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Show HN: SendRail - The easiest way to send files from the desktop (sendrail.com)
41 points by ritikm on Aug 14, 2012 | hide | past | favorite | 22 comments


You just spammed my entire friend list with private messages, without my confirmation!

I clicked 'import facebook friends' assuming it would simply import their friend id's and message them when I tried to send them something. When I saw that you wanted to send them "invites", I clicked "cancel", but you sent several hundred messages anyway. This is unacceptable behavior by any application. I haven't been this pissed in a long time, now I have to spend an hour manually messaging each of those people and apologizing for the spam.


We're extremely sorry about that- our invite system is having some glitches at the moment (were working fast on fixing the problem)


Apology accepted, good luck.


Fixed!


Is there some reason this was submitted again since just being on HN 3 days ago?

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4370467


3 days ago we only had a screencast up online. Today we launched our new website that you can download the alpha version of our app from and actually use.


If I already use dropbox, should I also use this?

It's probably worth listing the reasons I should use this along with dropbox/box/sugarsync/whatever else (although it's perfectly valid if you're targeting users who don't already use one of those).

I imagine early users will hit your site wondering if there's something there that they don't already have.


I agree.

> integrates into your desktop and lets you seamlessly send files

I think you should replace the screencast on the right with a graphic that communicates the part I just quoted.


Bonus points for not asking for a permission to post on my timeline, it's infuriating.


+1 for this. I was surprised it only asked for Chat permissions


"No one but the recipient will ever be able to access your files."

Why can I directly access and download the file shown in the demo video? Why is it transferred in the clear via HTTP? http://www.sendrail.com/file/516885724/ResumeTemplate.docx

Just wondering why there isn't some type of authentication/authorization going one. i.e. If your delivery method is to a Facebook friend, why not require authenticating them to Facebook before granting access to the file?

Is the only security in place knowing a 9-digit number + filename?


Unless they have the URL to your files, in which case, anyone can download your files.. similar to public DropBox files.

I think the "will ever be able to" verbiage is a bit misleading.


Facebook? Um, no.


We use facebook so that you can start sending files to your friends with minimal friction -- gmail integration is included as well.


There are lots of people for which requiring Facebook is a complete non-starter. From the front page, it looks like FB is required.

For some people, deep Facebook integration makes things easy... but I suspect for your audience (early adopters, HN types), focusing on FB may be a bad plan.


I don't see mention of GMail integration on the site, and when I click "Get Started" or "My Files" it takes me to Facebook. So I assume then that Facebook is required, and gmail contact integration is in addition to Facebook contacts. Is that right?


Thank you. This is great that it uses my facebook friends and I don't have to scramble for everyone's email addresses. +1

I did notice that it's not case-insensitive which would help a lot. Also, this might be on your roadmap but a progress bar or some feedback of it being sent would be great.

Also, file seems to be not sent through HTTPS.


Getting an application error at http://www.sendrail.com/add-friends#_=_



just used it for the first time. incredibly slick and useful!


wow this seems really useful, and it's the best use of twitter bootstrap i've seen in quite some time


Looks like they used the Neet template from WrapBootstrap

https://wrapbootstrap.com/theme/neet-minimalistic-template-W...




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