Dropbox accounts created after Oct. 2012 won't have a public folder
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Re: Dropbox accounts created after Oct. 2012 won't have a public folder
#2I was under the impression those where disabled long ago.
Tor is always good if you need a quick easy way to publish something without a public IP address
Re: Dropbox accounts created after Oct. 2012 won't have a public folder
#3I was under the impression those where disabled long ago. Tor is always good if you need a quick easy way to publish something without a public IP address
How exactly does Tor replace the ease of publishing something with Dropbox?
Re: Dropbox accounts created after Oct. 2012 won't have a public folder
#4Seeing the /help/16, I'm guessing this is one of the oldest help page of Dropbox. /help/1 and /help/2 don't exist, so the still published oldest one must be https://www.dropbox.com/help/3 "System requirements to run Dropbox", makes sense
Re: Dropbox accounts created after Oct. 2012 won't have a public folder
#5I was under the impression those where disabled long ago. Tor is always good if you need a quick easy way to publish something without a public IP address
AFAIK creating new accounts didn't give you a folder "Public" anymore since a long time ago, but they still existed with preserved functionality for old users.
Re: Dropbox accounts created after Oct. 2012 won't have a public folder
#6This feels like a step backwards. DB has struggled to figure out something beyond being a really great cloud-share drive thing, and sorta kinda messed around with using your DB to host media like photos (which would then make users desire to upgrade their space) and automagically supply some interface sugar around a pile of photos.
But they could have kept going in that direction and competed with all of the photosharing sites, soundcloud, heck even youtube if they had wanted. Say I like to vlog, what would be easier? After filming raw footage, edit it, make my final cut, upload to youtube and wait for transcoding and availability? Or just put my final cut into a "droptube" folder and it automagically appears at www.droptube.com (not a real thing, but could be in some alternate dimension)
Or what if I want to host a simple site? Fiddle with a hosting provider, screw around trying to figure out the 37 different metrics I'll be charged for, or just put some html, css and js file into a dropbox "webhost" folder?
I dunno, I think they're closing off lots of opportunity and have had trouble executing on this kind of cloud application for the masses, or they're really not going after it.
Re: Dropbox accounts created after Oct. 2012 won't have a public folder
#7This was amazingly awesome because: I could teach people how to make a website, and how to have on the internet, in minutes.
Having said that, I haven't had that public folder in many many many many many years. So I'm surprised about this announce.
If anyone knows a quick way to let anyone do what I described above, please do tell.
Re: Dropbox accounts created after Oct. 2012 won't have a public folder
#8This was amazingly awesome because: I could teach people how to make a website, and how to have on the internet, in minutes. Having said that, I haven't had that public folder in many many many many many years. So I'm surprised about this announce. If anyone knows a quick way to let anyone do what I described above, please do tell.
surge.sh is a great solution.
Re: Dropbox accounts created after Oct. 2012 won't have a public folder
#9I was under the impression those where disabled long ago. Tor is always good if you need a quick easy way to publish something without a public IP address
AFAIK creating new accounts didn't give you a folder "Public" anymore since a long time ago, but they still existed with preserved functionality for old users.
I'm an old user and mine disapeared a huge amount of years ago. I'm quite surprised by this announcement.
Re: Dropbox accounts created after Oct. 2012 won't have a public folder
#10Seeing the /help/16, I'm guessing this is one of the oldest help page of Dropbox. /help/1 and /help/2 don't exist, so the still published oldest one must be https://www.dropbox.com/help/3 "System requirements to run Dropbox", makes sense
You're probably right. This page has existed since at least 2009, in various forms[0]. For many years, it helpfully instructed users how to share the files in their public folder, one of their most useful features from day 1.
[0] http://web.archive.org/web/20091114094103/http://www.dropbox...