Review my app, Crate.

I really like your interface. One thing I'm not crazy about with HTML5 is drag and drop uploading. I like that it exists, but please give me the regular type=file input box.

With drag and drop, it means I either have to resize my browser to access something on my desktop or open my filemanager to navigate to the directory where the files are. I'd much rather just click on a Browse... button and go from there.

Otherwise, very nice.

Interface looks nice. It seems easy to use. Lack of anything other than a signup form is... Off-putting. Made me wonder if you're just harvesting my email address.

As for the 'sharing' bit... I just give out the url of the file? Can't give out the url for the crate? Can't lock it down in any way, shape or form? If someone guesses my url, they can download my stuff?

I went to your website and I have no idea what it's about. All I see (on the home page) is a "Login" or "Register" button. Your tagline is "Ridiculusly easy filesharing", but I can already share files with people via email or Facebook, why should I use your site? You need to sell me on your site.

Awesome UI, but there is no way in hell I'm giving you any files until you have some legal pages up explaining my rights, your rights, and what you can/will do with my information and files.

I'm doing that no-Flash-plugin-on-my-Mac thing and couldn't get uploading to work (and I also see a box noting a missing plugin). I "let go to upload," but the window just sat there. Switching to Chrome (which has Flash built in), everything worked fine.

As others have said, just having a standard upload button would work nicely. Same with click-to-copy, there doesn't seem to be a way to get the URL without Flash. Detect Flash, and then add in the "goodies" like that, otherwise the interface is much less usable.

Other than that, when Flash is installed, the interface is nice and easy to use. It's a great start and I look forward to more!

I feel like we've reached a 1.0 (beyond a MVP because it has features that aren't necessary but greatly improve the UX, oh buzzwords!).

Crate = drag-and-drop + slick interface + easy sharing system of crates or single files.

We're still hard at work on it (you can tell that the marketing site is quite lacking...) but I'd love all your feedback. Thanks!

Why do I need to register to try it out? I'd be happy to spend a few minutes of my time trying something new, but having to fill in all this information is too much friction. I won't bother.

A button that allows me to create an anonymous test account with one click would be nice. If I like the service, I would like to turn my test account into a proper account, keeping my data. If I don't like it, and abandon my test account, you can delete it automagically after a month. Please do keep me logged in the whole month, though - I might change my mind and come back again.

I like the idea, however I would really like short sharing urls for all files. My use case for sites like letscrate is for quick file transfer for things like printing from untrusted computers. I also would like a regular file input box like @leftnode, since many of my files are hidden many layers deep from my desktop.

I love how simple it is :) Nice job guys! The one thing which I would change is jumping to the other window to add my files to the crate I just created. I see the crate I just created added to my list but then the screen suddenly jumps to the other view. Other than that it's very nice!

Drop area need to be full window. At present it is just one rectangle.

I dropped 2 files and figured it out for third file.

Edit: Also it not immediately obvious that clicking on file copies URL pointing to that file.

Looks nice, you need to make it so the file is force downloaded. I uploaded an html file and it just viewed it.

I agree with others - just put a brief bit of info to let people know. OK - it works really well for me. I'd like to be able to rename the files that are uploaded and I'm not sure how I give access to them to others, unless its purely via the URL (what about password access)? I still think you've some way to go, but its good. Some documentation and/or a video would be really useful

How have you created the drag and drop uploading?

It doesn't seem to work with folders... I dragged an Xcode project folder on to it and it spun forever at 0% uploaded.

Other than that, it's pretty cool. Very nice interface. You should make a shell extension or something so I can right-click on a file to add it to a crate (and copy the URL to that crate); that would be very handy.

I like the simple and clean layout, however, what I really need is a way to send large files (>200meg).

I dig it. So how about widgets to embed "drop here to store this in create X" within other apps?

I tried signing up and the signup page just reloaded with red lines around it.

Drag and drop upload hangs at 0% w/ Safari 4.0.2 and Flash 10,0,32,18.

Just having a red box around the bad part of the submission form is not enough. I didn't even notice the box had changed color for like 20 seconds, because the border is so thin. But you need some text too.