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otichy · 02-23-2011, 07:45 AM

Any chance DropBox could work? I have noticed that I can download files from my public folder and I thought that maybe if I create a shareable link, it would also work. In fact, the hack downloads a file, but it is not the file itself (PDF in my case), just a webpage with an embedded flash to view the file without any PDF reader (doesn't work on Kindle) and a link to the file itself. The link itself again cannot be downloaded, probably for the same reasons normal DropBox files do not work... This would be a major improvement for this hack, because DropBox is such a great tool. Not to mention Gmail, bu there at least one can mail the attachment to one's own kindle mailbox.

02-23-2011, 07:45 AM	#19
otichy Connoisseur Posts: 82 Karma: 5072 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: KPW	Any chance DropBox could work? I have noticed that I can download files from my public folder and I thought that maybe if I create a shareable link, it would also work. In fact, the hack downloads a file, but it is not the file itself (PDF in my case), just a webpage with an embedded flash to view the file without any PDF reader (doesn't work on Kindle) and a link to the file itself. The link itself again cannot be downloaded, probably for the same reasons normal DropBox files do not work... This would be a major improvement for this hack, because DropBox is such a great tool. Not to mention Gmail, bu there at least one can mail the attachment to one's own kindle mailbox.