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Mkojiro
New member | Level 1
9 months ago

File name is cut off on the Dropbox site

How is it possible for an app this old to still not allow a user to alter the field length? 

20 odd characters is grossly insufficient for anyone with real organisation habits. Why can I not simply see longer file names? Why? What is the justification for this?

Take myself, a 3d modeller. I constantly have files that are categorised by project/object/component (often with more additions like side or versions).

It's maddening. We're nor working in 1024 resolutions anymore, we've all got second or third monitors. Screen real estate has never been higher. So why are we stuck with this archaic restriction? Every website I go to can adapt to window size but Dropbox is acting like it's still 2007.

If this isn't fixed we're going to stop paying for it.

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    Hannah
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    9 months ago

    I completely understand, Mkojiro.

    I just emailed you and we'll continue there.

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