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Hello all, I'm one of the founders of Insync. I shared the demo with Noah not knowing he would post it here. I'm glad he did :)<p>I will be glad to answer any questions.

I looked at the video, I looked at your site, and I still don't understand what the big difference between you and Dropbox is.<p>I realize the "Dropbox Killer" title wasn't accurate (or posted by you!), but from your other comments, it does look like you're competing with Dropbox (correct me if I'm wrong). Which is why I keep trying to understand what you do better, and failing.<p>Some background about me: I don't use Google Docs at all (which might be a problem, since your demo seems focused on that). I use and love Dropbox, I'm a paying customer (50Gb). I don't have any major complaints about Dropbox, it's been a dream so far, but I'm always open to alternatives.

This looks awesome, something I'd use every day.<p>My co-founder and I currently use Google Docs for everything from financial planning to project management (to-do lists, features, planning, spreadsheet feedback forms, etc.), but we also use Dropbox for sharing anything except docs and spreadsheets (stuff like sharing images and assets with our designers, etc.) It'd be great to bring it all under one program.

Funny, but calling something a "DropBox Killer" can easily backfire. It just reinforces Dropbox's position as the leader.<p>Someone who doesn't understand all the technology might not be able to distinguish features and prefer to go with the established entrenched leader (as confirmed by you!) over something 5% better that might not be here 6 months from now. Just a thought.

Whoa. A bit surprised to see this get voted up so quickly. I guess people either want an alternative to DropBox or like the Google Docs Offline Sync. Thoughts?

Text documents are the last thing I would use dropbox for <i>because</i> I have google docs. And I'm a heavy using, paying dropbox user - I don't think you can find many people to pay money for this.

How does it handle complexly formatted documents? That's one of my main complaints of Google Docs (and main reason why I still use Office 2007 for all of my "serious" word processing needs).

Looks cool. What happens when two users are editing a file at once? How does it handle the merging?

How is this fundamentally different then SugarSync, or SpiderOak? There are at least 50 cloud storage apps all vying for the same market - why is this any better?

Here is the URL.<p><a href="https://www.insynchq.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.insynchq.com/</a><p>InsyncHQ (as in head quarters)

It's ok. Definitely don't see this as a 'startup' perse. Maybe if it gains traction Google would do a talent acquisition to continue to build out Google Docs.<p>Definitely not a "DropBox Killer" though.<p>The concept is not bad, but in the age of Etherpad and Google Wave, this kinda feels a bit dated.

What makes it a dropbox killer rather than a dropbox clone?

I would certainly appreciate the sync functionality with Google Docs. On the other hand, most of the time I just use Google Docs -- I don't switch back and forth from desktop to Google Docs, like in the video.

I could see how you might be able to compete with Dropbox on price. Google storage is a lot cheaper than dropbox. Dropbox 50Gb is $120/yr (last I checked). Google will sell you 400Gb for $100/yr.

What'd really like to see is sharing specific folders with friends or colleagues who also use this app, just like Google apps allows you to share files with anyone.

Cool idea but the reason I use Google Docs is because I don't have/want Microsoft Office on my computer - and for the sharing/collaboration.<p>I could see this being useful for notes and the like, but I've been a loyal Simplenote user for over a year now and I can't see myself ditching it for this.

I like the app - seems pretty cool.<p>But what's the business here if all the storage is handled by Google?

Dropbox killer is a bit dramatic. This seems to focus on syncing with Google Docs and desktop apps, Dropbox's aim is much more broad. I would venture to guess Dropbox already has something like this in the works as a feature.

Just one simple comment: the app name and URL do not match which can be an issue for adoption. I would consider an app name where you can match the two. Tricky to do these days but worth it IMO.

A business which depends on google can't be called startup, it's a hack! They will let you live for a while then suddenly they will pull the plug.

Not a "DropBox Killer" since I don't think dropping 1 GB Photoshop files into Google Apps is a good idea.<p>But awesome anyway!

How do you differentiate yourself from Memeo Connect, Syncplicity, or even something like Gladinet?

Don't forget about SpiderOak when looking at Backup, Sync and share for Windows, Mac and Linux (Fedora, Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, Slackware etc). <a href="https://spideroak.com" rel="nofollow">https://spideroak.com</a> - like Dropbox but with more feature and security focus. Also 2+GB free with referrals etc.

does this require a premium docs account? meaning a min # of paying users?

I think it's a great idea. Makes Google docs much easier to access from other applications. It could really help in the corporate world where a company wants to migrate to Google Docs and legacy services need to be supported or to reduce training requirements.<p>It's no dropbox killer, but it serves different requirements. In fact, that title is link bait-ish. Nevertheless, it looks to me like it could be a viable product. I'd use it.