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Allow Users to Pause Auto Updater
Dropbox checks for new versions and updates automatically, but various partner vendors such as Boxifier may experience issues with supporting new versions (as just occurred with Boxifier). The solution to get Boxifier working again immediately was to find an older version of Dropbox (with the help of the Dropbox Support Team), then manually disable the Dropbox Auto Updater services through Computer Manager in Windows 11. Because this is not an isolated incident, and there is the possibility of future Dropbox updates causing individual issues on various user devices, it would be a great feature if users could revert back to the previous working version of Dropbox and disable auto updates through the settings feature in Dropbox until the issue is resolved.
Stop Downloading Before Out Of Disk
Today, Dropbox does not gracefully handle running out of disk. It keeps going until it gets an error from the operating system that there's not enough space left at which point it's not even able to show you how much space it's using because there's not enough disk space for that to function. Ideally Dropbox would leave at least a couple GB so the system can keep functioning until the user has time to do something about it. Also, don't keep retrying - one notification after another about not being able to download is useless until a significant amount of space has been freed up one way or another. Making it easy to open a window with space usage and encouraging the user to keep more files cloud only would be much more user friendly.View in folder, Save to folder buttons in screenshot quick-actions popup.
Summary: After taking a screenshot on Windows with the Dropbox desktop app, I almost always need to move it to the right Dropbox folder. Current behavior: The quick-actions popup doesnât include an option to open the screenshotâs folder, or to save it to a different folder, so I have to manually find it in the Screenshots folder and then move it. Requested behavior: Add a âView in folderâ button and/or a âSave to folderâ button directly in the post-screenshot quick-actions popup so I can immediately open the fileâs location or choose a destination folder. The Save to folder could be under the Save in a dropdown menu and the View in Folder could be on the top bar to the left of the Save button. Why it helps: Faster organization right after capture, fewer clicks, and a smoother workflow for frequent screenshots.
The Linux Desktop App should have feature parity with the Windows/OSX app
The Linux desktop app is incredibly lacklustre compared to its Windows and Mac counterparts. With more and more people dropping Windows in favour of Linux, this needs addressing. Notably, it's missing Online-Only sync options. The app also looks super outdated, especially on GNOME desktop environments.
Make Dropbox compatible with Linux ARM processors
When I searched for this, I found this suggested several months ago for the purpose of Raspberry Pis. That suggestion was closed for inactivity. I had been using Dropbox in my Linux virtual machines on Mac with Intel processors for quite a long time. I just got my first Mac machine with Apple Silicon and was so disappointed this didn't work in the Linux VM on the ARM64. I depend on ability to share between the Virtual Machine and other devices connected to Dropbox for several of my workflows, and currently must use the Dropbox website to download, make my change, delete the online copy, then upload it again while in the Linux Virtual Machine. And hey, it sounds like adding this would help the Raspberry Pi folks too!Windows explorer cascading menus
In explorer integration, dropbox places all the actions at the top-level menu. For those of us who have a large menu already, this is an unnecessary clutter. It would be great to have a single menu item for all dropbos actions, so that the actions will open in a sub-menu.
context menu
Select which options appear in the context menu (When you Right Click) This suggestion appears to be one relatively sought after as there are multiple 'help threads' with people trying to do this, and no shortage of information for people to do it through unsupported and unofficial means. The reason I suggest allowing users to chose what options that appear, is because I personally would only need one or two of the options available (currently in Windows 10) and will rarely ever need another one or two. Even embedding these options in some kind of menu so they don't fill up the context menu with 7 (for me) additional items would be an improvement!