Paper - zametochnik new collaboration from Dropbox

Six months ago, Dropbox company quietly announced zametochnik to work together with the straightforward title Notes and at the same time launched a beta test is by invitation only. Today, the project was transformed into a Dropbox Paper - competitor Google's decision, Microsoft, and to some extent Evernote. Aligning a GTD tool and simultaneous operation of multiple users on the same document, the new product claims to be the most significant innovation of the company for a long time.

Paper still closed for a wide range of users, but on the basis of the first reviews already possible to make a clear idea about what will offer novelty. The Paper can be run simultaneously on the same document to multiple users - it will surprise nobody, the more that the novelty will be available initially only in the browser window. Interface - the realm of minimalism, teeming with white color, and the feelings of the first user, the experience is similar to the popular text editor iA Writer. And Dropbox emphasizes that the Paper - is first of all an exchange of ideas, so the formatting is gone on the back burner.

This gradually leads to the first dignity trends - convenience import any kind of files. Whatever you stored in Dropbox, it can be inserted into the document. Add the generated cloud storage a URL, and Paper will create a beautiful preview. What is even more interesting, new works and with reference to Google Drive and Google Docs. This is the first integration of these services with the ecosystem Dropbox.

In addition, photos can be freely dragged to the body of the document and create a mini-gallery of two or three small images in a row. You want to add a video from YouTube? Not a problem, the link will become a mini-player, and video can be viewed without leaving the Notes. The same applies to the songs or entire playlists from SoundCloud and Spotify. The Dropbox even caught the wave of popularity of stickers and provided users with the ability to send chatting stylized huskies as an endorsement.

Chat, collaboration - another fad Paper. Here the developers have implemented a mini-Asana with lists of tasks, delegation of tasks and control. Sounds promising, and, given the ease of use (responsible celebrated familiar @ mention), the new product may be the best tool for small undemanding commands. It could be the development team: Paper correctly formats the code, and there you can easily discuss the details of a particular method or class.

Last dignity in a row, but not least - the organization notes. For ease of Paper has folders, mark "Favorites" list and the tape with the changes in all the joint documents, sorted chronologically.

The novelty seems to be one of the most thoughtful products Dropbox for a long time. Developers are betting on at least superfluous in design and organize your notes and display Paper on the market, which already exist analogues of Google, Microsoft and Evernote. whether it will be a new breakthrough of Dropbox, or not be able to oust their competitors and left with nothing? Write your thoughts on this subject in the comments.