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.
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BenDBX
Community Manager
Community ManagerSunsetting Collections
Hi Everybody,
How do i know if i am part of the sunsetting collection? or collection bata?
I shall be very sorry to see the "Collections" option close on July 11. Is any consideration being given to extending/reinstating the facility, perhaps as an additional paid option?
Best Wishes,
Ken Syme
Excellent comment as I am playing with the thought of giving up my flickr account, as I can manouver better within dropbox and the replay options are similar.
Ben,
Like others on this thread, I am disappointed to see features like Collections go. It seems that Dropbox invests time and enegery into many enhancements and to get users to use them in place of other functionality suche as "Starred". I actually didn't have a need for Collections, until Starred disappeared. Then when I actually needed to find one of my Starred documents which I starred so that I could easily find them (isn't that the purpose???) I couldn't find them.
I do think that Collections would have been an awesome way of categorizing documents in a way that makes sense without using links to documents in folders, though I never had a chance to really use it until it's about to disappear.
My recent engagements with technology vendors, especially with Dropbox lately, have been far from satisfactory. I suppose that's the future and I welcome further discussion.
This is a nightmare, I can't have Dropbox in my favourites bar on my Mac now?
BenDBXHi Everybody,
Thanks for your input here. I will clarify for users who are not part of the Collections beta.
Collections is a beta that allows users to compile boards of documents, files, photos, etc. Laetitia Keyrouz if you are part of the beta, you would see it on the navigation bar on the left hand side of your Dropbox when you log in, as in the image below.
Marisa D.1 This will not affect the ability to place Dropbox in your favorites bar.
kenmagyar Making the decision to sunset collections was a difficult one. We had to take quite a few internal and external factors into consideration. There are no current plans to reinstate collections.
Regards,
Ben
This is incredibly disappointing. Being able to create a collection of videos without moving or duplicating the original video has been incredibly valuable. This feature has become standardized in our procedures, and we may have to change providers if we lose this option. Please let me know what you'll be implementing to replace this feature, or how we can continue to use collections, whether its a paid add on, or we are grandfathered into it as Beta users.
Thank You for doing the beta.
Hello Drop Box:
What a HUGE disappointment! We used the "Collections" to make specific groups of photos and share them! NOW everything is gone! Very Disappointed .
How do I get my Starred folder back in the side menu where Collections is? Since that change I can't get that option back in my side menu that is much more convenient then going to Home everytime.
Kandg,
After I realized starred was gone today, as a shot in the dark, I browsed to https://www.dropbox.com/starred and low and behold, my starred documents are there!
Thought you might like to know!
Thank you! Yes, I did find them but I really miss the convenience! Don't understand why they removed it or don't give you the option to customize your navigation menu as I'm sure not everyone needs the same items on there.
Have a great day!
Hi,
I don't understand the message, Is it means my drobox plan will be expired soon?
So sad 🙁
It was a good alternative to organize my college paper works and albums of my photos.
please bring back Dropbox SPACES it was so good. it set you guys apart
