Easily Transfer, Share or Store Files Online
Feb 17th, 2008 by MrGroove
A few months back I stumbled across a really cool Website @ http://drop.io which makes files sharing, backup, transfers etc… EASY. Although I’ve previously used other services like box.net or Live SkyDrive, drop.io in my opinion sets itself apart from the competitors even though the FREE version of the site only offers 100 megs.
The first thing I love about drop.io is the simplicity. The first page on drop.io contains everything you need to get up and running in about 10 seconds. Let’s take a look:
Take a look here for a Demo drop site.
First off, notice there is "no" registration required. They don’t ask for your email address or any other kind of information (note, reading the privacy info, they do collect you IP address. Not a big deal).
To create a new Drop, just:
1) Type in the name of your Drop / Site
2) Click the Red "Drop it" box.
All other boxes are optional however depending what you want to use your new drop for, setting them is simple.
Warning: If you password protect the site, EVERYONE will need to know the Password to see the drop. DONT LOSE THE PASSWORD. There’s no "Forgot my Password" option. If you forget the PW….. that’s it.
After the drop is created, you will be prompted to create an Admin Password. I "highly" recommend you do this in order to keep control of the Drop. Once again, don’t forget the Password:
Once your site is created, ready to begin uploading ANYTHING to your new drop site.
Once again, everything is built on "Simplicity" (have I mentioned how much I love this service??? ;). You can add data through the web interface or… you can upload using email or your phone (My favorite).
Every drop site comes with an Email Address and Phone Number.
If you upload using email, just type your "note" and email it to the drop. In my example the address would be groovyDemo@drop.io. After a few seconds the drop will display your note as you typed it in the email. What I like is that the site strips all information Except the body of the email when it posts it to the site. Again, nice and private/secure.
You can also attach files to your email and the files will show up on your drop. One thing to remember, if you attach a file to your email, only the file will show up on the site. The Text in the email is deleted.
The Phone option is REALLY GROOVY!!! Basically it’s just like leaving a voicemail only the voicemail is posted to the drop in MP3 format which can be played from the drop site AND it can also be download in MP3 format…. VERY GROOVY!!! I can honestly say, I’ve used this feature over a dozen times for various reasons. Very Cool!
The last thing I want to talk about is the Video uploading. I want to mention it because drop.io really got it right. Basically, after you upload a video (in close to any format), your drop will convert the video into FLASH format so it can be easily played from the Drop. Wow…
All in all, I love the site. It’s free, secure, private, EASY to use and definitely VERY GROOVY!
Try it out!
Tags: drop.io, online storage, internet
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Awesome groovydude! I’m subscribed to your site and when i saw this new post come in I played with the new drop.io site for hours! Thanks for the FYI!
I agree with Shocker. Very cool service. Thnx mrgroove!
Very cool although I’m having problems with the “email” option. Each time I post something to the dop, only the attachment gets posted. any ideas?
Hey Mr. Groove, thanks so much for the early support! We’re extremely happy to hear that you are a fan of drop.io. We made a release last night with some interesting new features (i.e. send assets between drops, send files out via email and MMS, and more…) Additionally, we have some really exciting updates that we plan to release soon, so stay posted with us at http://www.drop.io/announcements! Let us know if we can ever do anything for you/answer any questions and thanks again, Alexa
@Alexa
Thanks for the FYI! You continue to blow me away with the inovation over there at Drop.io! Looks like I’ll need to update the article I wrote to include all the new VERY cool features! Keep up the great work over there!
BTW - Thanks for the link over at: http://www.drop.io/blogposts