PowerPoint designers are struggling with big file sizes that consume storage and make it hard to email documents. I have discussed solutions such as YouSendIt and Google Docs before (here). Recently, I switched to Dropbox:
- Seamless integration with all my devices (desktop, laptop, mobile phone, tablet)
- Seamless integration with these devices' operating system (you do not notice it is there)
- Two solutions in one: 1) sharing big files 2) always access to your own files
- Nice extra 3) a service that keeps history of your files so you can roll back a version in case a file got corrupted or you made a horrible design mistake.
- Minimalist design interface
The Dropbox pitch to venture capitalists from 2007 pretty much still holds.
YouSendIt requires sign in all the time, and all the advertising and branding does not look very professional. Google Docs is still hard to integrate with Microsoft Office. Office Live does not integrate fully with the Windows operating system. It also suffers from feature overload: I do not always want to create a full virtual team room with calenders and contact lists, just sharing files is enough.
If you sign up with this link for your free 2GB account, you get 250MB of bonus space (disclosure: and I get another 500MB). You see, they know how to market as well. The regular link is here.
The last word probably has not been said about this subject, I wonder whether the conclusion still will be the same in January 2012.
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