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bluesign
it was getdropbox.com at its launch AFAIK.
ari_elle
Am i mistaken when saying that the website's design is pretty good for 1996?
mattdeboard
Don't be a fool, I don't see a single <blink> tag. How can this be considered "good"???
Vivtek
No starry background, either. How are we supposed to know it's in Cyberspace?
TillE
The layout is good enough, but the graphic design is still painfully amateurish.
barrynolan
Always fascinating to go back in time. Have a look at Twilio http://web.archive.org/web/20081216031744/http://www.twilio....

What's interesting is the consistency of message to this day - simplicity, pay as you go, no Shenanigans Pricing, no contract.

mattdeboard
While 2008 is technically "back in time" the OP is interesting because technologically 1996 was another era. 2008 was a few years ago. "To this day" indeed.
Ecio78
Another era but, more important, another service...
falava
They launched with the domain getdropbox.com and only after being succesful they were able to buy the real dropbox.com from the previous owner.
ward
> Dropbox was founded in 2007 by Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi, two MIT students tired of emailing files to themselves to work from more than one computer.

https://www.dropbox.com/about