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pdubb7
Explorer | Level 3
11 days ago
Status:
Gathering Support

Default sorting by date taken on the photos page on the website

Hey Dropbox Team,

 

This is a request for an enhancment of the Photo Viewer interface. I love this feature because i typically group my photos in many differnt folders by theme which makes viewing all my photos across a timeline difficult to do without opening all of those different folders. The issue I have is that, the default sort for the Photo Viewer interface is by "Date Uploaded." This seems like the least helpful sort field when trying to view your photos across time. It seems like the obvious default metadata to sort on for photos taken over time would be "Date Taken." I will often wait months and even years before uploading all of my photos in a single day, in which case the Photo Viewer interface will display years of photos attributed to the day they were uploaded which is useless when looking back on them. Could you change this default to view photos by "Date Taken" and NOT "Date Uploaded" or could you provide a toggle to allow sorting by different Metadata fields?

 

Really appreciate it and thank you for your consideration.

 

Payden Waldo

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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    10 days ago

    Hey pdubb7 - thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts on this with us.

     

    Just to clarify, are you referring to the photos page on the website, the photos tab in the mobile app or maybe both?

     

    Any additional information you'd like to share on this is more than welcome!

  • pdubb7's avatar
    pdubb7
    Explorer | Level 3
    6 days ago

    Hey Walter,

     

    Thanks for responding! I am referring to the photos page on the website. It automatically extracts views of all photos from their disperate folders and generates an image gallery which is awesome but it automatically sorts them in "Date Uploaded" which doesn't seem very helpful if you are trying to search for photos in based on the date of the actual event - photos might not be uploaded for several months after the event. 

     

    Appreciate any help you can provide and thank you for your time!

     

    -Payden

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    5 days ago
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    Thanks for clarifying that for me, Payden - much appreciated. 

     

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