Is it a pain for you to mount a server each time you want to send a file to your coworker? Has it happened that you started moving the files from your Dropbox before it finished copying? No more!

Jim pointed out an excellent piece of donationware Dropcopy.

Dropcopy helps you transfer files within a local network. When you launch it you get a small active ring on your desktop that you can move around. To transfer a file you just have to drop a file on it and all the users with Dropcopy installed will pop up. Release the dragged file on the name you would like to transfer the file to. That's it. No mounting servers or connecting to networks. Cool, isn't it? And you haven't seen the receiving animation yet. :)

When the transfer begins the circle starts to animate and you get feedback about how much of the file has been transferred. The best part is that you get a similar animation on the receiver side, so you can see the progress of the transfer. Note that you can see the filename (broadband in the example). And you can also stop the transfer if you like on both the sender and receiver side.

If you have a slow network or you transfer huge folders there is one more thing you will appreciate about Dropcopy. It automatically compresses folders before sending and uncompresses upon receiving.

Check out the preferences for many options. Most importantly you can select what folder you want to receive files to. Some prefer the Desktop instead of Dropbox, just like back in OS9 days.

This great app needs some work in terms of GUI, but it's work in progress, so we can expect some better graphics. If they accept, I'm sure that some of us will be happy to help. (Please confirm.) Also, it would be nice if there was a new file received notification option. But, all the basic required functionality is in place and it is a tremendous help in a working environment.

If you want to be notified when you receive a file, so you don't have to check your Dropbox every half an hour read this.