Sharing with Simplicity

Dropbox makes it simple for people to share files. Both the sender and the receiver have little work to do. To share a gallery with people, all a user has to do is copy a link:

gallery share

This is very similar to Facebook’s ease of photo sharing:

facebook dropbox similar

By sending people the photos that are hosted on the Dropbox website, Dropbox is getting more exposure (for free) to potential users. When unregistered people view the gallery, they see this short message at the bottom:

gallery message

Users also have the ability to copy the link from their desktop:

gallery desktop

“Zach Bulygo made this gallery by simply dropping files into a folder.
Get your own public gallery with Dropbox.”

Even in this promo, Dropbox is telling of their primary benefit – simplicity.

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