You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
Forum Discussion
Dropbox Public Folder
I understand that the current sharing functionality of the Public folder will change on or about March 15, 2017; my question is: will the NAME of the Public folder change on or about March 15, or wil...
- It will still be called Public, however, all links within it will cease to work.
I work in Public Safety with many different agencies. I have used the public folder to share files without much input from the user. A QR code was issued during an incident and daily maps were placed in this folder for the user to retrieve. Will this function still exist?
Mark
Super User II
Super User IINo.
Once the Public folder stops working (March for free users, September for paying) all links to it will fail.
Once the Public folder stops working (March for free users, September for paying) all links to it will fail.
Shame on you, Dropbox, for letting down your loyal paying base of users in such cavalier fashion.
Terry, UK
- Really so bad news!
Remove feature without real replacement is stupid, i will think about Google driver..
- MarkPlease see and post all follow ups over at https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Sharing-and-collaboration/Ending-support-of-public-folder/m-p/197906#M11718 to keep everything in one place.
