Offline mode for Dropbox Paper web?

[Martin1024]

Will Dropbox Paper for web consider support offline mode for Dropbox Web just like google docs in the future?

[davem]

Paper was the final step for my leaving dropbox. It was bad enough there were no sensible storage plans (why is my smallest option double my actual hard drive space?!? I'm paying for space I can never use!) but the whole Paper debacle shows a company not driving its' core business and diluting a robust product into a mess of silos it had not integrated or planned for, and laying out a future pig's ear of a mess which will never be reconcilable without pain, as any solution will involve messing around with existing infrastructure. It's a real shame, but as a cloud storage provider, to release a new platform that doesn't quite build on the core offering was absolute insanity. I can't remember how many years ago this was flagged as a colossal oversight, but it's fairly moot now.

[killeraesthetic]

Jumping onto this feature request thread to hope to advance it. Also, would be nice if you could move the Dropbox paper docs into your actual Dropbox! 

[Kitt]

I can see that this post have been created last year. Is there any news if this is in pipeline for this summer or? 🙂

[hshekhar]

An electron app or PWA for desktop would be way more helpful.

I am looking for it for note-making, writing offline docs and lot more.

[Jane]

👋 Hi to all! That’s a great idea & just so as to give it a bit more visibility, I’ve moved your thread under the “Share a Paper Idea” section, which is being closely monitored by our higher-level technicians. 

I hope that other users find this idea useful as well & they upvote this feature implementation :ballot_box_with_ballot:. Of course, our Community Wall is always open to your feedback or questions, so feel free to drop us a line here; we’re just a post away. Thanks for choosing Dropbox & have a wonderful weekend ahead! 

[rohitgehe05]

Pretty please 🙏🏽

This would be such a dope and much awaited feature.

People would forget about Google Docs 😛

[Emma]

Thanks for your idea! 

This is not something the team are looking into right now.

However, we regularly re-evaluate ideas and will update you if anything changes! 

[eboyle]

Totally appreciate the "not right now" mark and your update, Emma! Thought I'd add some more context anyway in the hopes that this eventually makes its way into a PM's brain.

I love writing using Paper. Whether it's taking notes, or writing a ranting blog-post-esque piece, or writing a product problem exploration, it's the best, cleanest place for me to do it and feel at peace. It's hands-down my number one choice for online editing tools, which is why it's such a shame I probably have to stop using it.

I'm a product consultant, and spend a lot of time working from places that are not workplaces. Sometimes I have an epiphany on a long flight from the east coast, or sometimes I'm working (or trying to) from Viva La Tarte, which strangely does not have wifi. Sometimes I just want to work from the park like the spoiled SF person I am. The problem? I don't have wifi in those places.

Think about writing from a coffee shop that does not have wifi. What's the app you want to use to remain in the peaceful zen state you're lulling yourself into? Paper. Of course. You're looking for distraction-free words-flowing simple yet powerful Paper. Instead, you're using Google Docs in offline mode and every time you look at its chrome you want to throw up a little in your mouth.

Look, I get it - this doesn't match up with your top-level goals. But wow would I be your biggest promoter cheerleader if you figured out an elegant solution for this. I've already got my dropbox files synced to my laptop... I'd love to get my papers as well.

(Note: even if you don't make an offline app per se, it would be awesome to be able to just sync the file and edit with a text editor when offline. The main thing is, I want to use Paper when I'm connected to WiFi, and I'd like to be able to read/edit those things when I'm not connected.)

eb

[gamunu]

Indeed whoever manage paper project is an idiot, this request opened few years ago and he decided not right now. At least add the markdown file sync capability using the dropbox client. I'm not going to renew my purchase if this not available. How the I'm going to work on my notes when I'm traveling or in flight. This is useless without offline mode.

[lukeyo]

Hi Gamunu

Forums work best if we keep personal judgment out of the posts. Would you consider editing your post?

Thank you

Luke