This to-do list designed in the tutorial is a universal app making it work on all Windows 10 PC and mobile devices.
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Set up interactive notifications to accept shared folder invitations without having to launch the Dropbox app.
There’s a lot of functionality here for a universal Windows app, and the touch-friendliness certainly doesn’t hurt if you’re on a tablet, so it’s worth using over the Web interface.
The new app promises improved performance, and also takes advantage of Microsoft’s Windows Hello password-free biometric authentication, allowing you to use “either your face, fingerprint, or iris instead of your password to unlock your Dropbox”.
Dropbox and Microsoft announced the expanded partnership and new Dropbox app in a statement today, with Microsoft’s Steve Guggenheimer saying, “With the arrival of Dropbox, Windows 10 fans have easy and convenient access to photos, documents, and files anytime, anywhere”.
Then, Dropbox comes with jump list support, so a single right-click on its taskbar icon allows you to access to most recent files in your account.
First and foremost, Dropbox is now a universal app, which means that it works on both PCs and smartphones powered by Windows 10.
Quick search – No need to click the search icon, just start typing and the app will begin looking up files. That’s good news, though the fact that there will soon be three different Dropbox apps for the Windows platform feels a bit more complicated than we’d hope for.
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While this app can run on any WIndows 10 device, be it a traditional desktop or a tablet, it seems like it’ll make sense to run it on a device that doesn’t already have the standard sync utility installed.
