Show HN: Dropbox Apps can be cool - BoxySign.com

Wait what?

You tell me of this service. You promote it here.

You tell me of its features.

You encourage me to "connect" it to my Dropbox account and thus authorize your app to my dropbox account.

ONLY AFTER I CONNECT YOUR APP TO MY DROPBOX ACCOUNT DO YOU REVEAL A SIGN UP FEE.

I think your methods are misleading and frustrating at best. And moving on to unethical and possibly more.

You should explain the fee prior to "connecting" to anyone's dropbox account.

Is there any reason I shouldn't complain about your practices to dropbox?

I like the idea of Dropbox Apps. A user can consume your web service without even leaving Dropbox (almost). To demonstrate the concept I built http://BoxySign.com.

- Drop an unsigned document in your Dropbox BoxySign folder, and you receive a link.

- Share that link to receive a signature.

- The signed copy is then delivered directly to your Dropbox BoxySign folder on your computer.

You can do all this directly from your Dropbox folder, but there is also a web interface which the video demonstrates - http://boxysign.com/video

Additionally (depending on how you architect it), it saves big on storage costs. You can store pieces of data in hidden files on the user's Dropbox.

I think this has neat potential for many types of little Dropbox Apps. Thoughts?

Certainly a cool app. It's a bit worrying you can store hidden files in someone's Dropbox folder though.

You should show the video more prominently. cool idea.