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Option to create QR Code is missing
Hello,
A few weeks ago I created PNG photos with QR codes directly from the folders I wanted to share om dropbox.com. Today I tried to do the same and the option to create and download a QR code is gone...How can I fix it?
Hey everyone, here's an important update on the topic ā³
We ran the QR Codes on Web experiment, but after careful consideration, we've decided to remove this feature.
We appreciate all of your feedback so far, and if you have any questions or thoughts, feel free to share them with us.
Thank you,
Sam
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Please bring back this option. It was very useful and a critical component to my development of a music related board game.
Thanks
Please make more careful consideration and add the QR codes back. Terrible decision.
This is unfortunate. Being able to create a QR directly from Dropbox is what incentivized me to move totally to Dropbox from Onedrive. Any chance this can be added in the future? Also, what about the QR codes already created, how long will they work for? - April
- Walter
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey aprilm - thanks for your feedback on this.
When it comes to your concern, note that technically QR codes never expire per se, it's just a form of visualizing a URL, understandable by any QR reader.
However, the permissions for a QR code linking to Dropbox content are based on the sharing settings you choose when you generate the link for viewing, and it can make an impact if QR code let you see that content or not.
I hope this clears things up a tad!
Thank you! Can we create a petition to bring back QR codes? Ha! But seriously?
April
Happy to sign that petition........
- Hello Sam. Why would this feature be removed?
- Sam DBX
Community Manager
Hi Sanchez Homes ,
Unfortunately, I can't fully comment on our Product Team's decisions, but I can confirm that we've run the QR Codes on Web as an experiment. We are still monitoring feedback and passing it along internally, if anything changes, we'll update the Community!
Sam
- Thanks Sam. I hope the decision is to include that option. It is a valuable tool that keeps your clients on your platform.
it was very helpful, and more usable then links, that have always very long names and not understandable to the person you want to share the folder.
