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Bring back the green 'synced' checkmark in the system tray.
In my Windows system tray (next to the clock), Dropbox used to show that it was fully synced by showing a green check-mark over the Dropbox icon. This was really helpfull.
If Dropbox was offline, it would show no overlay icon.
Recently (and according to Dropbox itsself) this has changed, the Dropbox icon now shows no overlay if it is fully synced, but to me, i constantly think my Dropbox is offline, instead of 'fully synced'.
So the idea is: please bring back the green 'fully synced' checkmark. Or -at least- make it an option to show it.
Please upvote this idea if you agree 
Outnumbered discussion clearly wants the green tick back - mee too. In busy life it is an easy glance over to know all is well with connection all well. Else it may look like its well but really connection sucks not reflecting
Wow. Four years and plenty of upvotes, yet this suggestion didn't get implemented. So much for this suggestions feature. It clearly doesn't work.
I'm absolutely lost without it
What good are the suggestions when they still say "not for right now", when this is SECOND-HIGHEST VOTED USER FEATURE on the whole site, having been asked for for what, four years now?! THIS much consensus, and yet you guys STILL aren't planning to consider it. Wow...
The whole point of the Status Bar is to show the STATUS of the programs/utilities/processes shown there. So there should be a nice, obvious status indicator that can be visually taken in very quickly & easily, instead of having to stare and squint and second-guess and end up hovering over it in case the lighting is off so we're not confident enough that we're seeing it right.
A color & universal shape are much easier to process at-a-glance than whatever watered-down crap is going on now. (I don't even know, because I got so frustrated by this & other problems, that I've removed my desktop utility altogether last year. I'd rather have nothing at all, than unhelpful frustration. And apparently, it's not "safe" to return yet.)FUNCTION OVER FORM! This isn't a beauty contest, or a conformation competition. It's a service that we want to quickly know the status of once in a while, & that's what the status bar should show us. WE KNOW WHAT WORKS BEST FOR US! Don't tell us you guys know better when WE are the ones USING it.
By continuing to ignore this suggestion, that's what you guys are doing, every single day. Telling us you don't care about our productivity & time & flow of thought in our daily lives. Well, you should. If you want us to keep sending you money, when there are better services out there for similar or lower prices.
We don't need you. You need us. Maybe treat us that way.
"What good are the suggestions when they still say "not for right now", when this is SECOND-HIGHEST VOTED USER FEATURE on the whole site, having been asked for for what, four years now?!"
When I went to school for computer science, in 1971, we learned to put bug fixing at top priority, and to engage in a development process that identified bugs early and that also avoided bugs as far as was practical. And we learned to design and use software tools to avoid bugs, such as Smart Pointers in C++ and Assertions. And in my 40-year software career, while I rarely had bugs in my own released code, I always put bug fixing and simple improvements of existing software at top priority. I never had significant problems achieving milestones in a timely way, even with this priority.
But many software companies, like Dropbox, have yet to learn the enormous value to customers that results from putting priority on software maintenance. Today, it seems that management is ignorant of the fundamentals of software development, so that engineers are overworked designing completely new software, filled with fancy features, that has a large risk of failing and never being released, while simple product improvements are ignored, all in the ignorant belief that this is the only way that software development can be done.
- Rich
Super User II
The only thing that has changed is how the icon is presented.
When the icon is solid, you're connected an up-to-date. When you're syncing, it will have the circular sync overlay. When you're not connected, the icon will be faded.
It's not that the icon isn't showing you the status anymore. It's that it's being done in a different way. All of the statuses that were previously shown by the tray icon are still shown by the tray icon, just differently.
Look at the icon. If it's solid, you're good. If it's faded, you're not. Easy peasy.
This is so ridiculous! Why in the hell would Dropbox remove this very important signal that the files are loading and have completed their loading! How would we know whether or not there was a problem loading them if you don't SHOW US! Put this back immediately. I'm paying you a monthly fee, and I want my green check marks back or I'll just downgrade or go to another service, a better service. That's the least you can do for those of us who pay a fee.
Your answer makes no sense. What icon are you even talking about? All I see (on my iMac) is the name of my file, and nothing to the right of it telling me if it has downloaded or not. Show us a picture please. What "icon" am I supposed to be seeing?
- I just noticed that MS Onedrive has a Green checkmark.
Also, you can select your Desktop to be part of your syncronized/backed up files.
I really hope that dropbox some day will return to compete with MS Onedrive one every level..
Syncing = yellow flashing icon
Synced = solid green icon
Offline = solid red icon
That should be easy peasy. Why sooo many users ask for changing??? Who at present use a white icon or a washed out icon???
Reply to Rich (Super User II)
Rich's comment is stupid and patronizing. No-one is saying that not having the green checkmark is difficult.
The point is that the Green Checkmark was a clear indication of the sync status and now we are missing it. Not having the green checkmark is particularly difficult when you are travelling and/or when you are connecting from places like China (via a VPN).
You get that Rich? Easy enough for you to understand?
Al, PhD in Mathematics
Dropbox!!!
Please bring back the Green Checkmark!
@ Rich, (and DropBox)
Appriciate that you were trying to clarify the current operation of the new styled system tray icon however I'm sure that most of us realised that already.
My gripe with the Dropbox team, and this is true of many other developers, is that changes to the function or display are often made a) without any notification and b) without an option to allow users to select a legacy experience. This causes issues if internal documentation or userguides are producced. The new advanced display isn't as obvious as the different shape/colour icons used previously and a slight greying of the same shape isn't clear especially if on the move in bright light.
I realise that the "improvement" is documented in your link above however I don't recall ever seeing a proactive notification about the change. I'm reminded of Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy when the Earth was about to be destroyed by the Vogons to make way for a new hyperspace bypass "All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display at your local planning department in Alpha Centauri for 50 of your Earth years, so you’ve had plenty of time to lodge any formal complaint and it’s far too late to start making a fuss about it now.":slight_smile:
Please DropBox - Bring back the GREEN TICK :white_check_mark: as an OPTION. Thank you
Please Change the awfull Blue background Colour of the Dropbox application Icon.
I do not know who approved this change but this is the worsts icon by long way... Blue colours do not go together it looks like outdated application that you really do not want to deal with ...
Please bring the old colours back!!
Thanks
