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Signed up, the desktop client seems a lot clunkier than Dropbox (I use Windows 7 for those wondering)

I don't really use any online backup service all that much -- all my docs are in Google Docs which I guess is Google Drive now and I'm a single dude so I don't have hoards of kids videos & photos. After seeing this and signing up I was planning on installing this on my mom's computer (currently she's using Dropbox -- down to 2GB after not wanting to pay for more than that) but don't know if I'm going to follow through just because this seems so clunky and un-intuitive.

Odd, it seems Dropbox somewhat perfected the model of "here's your folder (it's blue not manilla so you remember which one it is) just put your stuff in it and we'll back it up online and sync it up with the blue folders on your other computers" -- the "Default Sync Folder" is a real bummer.



Pity that blue manilla folder is the same folder as every other folder on mac


You can't see the little dropbox icon in the folder? ;) I wish it were a different color as well; I wind up differentiating by the red 𐄂 and green ✓.


Hah, I'd never considered that.

Company idea: Dropbox but with a default folder that is green rather than blue or manilla.




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