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Joseph H.23
New member | Level 2
10 years ago

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Hello, some new features that seem to really irk me me when I'm trying to use my account.

Complexity:

I just want a basic interface (nothing special) where I can see/share/interact with the files I place here. Your product is becoming a nuisance to use with all of the extra features. Make them optional, not required.

The reason I went with DB is because your competitors were doing this to their free products and really didnt care if their customers paid or not, or even liked it for that matter.

Comments:

These things are getting dastardly annoying. I know some users really want this feature, but please give me an option to disable globally.

Stop all shares/sharing:

This option would globally strip out any shares established. Think of it like a panic button. This would allow people to stop a share if they cannot find it and the content could potentially be sensitive.

Photos:

Just give me a list of files. Please stop trying to group photos automatically. It is sorting my photos based on the name and not the actual content.

Know what? Just give me an option to disable it. Thanks.

Click-bait:

Please dont click-bait someone and then not give them a way to revert. I'm looking at you Dropbox Paper!

I "click here for info" and found my self permanently signed up for something I have no need or use for with no way to get out of. While I give you a good pat on the back for sticking it to MS and G for making things a bit more competitive on the market, I cannot condone this tactic.

Blocking of sharing:

Why would you want to do this? There are unscrupulous people out there.

Scenario: I've been randomly shared a file that was an executable and it just showed up in my file list. My curiosity lands me a crypto-locker virus.

Catch my point? Its probably a really good idea to not let it just happen. I've shared content with another DB user and it just magically showed up in their file list.

Thank you for your time.

Dropbox Basic

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  • Jacqueline E.'s avatar
    Jacqueline E.
    New member | Level 2
    9 years ago

    I do beleive a sent a SHARE LINK so why it's still asking them for a dropbox log in is not clear to me. Even when I send it from the public folder which I have a copy of it still ask them to create an account. I have enough screen shots this weekend from friend to prove it. I sent a PDF so it's not a folder. So million dollare question is there someway to confirm I'm sending a SHARE LINK and not a share something else. I clearly have view only access but still no can do. I just read instruction carefully in the link you sent above here's hoping for a different result. Thanks for your help.

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    9 years ago
    Jacqueline E. wrote:

    Dropbpx I truly dislike that you stay you don't need an account to view shared files and you DO!!!!

    You do not need an account to view a file that was sent with a Share Link. You do need an account if the files were shared with you via a shared folder.

     

    even in the public folder you need to have an account

    Even when the Public folder was still active, you never needed an account to view a file. The Public folder is a deprecated feature which only exists for a small percentage of users, and they will be losing the feature in September. It was replaced by Share Links in October of 2012.

  • Jacqueline E.'s avatar
    Jacqueline E.
    New member | Level 2
    9 years ago

    Dropbpx I truly dislike that you stay you don't need an account to view shared files and you DO!!!! What the quill seriously why cant software apps like yours figure out if you make using the software easy you'll gain more user. No one wants to create a password to download a stupid file but as a paid user I want to use my dropbox to share my documents and would like the receiver to be able to view the files without hardship (sks getting a dropbox account)! Please consider this even in the public folder you need to have an account seriously?! Then why call it a public folder? Get a clue and stop making your user life difficult please.

  • Shell R.'s avatar
    Shell R.
    New member | Level 1
    10 years ago

    Paper feedback 

     

    Highlighting for comments is not strong enough. 

    Editing a large addition of files-- need to give use ability to break into rows 

    Kept getting the hover for comment and enlarge confused, I almost switched out and back to Powerpoint. 

    The export needs a PDF version. (HIGH PRIORITY) 

    I want to see the project in my Dropbox menu under Files 

    I want an Intergation with Jira and Trello and Tripadvisor

    Thanks for including me in Paper Beta.  

     

     

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