Dropbox is on a quest, according to TechCrunch writer Matthew Panzarino: The cloud-based file-sharing service wants to become your default photo library. As evidence, Panzarino points out that Dropbox apps on the Mac now automatically detect, upload and prepare shared links to screenshots users capture on their computers.

A subset of users

It’s true, as Panzarino writes, this app will serve a niche group of users. Journalists, of course, take a lot of screenshots, so they would benefit. So would big Twitter users and app developers. But the size of the group benefitting from the app isn’t what’s important. What is important is that the app helps Dropbox move closer to being the top site for storing and sharing photos.

A future of ease?

This will make life easier for you, mind you. Wouldn’t it be easy to have Dropbox detect that photo you just snapped on your smartphone and then upload it automatically to your Dropbox account? That day may not be far-off.

A peek into the future

It’s difficult to predict the future, but it really does look sunny for Dropbox. The cloud is huge with consumers these days. And few services have taken advantage of that like Dropbox.