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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 love Dropbox and it is critical to my business.
But you keep writing "Share Link, which replaced the Public folder functionality in 2012 (with emphasis)."
Maybe it "replaced" Public Folders in your mind, but if people aren't using "Shared Links" (whatever that is) and we've been using Public folders this whole time, then they haven't really replaced anything, have they?
If you could explain WHY you are removing Public folders, maybe I can get my head around this.
I have been a Pro/Premium user (with Ratpack) since 2011, and Public folders is the only Dropbox function that I use. THAT is what Dropbox is, in my mind.
I think that you may have gotten out ahead of your customers here, and haven't communicated what and why you are doing this.
I am just another user, but I'll have a go at this.
In the beginning you could not share folders with other users or non-users. Only create links to individual files to share. For me this was a big limitation. As a work around a DropBox user could place many files in the Public folder. The Public folder could be shared. For me this was handy for sharing photos and videos to friends and family. But I had a file system for my photos that was outside the Public Folder. So I had two sets of data.
Later the option was created to allow for the sharing (creating a link) to any folder in your DropBox. For some users this solved things. Others may not have noticed because they were using a workflow revolving around the Public Folder.
I use the links to folders now. But I do share an HTML text/markdown file with my client that uses the Shared Folder. I am now on the hunt for a easy place to share this list. I don't think that it will render the same using a DropBox shared link.
Hopefully this will help explain the how. We'll all have to wait for an official reason why this change is necessary.
- Mark
Super User II
You wont get an official reason I'm afraid.
The only thing we know is its going and this is the date its happening.
Also, to keep everything in one place I'm closing this thread (if I merge the formatting will go odd) but would ask further comments etc. go to the larger one on the issue: https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Sharing-and-collaboration/Ending-support-of-public-folder/m-p/197906#M11718
There are also some possible work arounds there.
