Default Share Option should be "View" not "Edit"

Since my last comment, I have had students edit two documents that I thought I had shared in 'view' mode, and discovered that not only is it apparently impossible to share my most important pdf in 'view' mode but that this seems to be true for all my pdfs. Are other commenters able to share pdfs in view mode?

I use dropbox share links to share course documents with students. I right-click on the item and choose 'Copy Dropbox Link.' Suddenly this morning it started giving them edit links instead of view links, requiring them to sign up for Dropbox and get my permission to access the document one at a time. Dropbox also made me log in again to give the permission, and enter an access code.

Something that used to be a simple, indispensable part of my routine became a frustrating boondoggle for all of us. I vehemently support going back to the default 'view' links.

I agree. I use Dropbox to distribute photos to participants in events. I do not want to give them Edit privileges to these folders. View should be default. 

Should default to View -- although would be nice if you could set up in your settings (profile) whether you want to "change default to Edit" when sharing a file so if you're always sharing in Edit mode, you could easily do it.

For a company so many people depend on, it’s ridiculous that edit is the default option. 

I like this idea, but would say it should be View or Copy, or Edit. And if someone drops the same named file into a shared folder where that file is marked View only, it should create a new copy, and add "v2" (or something similar) to the file name.