Hi Duncan
In response to your questions:
1) Paper and Dropbox are linked to each other, and yet not, at the same time.
Let me go into more detail, the way they differ is that Paper docs don’t take up quota on your Dropbox account, they use a slightly different sharing mechanism (i.e. no groups), and the docs themselves don’t appear in your Dropbox folder or file structure as specific filetypes. This is why Paper has it’s own section on the home page, the same with Showcases and the Admin Console.
However, they are similar in that ‘syncing’ occurs instantly, where you can see users typing at the same moment, and even if not, files are saved a second after typing has finished. You can link files directly from your own Dropbox account, and if previewable, they’ll appear in the doc itself. They can also be viewed offline on mobile devices and edited, though this isn’t an option for the desktop yet.
2) The first line of a Paper doc is the filename. Since there is no physical file, it takes the name from the doc itself.
However, this is useful if you’re programming code. Try typing the title as hello.java or hello.html. The rest of the document is automatically coded in that language to highlight variables etc.
3) For Paper folders, you first need to archive them, and then you get the option to permanently delete the folder from your account.
4) There’s no option to specific Paper docs only when viewing the recently viewed section, though I can forward this to our dev team for their consideration.
You can place docs into folders and then access the folders from the site to view the docs you need to open for that day, or just star one or two files that are essential, giving you easy access to them on the site.
Regardless, we’ve passed your comments and feedback to our dev team to see what can be done to improve Paper for all users.
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