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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ElaM
Dropbox Product Manager
Dropbox Product ManagerHow user-friendly is Dropbox on mobile, and how seamless is your collaboration with your team?
Hey everyone! I'm Ela, a Product Manager at Dropbox. Our team is dedicated to improving the Dropbox mobile application to ensure a seamless and user-friendly experience for efficient team collaborati...
Hi Ela, in response to 1:
a) Please could we have a direct link to Offline files/folders on the Home page of the mobile app, ideally as a button in the navigation menu at the bottom of the page (plenty of room for a fifth button).
b) Perhaps even more helpful would be having single click sort by name / by modified buttons on each folder – ideally each folder would also remember the last way you sorted it (as that's usually the way you want to see it).
c) Could the top-level folders look or be coloured differently (in order to prevent accidental navigation "above" them, which in some circumstances, such as the Android "Add to Dropbox", cancels the action)?
Thank you.
a) Please could we have a direct link to Offline files/folders on the Home page of the mobile app, ideally as a button in the navigation menu at the bottom of the page (plenty of room for a fifth button).
b) Perhaps even more helpful would be having single click sort by name / by modified buttons on each folder – ideally each folder would also remember the last way you sorted it (as that's usually the way you want to see it).
c) Could the top-level folders look or be coloured differently (in order to prevent accidental navigation "above" them, which in some circumstances, such as the Android "Add to Dropbox", cancels the action)?
Thank you.
- This is exactly what we see lately! Sometimes the download starts, sometimes it 404s.
Seems to be random.
ElaMGeekDesign Thanks for replying. Are you trying to download the file and its not successful?
I am sorry but the UX of downloading/uploading files to dropbox mobile is poor.
Is there really no download/upload progress bar on the mobile app?
How am I supposed to know if a file has uploaded/downloaded to or from my phone without a progress bar?
I hope I'm missing something and there is actually a way to enable this...
- ElaM
Hi Antony P.3, thanks for sharing your feedback.
1 - You can customize the mobile home screen to view Offline files/folders on the Home page. Just click on the customize icon (artist palette) on the upper right of your mobile screen in the Dropbox app and you can enable an option to view 'Offline' content. You can also re-arrange the folders based on your priority order. Please check out this document.
2 - We also provide an option to sort by name or modified on each folder. You can navigate to the folder and click on the 'Name' dropdown to sort folder contents by name or change it to 'Sort by modified'.
3 - I'll discuss this recommended feature with my team.
- 1. I'm really sorry, but I can't find the customise icon anywhere within my Dropbox Android app.
2. This is a two-click, not a single-click solution (and anyway the folders should remember their views).
3. Thank you.- Nancy
Dropbox Staff
Hi Haluk K.! What you can do instead, so that no one can access your Dropbox account, is to set a unique passcode when opening the app, that you’ll only know. Here are the steps on how to configure this.
Antony P.3, the customize/palette icon should be visible at your Home tab (not the Files tab) and at the top right corner.
Hope this helps!
