superchink: @gruber Hey where did you find the 2.1 betas of the iPhone OS & SDK? I don't see them on my iPhone Dev Home page. 21 minutes later reply fix threading

mikerentas: @gruber It's kind of like a thumb drive in the cloud. Limited to 2GB for now. 22 minutes later reply fix threading

mikerentas: @gruber Functionally: it watches a folder on your machine. When you put files there, it uploads them. Any machine with the app installed ... 25 minutes later reply fix threading

stalefries: @gruber Dropbox = iDisk for the rest of us (as far as I can tell) 28 minutes later reply fix threading

andycroll: @gruber It's like a good iDisk, with version control and per directory sharing. 33 minutes later reply fix threading

nilobject: @gruber I think apps *can* use the GPL if the person who submits it to Apple is the copyright holder, and thus is granting Apple the rights. 33 minutes later reply fix threading

philnelson: @gruber Basically it's an iDisk. 33 minutes later reply fix threading

mike3k: @gruber Dropbox works a lot like iDisk, but it's cross platform, free, and has better web access 33 minutes later reply fix threading

the_proton: @gruber Of course it is wrong saying Apple is in violation of GPL because the author grants Apple a license by submitting to the store 33 minutes later reply fix threading

bonsai: @gruber I just use DropIO. 33 minutes later reply fix threading

mikerentas: @gruber ... gets a notification and starts downloading the updated files immediately. 33 minutes later reply fix threading

kickingbear: @gruber Dropbox is like iDisk Done Right. Auto syncing, cross platform, integrated with the Finder. Auth was for the integration stuff. 33 minutes later reply fix threading

msilverman: @gruber Dropbox = what .Mac should have been. Seamless syncing, file sharing and backup. 33 minutes later reply fix threading

mikerentas: @gruber It's a service that keeps a folder in sync across your machines. Uses S3. Lets you share files with other users. Nice web interface. 33 minutes later reply fix threading

gesteves: @gruber – It’s like iDisk, except that it doesn’t suck. 35 minutes later reply fix threading

lindvall: @gruber It's private filesharing for yourself and your best friends. It uses S3 to store files and for synchronization. 35 minutes later reply fix threading

funkaoshi: @gruber it's like an idisk only better. the intro video on their site is worth watching. 35 minutes later reply fix threading

matthewbuchanan: @gruber Besides syncing, Dropbox also provides versioning with access via its web interface. The sync is lightning fast, really impressive. 35 minutes later reply fix threading

joshrholloway: @gruber Dropbox is really neat. Sets up a folder on your local system that gets synced to 'net and other comps seamlessly and silently. 35 minutes later reply fix threading

tangledhelix: @gruber http://is.gd/8zZ has a video / screencast about dropbox. 35 minutes later reply fix threading

boztek: @gruber Basically it's an iDisk with some sugar, like right click URL generation of files in your ~/Dropbox to zap off to friends for leechn 35 minutes later reply fix threading

88words: @gruber no idea, dood. sorry. 35 minutes later reply fix threading

pheezy: @gruber the screencast @ getdropbox.com does a pretty great job of that. 35 minutes later reply fix threading

garethvjones: @gruber It's online storage. It creates a folder on your computer - you drag and drop things into it - they get uploaded to online storage 35 minutes later reply fix threading

DaveHamilton: @gruber Think of DropBox as cloud storage with definable permissions such that you can share specific folders with other users independently 35 minutes later reply fix threading

guitarlifestyle: @gruber Dropbox creates a folder that you can sync across multiple devices. Copy a file to Dropbox folder on 1 computer, shows up on other. 35 minutes later reply fix threading

garethvjones: @gruber works like any folder on your computer - drag and drop things into it, organise it.... 38 minutes later reply fix threading

mikerentas: @gruber As far as I can tell, yes, it's basically a daemon process. But ask on their message boards if you need a detailed/correct answer. 40 minutes later reply fix threading

tankgrrl: @gruber It installs a menubar widget (which u can choose not to run afterwards if u want to use web only) and creates a sharing folder. 41 minutes later reply fix threading

mike3k: @gruber it appears to be a menu extra + background process that simply watches & syncs a folder 44 minutes later reply fix threading

jeremey: @gruber it keeps a persistent HTTP to getdropbox.com, with an open request... a reply indicates a change, which triggers the app to fetch about 2 hours later reply fix threading

jeremey: @gruber fetching is done over HTTPS. I've been very happy with the app/service, FWIW. about 2 hours later reply fix threading