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Too bad -- I guess dropbox isn't doing anything to get efficient what's-changed notifications from the OS, then (since the only platform-specific code is the UI). Because those hooks are not at all cross-platform.

/probably obvious to all you actual dropbox users

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UI isn't the only platform-specific thing in the code; we have a bunch of (non-Python) native code on each platform to monitor filesystem changes.

Totally unrelated request - you posted your YC application a few years ago, but the link 404s. If this is intentional, you can forget it, but if not, I'd really would like to see it,

Link in question is: http://files.dropbox.com/u/2/app.html

Original submission: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=801503

Thanks in advance! Dropbox is really an amazing product, even to techies.

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