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How could I get Dropbox Paper 2020?
How could I upgrade to Dropbox Paper 2020 from the older version?
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Sorry to bother, I know this was a long time ago, but how did you go about copying over your dropbox paper files to a new account?
Are you opening each shared paper document, and then copy-pasting into a new paper document that you created in the new account?
Or are you doing some sort of bulk operation that is faster?
They have provided timelines on this at least twice—an initial date in 2020, and then a date in early 2021. Either would have been acceptable. Now they are completely silent, refusing to give an update or anything. It's like they don't either don't know how to do it, or they don't know how to tell us they aren't doing it.
- Elliott C.1 Yeah, it’s nuts! I forgot to emote my unhappiness and frustration about the silence and lack of progress this time. Hehehe. 😛
Speaking to customer support has been pretty fruitless. Nobody’s empowered to say anything except regurgitate the authorized scripts.
i suspect the real answer is “there’s no money in this so we’ve abandoned the idea of migrating people – but we’re going to be dishonourable because we fear that this information could affect our financial value.”.
But good news… one of us could apply for this job… And actually finish what they committed to two years ago.
https://www.dropbox.com/jobs/listing/4408724
All I want is to store my project notes in the same folder as the project, instead of using the old filing system which feels like it’s designed by an 8 year old with a very simple life! 😂 - The paper API depreciation date has been extended about 5 times so far, the latest update pushes it from Q2 2022 (obviously not met) to End of 2022. I would say that is some kind of news, but that date has been pushed back so many times that I wouldn’t count on any date, even if by some miracle all of us dedicated early adopters actually got an official date from ANYONE at Dropbox.
https://developers.dropbox.com/paper-migration-guide aggalix , They said they intended to, but they've since gone silent and updates don't contain timelines, meaning they haven't actually planned to do so.
- Actually in early 2020 they did say that existing users would be migrated as soon as they could, and that nobody would be left on the old paper. I wonder if anyone had been migrated. Or whether it’s just new users who get it.
https://help.dropbox.com/files-folders/paper/paper-2020-faqs YogY , Dropbox does not announce specific timelines for product improvements like this and previous communications indicate that they have no concrete plans to roll out the current version to legacy users.
When will 2020 Paper features be rolled out to long-time users?
Just trying to get a structured answer (again).
Thanks,
Guy
Quick update while I'm in the neighborhood, in case anyone at Dropbox ever sees this, I'm talking my company out of switching from Box to Dropbox because of the lack of long-term support for the product. Dropbox is by far the more user-friendly service for now, but if features as big as Paper get quietly orphaned like this, an Enterprise account seems like a real risk.
Best,
Elliott
