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Shared Link / "scl" to "s"
Hello. My question concerns my recent issue with file sharing. Usually, my links were generated in this way: 'https://www.dropbox.com/s/'. However, lately, every file is being generated in this way: ...
Direct Download on new link architecture is Solved
What is the DL parameter?
- Default link. This will render the content in the Dropbox file viewer.
- Downloads the content of the link (if the user has access to the content based on link settings). This query parameter takes precedence even if raw=1 is also added.
- Directly renders the content in the browser (if the link has a public audience and no other restrictions). Note that this link has an HTTP 302 redirect, so the application or browser must be able to follow the redirect.
What are the dl.dropbox... modifications?
These are link transformations from the early days of Dropbox. While we don't "officially" list these anymore in our Help Center, we are continuing to support them for now.- Replacing www with dl works exactly like a ?raw=1 link: this will directly render content for public links in the browser. It requires following an HTTP 302 redirect.
- Works like a ?raw=1 link, but the application or browser will not need to follow an HTTP 302 redirect to access the content.
I'm a long-time Dropbox user, and I always use the MacOS Dropbox app so I can get the direct links via the Mac Finder or Dropbox app in the top menu bar.
In the last few days, I notice that newly uploaded files have even longer links than files did in the past, and every time I try to download a file to test the link, I get a pop-up message from Safari asking permission to download each file.
I'm used to Safari asking me to allow downloads from a certain website but after I give permission, it never asked me again. It's almost as if each file/link have their own domain because I now have to give permission to download every file I test.
The longer links are terrible and so is the new security behavior.
If anybody from Dropbox reads this, please fix this ASAP and make it work like it used to.
Here is some more info:
https://twitter.com/MysteryRoomMKE/status/1681092910480084994?s=20For the love of god STOP MAKING DROPBOX WORSE year after year. All these changes nobody asks for is making it total garbage.
Ironic that all those seeming established web giants handle the pillars of the web — The LINK and the PERMALINK — quite laissez fairs.
This comment adds a certain pun and irony to the whole discussion:
Justin P.2 wrote:
Here is some more info:
https://twitter.com/MysteryRoomMKE/status/1681092910480084994?s=20When this was posted it was still Twitter. Meanwhile Twitter.com now redirects to x.com. Haha!
