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Re-design Dropbox log-in or sign-up invitation when downloading from shared links
Problem: When document link recipients click the Dropbox download arrow, your large, unattractive "Log-in or sign-up" sales pitch splashes in their face. It can alarm or confuse my clients. And because the third option - "Or continue with download only" - is in small typeface located at the bottom of that box, the link recipient is likely to miss it. My clients have even called to ask if they must sign-up in order to download a linked document, which becomes a second irritation and less efficient process. This is not good marketing. Observation: when a Dropbox customer is sending document links to others, recipients will be your customer's co-workers, clients , colleagues and customers, i.e. people your customers do not want to confuse or irritate. You won't see a sales pitch when clicking OneDrive or iCloud download buttons. If people enjoy their Dropbox experience they will more likely be interested in Dropbox, instead of how to bypass your sales pitch. SUGGESTION: Dropbox should eliminate this sales pitch altogether. However, if making the sales pitch outweighs irritating your customers and their customers, at the very least you should re-design your invitation's dialog box as follows: Make the entire dialog box much smaller; Eliminate this statement: "Download the file now and share it with others on Dropbox" (people receiving file links don't need to be told that. It's an unnecessary distraction that you won't find in OneDrive or iCloud). List only 2 attractive buttons of equal size and like-design with these options in this order: "Continue Download" (with a download arrow to click); "Dropbox Log-in / Sign-up" (clicking it would open log-in / sign-up fields). Respectfully, David [Removed per the Community's Guidelines]
Better user experience for previewing shared videos
I don't use Dropbox very often because of the following problem. I mainly use it to share videos with my friends and I would really like the video to appear in a nice simple window when they play it. Unfortunately the visitor sees a lot of unnecessary text in the window which is just a distraction. With all respect it appears the window was created by engineers who are not concerned about appearance. My visitors already know who sent them the link, and I don't like the window having intrusive sharing options and text promoting the app. I think Dropbox should offer a version that is crafted with a simple appearance so the focus is on the content. I would be happy to pay extra for this option. It could be called "Dropbox pure" or "Dropbox clarity" or "Dropbox presentation" or something. As it is, Dropbox is a last resort for me because of all the clutter. Perhaps there is a cloud storage solution out there that is esthetically pleasing for the viewer, but I have not found one.
I've added a PDF file to my shared Dropbox Paper doc, but the recipients can't see its preview.
Im having issues with paper document that we've uploaded a pdf - sent to clients and they are unable to view the image of the pdf on mobile or desktop? I've just been adding the pdf using the dropbox 'add' little image, searching for the pdf in a certain folder within our dropbox folders and then clicking upload. Changing the setting to view only as I don't need them to edit it only view it. Also it's a live working document that we make changes to so it must be a pdf doc. can't be a jpg. We can see it on our end in paper? Please can you help resolve this issue.Dropbox Paper completely disappeared from new UI
I've been using Dropbox Paper since it first came out. I just noticed now the UI of Dropbox paper has been updated. However, now when I go to the Paper home, none of my papers show up. None. The entire page is empty. I did noticed that I now have a "migrated paper" folder in the main Dropbox UI. I can open this folder and access my old papers. However, why wouldn't my old paper be listed in the Paper UI? Another thing that's completely missing is shared paper folders. My partner and I have a shared paper folder. The shared folder was created by him and shared with me. I cannot find any reference to this paper folder in my Dropbox UI. Not the new Paper UI, not the main Dropbox UI. I tried to search for documents in this shared folder, and they showed up in the search result. When I click on the shared doc, Dropbox takes me to the OLD Dropbox Paper UI. What? Makes no sense! My partner's account doesn't seem to have migrated to the new Paper UI yet. When he logs into Dropbox paper he still sees the old UI. Is this ever going to get fixed? That's just insane product behavior. I'm a product designer in the enterprise world. Even in the darkest corners of enterprise product, we would never allow behavior like this. That would be a release blocker. What's going on Dropbox?
I can't download a file sent through a link by IA
Hi everyone, im chating with IA and the app designed an excel and is trying to send it to me with a dropbox link. But when i click in the link it says that de link is wrong. Do you know if its possible what im trying to do? I cant solve it. (i tried with a lot of plataforms with same result) Thanks
Downloading from a shared link from Patreon gives me an error screen
Hello, I am currently using the free version of Dropbox, and I would like to confirm if shared links to uploaded folders still do not have an expiration date by default. I understand that with the Dropbox Professional or Business plans, it is possible to set an expiration date for shared links. However, I would like to know if, on the free plan, my shared links will remain active indefinitely unless I manually delete or remove them. Thank you!
