New Kicksend App Enables True File Sharing on the iPhone

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Hey Pradeep,

I know this is not super constructive, but I really dig this new app. It's quite useful and it looks great. This might be a dumb question, but why did you cap the "large batch" of photo files at 20? 5 times the Apple default is a huge improvement, I'm just curious as to why you guys didn't take it further. I'm always interested in finding out if these caps are arbitrary or if there's some method to the madness haha.

I like the idea, and I built something a bit similar for my own needs via Dropbox.

However, I had to smile at the repeated stressing of "instantly". Nothing happens instantly over wifi, and certainly not over 3G

So, the "Open in Kicksend" option in other apps -- this needs to be explicitly coded into the app, doesn't it? I'm not too familiar with iOS, hence the question.

I believe it's a native UI control so you just need to have the Kicksend app installed to see the option in apps.

I very much doubt it's the case. Can anyone confirm this for sure because it makes a HUGE principal difference? It's one thing needing to talk other app developers to integrate with your app, and another - to get the integration for free and with very little effort.

Looks like you just have to register the right file types: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3981199/adding-open-in-op...

It's pretty much the equivalent of having your App in the "Open with.." section of the right-click context menu on a desktop OS.

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