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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!
I'm kind of amazed to see this: Dropbox has deleted the thread requesting they not remove public folders, moving all the comments within it here instead.
Why even have a forum if you're not only going to not let people suggest things, but actively change it so that it doesn't look like there's an organized outcry against a product change?
Forget waiting until March. I'm moving my sh*t to a new product NOW. They don't have time to reply to any concerns, but they have time to essentially tell everyone to f*** off by deleting a thread? That tells me all I need to know.
SolitareLee wrote:
I'm kind of amazed to see this: Dropbox has deleted the thread requesting they not remove public folders, moving all the comments within it here instead.
It seemed to happen right after the news hit the front page of Slashdot. Before removal, the feature had overnight become the 7th most requested one in their tracker. The request and its first several pages of comments are recreated here as they originally appeared. In fairness, at least they didn't censor the content altogether.
Looks like a news agency picked up this story
I first have two questions:
1. For those users that started with Dropbox after they dropped the Public folder in about 2012. How would they share a link on a public bulletin board running, for example, under vBulletin?
2.For the many users like myself who have used the Public Folder extensively, has Dropbox made any suggestions as to how we should address this "problem"?
The "problem" is that we have posted hundreds or thousands of links posted in various places on the net. Some of those posts have been quoted, copied or forwarded to others. Even if there was a practical way to find and edit the original posts/links, that would not correct the additional downstream links.
The "solution" should not be difficult for smart computer people (Hopefully on the Dropbox team) The existing links must not change. But they should be frozen. Surely Dropbox could move on to whatever new system they want, but still keep the existing public links in some sort of archived server? Maybe not forever, but for an extended period - say 5 years?
Any word from Dropbox on any of the complaints?- Dropbox gives these instructions for sharing a link:
"Share a link
Sign in to dropbox.com.
Hover your cursor over the file or folder you'd like to share and click Share when it appears.
If a link hasn't been created, click Create a link.
If a link was already created, click Copy link.
The link will be copied to your clipboard. You can then paste it to an email, message, or wherever people can access it."
Well, this last sentence is not true. If the link is used to post a link to a bulletin board, the picture does not appear. If it is used as is it doesn't bring up just the picture, but a web page with options to comment etc.
I just don't get it!
