Dropbox and NotifyBox

Do you use, like so many other people, dropbox?

Dropbox is a fantastic program which can be utilised either for free using the basic service or for a small subscription fee. Using dropbox you can so easily share files with your co-workers, colleagues, clients etc. Anything that you have in the folder that you share with them, is in their folder. You update it, it updates on their PC as long as it’s connected to the internet. It’s fantastic!

For organisations working on event documents, for example, or project files, where sharing and avoiding duplication is a real time saver, dropbox can really be a godsend.

But what about conflicting files?

What if you have a file open and are editing it, and someone starts editing the same file from their own PC? You end up with conflicting files and it can be really frustrating determining what changes were made in each.

That’s where notify box comes in.

While dropbox claims to notify you if someone is using a file or has it open, I don’t find that it works.

So I set up notifybox and now when a file is being used by someone I am sharing that folder with, I get told! It’s wonderful! No more conflicting files.