Interestingly, Dropbox has a second product in this space called "Screen Capture": <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/features/content-collaboration/screen-capture" rel="nofollow">https://www.dropbox.com/features/content-collaboration/scree...</a><p>There are others as well: Loom, GetCloudApp, Gyazo and a few more.<p>I have actually built one myself [1] ScreenBud.com, which is not ready for Show HN yet, but we already have >15000 users of our Chrome extension [2].<p>I am quite curious to hear from others about what you are looking for in these products. As for me, my main use cases are:<p><pre><code> 1. In-browser screenshots with visual annotations (parts of emails, docs, or anything else that's not easy to share or pinpoint with a URL)
2. Design feedback
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[1] I hope the selfish plug is OK!
[2] <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/screenbud-%C2%B7-capture-edit/gcjpddnhdopbpimmngmgfhhimnbenjhl" rel="nofollow">https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/screenbud-%C2%B7-c...</a> -- (it works on Firefox as well, but the publishing process for Firefox is a bit more involved)
If you are on a Mac you can do screen recording for free with a non-beta app that comes with the OS: QuickTime Player (assuming Dropbox will eventually charge for their product).
If you're tired of Dropbox's "be the kitchen sink" mission statement, I've been using SyncThing[1] and it seems like a great replacement for Dropbox.<p>On Mac, be sure to install the cask version, which runs as an app: brew install --cask syncthing<p>A pretty good, basic blog post on how to set it up (but again, use the cask version instead): <a href="https://routley.io/posts/syncthing/" rel="nofollow">https://routley.io/posts/syncthing/</a><p>1. <a href="https://syncthing.net/" rel="nofollow">https://syncthing.net/</a>
I love Dropbox! Except everything that has nothing to do with syncing my files. That's just bloat to me.<p>So I gave them a chance on this, scrolled to trough the page, but for the life of me could not figure out what it is that they're selling here.<p>Also, as the messag was unclear, my other thought was that this might be third-party thing, since the style of the page (especially the header fonts) seem so much different from the dropbox that I know.
Uuuugh... another half attempt by Dropbox to add value beyond file storage & sync. Half attempt is the key here... b/c the idea has value several iterations down the road if they can OCR/parse/infer intent from the screenshots.
Here is exhibit A on a company that has exhausted its strategy but is compelled by the nature of Capital to seek additional growth. I remember seeing many years ago an anecdote of Steve Jobs telling Drew Houston to sell to Apple because Dropbox was just a feature, not a company (it was connoting that Jobs was wrong about that). Although Drew was right not to sell at that time it looks like Jobs was also right.
> To get started, visit dropbox.com/capture on your Windows or macOS computer to download the app.<p>So, no Linux client. Dropbox is one of the few companies which had a proper linux client for syncing files. It is a pity that they are now releasing products which do not have linux support.
Don't understand. What's wrong with just pasting a screenshot or recording into Slack or your PM tool of choice?<p>Adding Dropbox is just adding another layer of auth, sharing permissions, storage quotas, etc.... ugh
<a href="https://www.getcloudapp.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.getcloudapp.com</a> has been doing this for ages + supports custom domains.
Every time I hear about Dropbox I think of VisiCalc [0].<p>They (Dropbox) made sharing data so easy and gave it a native feel, at least on MacOS. And eventually OSes rolled out the same features (iCloud, OneDrive), the same way VisiCalc was steamrolled by other spreadsheet software.<p>[0] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisiCalc" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisiCalc</a>
Dropbox has lost its way. This has been true for awhile.<p>I remember when Dropbox was great; it did one thing extremely well.<p>Now it does a bunch of things, none of them well.<p>This may not end well.
I'm all for MVP's, and this does say BETA, but I can't get it to work and it looks like it's riddled with bugs.<p>* It's not signed on Mac, so you have to jump through a hoop or two to install it<p>* When I click my account it flashes something and then shows my account list again<p>* Feedback requires a "Canny" account (no thanks)
It makes you login to Dropbox. I get they want to expand the user base, but that's sort of odd in that you wouldn't need that for the functionality shown in the explainer video.<p>I imagine someone will run it through a disassembler soon and upload a nice standalone tool.
I wish they would stop and fix energy usage of the basic sync client. The "Dropbox Web Helper" process sits there nibbling away at my battery even when the machine is otherwise idle.