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Yaogang L.
11 years agoNew member | Level 1
Does Dropbox support the UIDocumentPickerModeOpen mode in iOS 8?
I am trying to use the iOS 8 Document Picker to choose a file package from Dropbox, and edit it in-place. However, it seems that only the import and export modes are supported. When I use the open mo...
Karl W.2
10 years agoNew member | Level 1
I can't believe Dropbox hasn't done this yet.
Truly, this company has become out-of-touch with its users. This is essential, core Dropbox functionality. It's a small thing, but one of the biggest and most important advances Dropbox could possibly make!
- Why do you want to sync documents to the cloud? Because multiple devices.
- Which devices usually don't have all your files? Your phone/tablet.
With this change, users would be able to open and edit documents stored in Dropbox indistinguishably from local files. It's a godsend for Dropbox! They literally could not have asked Apple for a bigger push! And Apple actually delivered for this specific case!
I haven't seen anybody say there's a technical hurdle. It's like Dropbox just can't be arsed, and is happy to have us copying files around every time. In the case, I can't be arsed with Dropbox.
Ignoring such a big, often-requested feature for so long, is approaching hostility towards your users IMO. You couldn't make it more obvious at that point that you don't care about how the good the product is or how nice it is to use.
You know why I started using Dropbox in the first place? Seamless integration with the native filesystem. It looks like I'm going to stop using it for the same reason.
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