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Balloon

Balloon

A drop box for your Dropbox

5.0
•1 review•

4 followers

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balloon.io
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Launched in 2015View 1 launch
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Mike A.
Mike A.
I love the idea. The only problem is that the interface is not communicating sufficiently what's going on the screen / what should I do. E.g. I should drop files here, now I can go away because they were successfully uploaded and so on.
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10yr ago
Jordan Singer
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@uxboy Thanks Michal! We were going for simplicity, but you're totally right as far as how it can get confusing. Thanks for the feedback!
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Braden Hamm
Braden Hamm
@robinraszka @uxboy Imagine sending someone that link without context.
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10yr ago
Graham Macphee
Graham Macphee
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This is a really nice concept! I love the simplicity. Could you explain how it's different from Dropbox's own 'file requests' feature?
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10yr ago
Shiv
Shiv
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@gmph Thank you Graham :) Honestly we've been ideating and working on this for quite sometime. Even before the file requests feature ( I believe that was rolled out on Jun 17th). With balloon, its more of custom links supporting multi file uploads. Comes with a nice little image preview too! In the next version, we will be rolling out a password protection feature too. Let us know if you have any other questions!
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10yr ago
Jordan Singer
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@gmph Graham, Balloon and Dropbox file requests aren't too dissimilar. Balloon is just a friendlier and more playful 3rd party version of it. But with plans to integrate other cloud services, it will grow beyond Dropbox file requests capabilities.
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10yr ago
Taylor Edmiston
Taylor Edmiston

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@gmph Another difference is that Dropbox's File Requests send you an email when new files are uploaded.
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Graham Macphee
Graham Macphee
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@jsngr Supporting multiple third-party services for uploading might be interesting too! For example if someone had a Google Drive folder with photos from an event and you had a Dropbox folder, making transferring between those services as simple as Balloon is now would be nice.
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10yr ago
Jens Segers
Jens Segers
Cool idea, but I feel that it is not explained very well in the homepage and when others receive the balloon link :)
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10yr ago
Roger Dickey
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@jenssegers Hmm yeah, I don't understand what it is or does.
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10yr ago
Jordan Singer
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@rogerdickey @jenssegers We pushed an update just now that makes the homepage details section more visible. Was that the issue before? Thanks!
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Jack Smith
Jack Smith
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@jsngr @jenssegers still doesn't make sense to me
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Jordan Singer
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@_jacksmith @jenssegers What can I help clear up?
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10yr ago
Alibek Datbayev
Alibek Datbayev
@jsngr @jenssegers yeah, I think I didn't get the idea as well. Why should I upload my wedding photos to Balloon if I can do that with Dropbox?
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10yr ago
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