Hi there. I am suggesting that Dropbox should make a cross platform application that allows your device to act as a FTP server. Making it easy to access any files or folders on a device from another device.
I always wanted a good software that can do this but I don’t know a good version for this and I don’t have the skills to build something like this. There is probably software I am unware of that does this and certain platforms allows this natively but I think that this is something people would like to have and is something right up Dropbox’s alley.
With Dropbox being a cloud storage company, this sounds counterintuitive but I think it’s a new avenue that not many companies give much thought to and is an opportunity to take advantage of.
Here’s the general idea in my head:
- It will be a cross platform application. Meaning it would be available for Windows, MacOS, Android, IOS and Linux (particularly for Arch Linux).
- Files on a device can be accessed over a LAN Network, Mobile Hotspot and the Internet.
- It should focus on easy setup.
- Setup should allow optional changing of details such as having a password, which folders can be accessed, bandwidth speed etc.
- Once a device is setup, another device can find it through the application by detecting the device on the LAN network or find it registered to an account for Internet access.
- The application should allow for transfers of multiple files through a single request.
- The application should allow for transfers of a whole folder or multiple folders through a single request.
Ideally, I would like the devices to be connected not just through LAN and Internet but rather via any method meaning Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth, USB cable and whatever else. But I think that's asking for too much.
There's other things I would like to talk about, like the interface design and revenue models but that is the core idea.
I know there’s software like FileZilla, Syncthing, WinSCP and others but I feel like they are lacking in some way.
I thought that Dropbox would be a good company for this as ‘it is a company fundamentally about making files easier to access and manage', 'it seems as though they could use a new avenue to explore for growth ' and 'it seems like a company that hears out their customers'.
You can reach out to me for more details on the Idea.
Hi there. I've had this thought in my mind for a while and wanted to put this out there and see what others might think. It's odd to be suggesting a company should make a whole other product when they don't really work in this specific area but I would like to hear why other people think it will work or not work.
