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Ending support of public folder
Just heard from dropbox that support for the public folder is ending.
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As a result, we’ll soon be ending support for the Public folder. Dropbox Pro users will be able to use the Publ...
- LGM - the issue is that people are abusing it and causing issues for everybody by getting the Dropbox domains blacklisted which cause emails to fail and downloads to be blocked by firewalls etc.
In terms of changing the extension, sorry, no idea how you would do that!
For what ? d=0? d=1 ? Right now all my links work.. I want it to stay that way.
For those who are confused about what dl=0 and 1 is:
At the very end of a Dropbox link there'll be a 0. Change that to a 1 and it'll be a direct download instead of a download page, similar to how the old public folder links work.
Also for those who think they have to visit Dropbox.com to create links:
This is not the case if you have the app installed. Right clicking the file or folder you want to create a link to and choosing copy Dropbox link will create a link and copy it to your clipboard. You only have to visit the site if you want to set or modify link options or remove the link altogether.
That said, I'm not a huge user of public folder links, but I too disagree with this change and don't understand why there hasn't been any disclosure about the reason. All this importance placed on disclosure about government requests for data, and none about changes like this. A lot of the negative criticism comes from people not knowing anything about why this is being done.
I had no idea people still used that folder.
I hated it.
The second they announced sharable links throughout dropbox I stopped using it.
I guess a good compromise might be to either allow existing links to function, but make all future files private and require you to generate a share link; or allow it for pro users, if it's costing them to maintain it.
I'm a pro user and don't care either way. I'm honestly surprised people still use it.
Phoenix84 wrote:I had no idea people still used that folder.
I hated it.
The second they announced sharable links throughout dropbox I stopped using it.
I guess a good compromise might be to either allow existing links to function, but make all future files private and require you to generate a share link; or allow it for pro users, if it's costing them to maintain it.
I'm a pro user and don't care either way. I'm honestly surprised people still use it.
I've use dropbox for quite awhile and never read anything about not using public folder and create link. Had it been made clear that it wasn't needed I would have used shareable links with dl=1.
I see NO VALID REASON TO REMOVE OLD LINKS AND CAUSE LINKS ALL OVER THE INTERNET TO GO 404. REALLY STUPID!!!!!
I've use dropbox for quite awhile and never read anything about not using public folder and create link. Had it been made clear that it wasn't needed I would have used shareable links with dl=1.
I see NO VALID REASON TO REMOVE OLD LINKS AND CAUSE LINKS ALL OVER THE INTERNET TO GO 404. REALLY STUPID!!!!!
sorry to sound stupid but is the ?dl=0 option at the end of the link producing the exact same effect ***in BB*** as none ?
( I must also confess that I don't understand Phoenix84's ***radical*** stand, but this is another story ... ;-) )
I think Dropbox wants to make money by placing advertising on the linked page. If they would do that for free users, I could understand that. They should not do it for people that subscribe to the service. They could also make the existing public folder read only and preserve all existing links.
Totally agree. Cannot imagine all the time will be wasted for this sudden homework from dropbox.
Stefen H. wrote:For those who are confused about what dl=0 and 1 is:
At the very end of a Dropbox link there'll be a 0. Change that to a 1 and it'll be a direct download instead of a download page, similar to how the old public folder links work.
Also for those who think they have to visit Dropbox.com to create links:
This is not the case if you have the app installed. Right clicking the file or folder you want to create a link to and choosing copy Dropbox link will create a link and copy it to your clipboard. You only have to visit the site if you want to set or modify link options or remove the link altogether.
That said, I'm not a huge user of public folder links, but I too disagree with this change and don't understand why there hasn't been any disclosure about the reason. All this importance placed on disclosure about government requests for data, and none about changes like this. A lot of the negative criticism comes from people not knowing anything about why this is being done.
Using the dropbox application on my mac it looks like you can't right click on files and use copy line anymore.
Timon wrote:
Using the dropbox application on my mac it looks like you can't right click on files and use copy line anymore.
Have you tried in the Finder? I don't use the Dropbox app (except for the menulet at the top) but if I right click a Public folder file in Finder, one of the contextual menu items is Copy Public link.. So it's still working for me, but won't be after March 2017.
Chris R. wrote:
Timon wrote:Using the dropbox application on my mac it looks like you can't right click on files and use copy line anymore.
Have you tried in the Finder? I don't use the Dropbox app (except for the menulet at the top) but if I right click a Public folder file in Finder, one of the contextual menu items is Copy Public link.. So it's still working for me, but won't be after March 2017.
It used to be there but it's gone now. Even installed the latest version, I was running an oldercopy, and relaunched finder but still no copy like
However you can see the link under recently changes in the app and copy the link there. So as it stands the only way to find links is via the web site.
