Dropbox is horrible, I consider it a virus. I once worked for a non-profit
of which a board member convinced the rest of the board to adopt dropbox. I
worked for the board as the executive director. When dropbox gained access
to my computer, it cleaned out every single folder that had a file in it
that I developed for the non-profit. It also cleaned out hundreds of images
that belonged to me that I had used in the various projects I did for this
non-profit over a decade. Those folders are empty to this day and many of
my photos are gone. I had no warning of this, I just discovered it one
morning. Fortunately, I have multiple archives of everything I do but
sometimes it might take me a couple of hours to find what once was at my
fingertips. No thanks, dropbox.

Jim

On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 12:46 PM Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:

> There's a service called Dropbox that I use sometimes. The basic service is
> free.
>
> On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 10:40 AM OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >         Being a photographer & videographer I have always missed the fact
> >
> > We are unable to attach images to Our EMs but do understand the reasons
> >
> > for that,,, But these days with all of the places that images can be
> > uploaded
> >
> > to & shared via links on the www it seems almost silly that We haven’t
> done
> >
> > something to make our Vanagon Related images available to Us all ~
> >
> >         I really do like the Ease Of Use of this EM List & would not like
> > to see it
> >
> > altered in any way & do believe that establishing a venue for images that
> > are
> >
> > pertinent to Our discussions would only add Frosting to this Yummy Cake ~
> >
> >         Certainly there are other www based places where dialog & images
> > are
> >
> > easily shared simultaneously but they can & do become confusing messes
> for
> >
> > some reason,,, I avoid TheSamba because to Me it is the proverbial
> HayStack
> >
> > & as for FaceBook, there is a fine example of a HayStack in a Tornado ~
> >
> >                                                 ORR ~ DeanB
> >
> >         & I really do like that YouGuys don’t give Me a hard time about
> My
> >
> > Rebellious Punctuation ~
> >
> > > On 5 Mar , 2023, at 11:04 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > >
> > > Funny how this all comes around. Ten years ago, I was lobbying for the
> > > ability to post photos as that was an option at the time, during one of
> > our
> > > major switchovers. I argued that it would make us more effective at
> > > communication which part, where, how, etc. The purists would hear none
> of
> > > it. Where are they now? Did they die off? I think they all migrated to
> > > Facebook when they got the chance and this list suffered for it. But
> here
> > > we have a real discussion, not the morass-like structure of FB which is
> > > like a river--anything put into it floats downstream to never be seen
> > > again, the one-upsmanship, the smartassery of of internet anonymity.
> Just
> > > wish we could have both.
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > > On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 11:31 AM Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net
> >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Yes Dean....you are on to something good.  Google Photos is an
> excellent
> > >> passageway.  OK....next step is to have all of this happen.
> Seamlessly.
> > >> Hardly a thought.  That is why Facebook is so successful and popular.
> > Not
> > >> us Vanagon Folks....but in general, people are lazy.
> > >>
> > >>    On Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 09:25:45 AM PST, OlRivrRat <
> > >> olrivrrat@comcast.net> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> On 5 Mar , 2023, at 9:50 AM, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> Yes Dean, that thing works!  Could absolutely see all of the detail.
> > So
> > >> marvelous.  Now...we have got to find a way to transmit this knowledge
> > to
> > >> the rest of the gang.  So that this stuff can become a common
> > occurrence.
> > >> Doing so, will absolutely transform this List....in a good way.
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>    Maybe if all of us have access to Google Photos, a GerryVanagon
> > account
> > >>
> > >> could be established & SignIn info made available to All Interested ~
> > >>
> > >>    Albums can be created within the Account, if need be, for various
> > >> subject
> > >>
> > >> matters like Parts, Maint’, Accessories, Trips ~
> > >>
> > >>    Flickr is also another option & I suspect there are many others ~
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
>