Just drop into Dropbox to store, share and syncronize files online

With the Web 2.0 phenomenon gaining momentum, there is a large number of services offering online file storage and sharing, like Xdrive, FreeDrive. [Learn about more file sharing sites, including media sharing sites, here.]

But you may still not be satisfied with these sites because they do not give you the complete freedom. You may have to cross several hurdles to access these ervices. But what if you can use an online-file sharing site that synchronizes with your Windows or Machintosh, allowing you to save and share your files and folders online as if you were saving it locally on your PC.

You can save and share you files very easily by just dragging-and-dropping your files and folders in a Dropbox, one of the most simple online file sharing and synchronizing service.

Dropbox is an intelligent combination of Box.net, dot.mac and Microsoft’s FolderShare* syncing service. It makes online storage and sharing of files as simple as dragging files into specially marked local folders.

When you install Dropbox on your Windows PC or Machintosh [Dropbox for Linux is also on the way], it integrates with the file browser and gives you a My Dropbox folders. Every time you drag a file into you My Dropbox folder it is automatically saved online. All of your stuff is available via the web, so you can get from anywhere. You can also undelete files or restore older versions of files. Changes made to the files and folders that are synchronized between various computers get reflected instantly.

The real time changes makes sharing files that require to be edited and worked upon in sequence very easy. Any number of people can work on files and save them. The changed file will become available immediately to all others synchronized with that file or folder. This feature allows two [even more] people t work on a file as if they were sitting on the same table. One makes the change and shows to the other and asks for suggestion. The other makes some more changes, and finally the work is done.

Watch the screencast showing Dropbox for Machintosh on Dropbox or watch it for Windows in the YouTube video here.

The site is currently in beta version, and is open for only on invitation. Beta users get 5GB free as compared with the 1GB that shall be available to regular users when it launches. And the best part is that all beta users retain their 5GB account even after its commercial launch when it will provide free and premium services. So, go and grab an invitation today.

*Windows Live FolderShare is a free service from Microsoft that helps you keep files and folders across multiple computers [both Windows PC and Machintosh] synchronized with each other. You can access your documents, music, photographs and other files from any computer (PC or Mac) that is connected to the Internet.

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