Dropbox (is dying, too)

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Posted 2 years, 1 month ago at 9:26 pm. 3 comments

A few weeks ago, KC and I started making a RSS tool called “Dropbox”. The goal of the project was to create an easy-to-use and intuitive tool for delivering files. Dropbox is basically a FTP client that updates the RSS feed for you when your files are uploaded. Say you are working on some graphic design project and you want to show your client the draft you have been working on, you can give the client your RSS feed and he/she will get notified whenever you upload a file.

This project was a great exercise for usability design. The interface is inspired by AppZapper, a Mac software that, IMO, has the simplest and most efficient interface. You drag files to the drop zone, press Post and it does the rest. The title and description boxes are hidden unless you choose to customize them. KC suggested the menu should be taken away all together and they can be replaced by icons.

This is yet another abandoned project, but luckily the basic functionality was implemented before I got hired.