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ApolonTorq
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Dropbox Dash indexing/preparation and configuration

I'm experimenting with the Dropbox Dash beta. Its uncomfortably "blackbox" to me.   What I'd like to be able to do is see what data sources and folders its currently indexing or preparing with embe...
Dropbox Dash
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ApolonTorq
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

The UI paradigm for the Dash app seems to be much the same as the Dropbox app itself in that it "resides" in the system tray. I'd prefer instead that it had a task bar presence because it is more interactive. To me it makes sense that the Dropbox app is in the system tray as the majority of the time you don't need to interact with it directly. However the Dropbox Dash app requires more continual UI interaction so it seems more natural that it acts more like other higher interactivity apps - regardless of it performing background tasks as well.

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