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Tim A's avatar
Tim A
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

DropBox Collections?

Is anybody using the new "Collections" feature that appeared as beta in the nav bar on the web? These are just folders right?

  • maria_h's avatar
    maria_h
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

    Hi Tim! Thanks for writing in about this. By the sounds of it, this was an idea we were looking to get feedback on. I'd love to hear a bit more about your experience with collections - did you try it out? How did you discover it? For what reason do you think Dropbox came up with this idea? What benefit might it have for its customers (like you)?

    • BZN-Nils's avatar
      BZN-Nils
      New member | Level 2

      Best feature in a while!

      Our use case is tied into Trello and the community meetings we organize.

      We have a large amount of documents grouped into different categories and sub-categories. For larger projects we create Trello boards with weekly lists where each card links to one of our files to be used in the session. Easy.

      But for smaller, one-off meetings that don't need a full board we were often faced with the problem of grouping these files: create a folder with shortcuts, drag weblocs there, use Transfer, create copies in yet another folder, or the worst: send share links in an email! Horrible…

      Now, this is just splendid. All our meetings, smaller get-togethers, we can just add our files wherever they're archived into handy, reusable, shareable groups—and (I'm guessing?) even when the originals are renamed, or moved to another category, the Collection stays intact.

      REALLY hope this feature will be a keeper!

       

  • clchristiansen's avatar
    clchristiansen
    Helpful | Level 5

    Is the beta version of dropbox collections gone? It no longer shows up in my account - and I had several collections that I created, but now they are all gone. If they are gone w/o notice because it was a beta version, I will never use a beta version of anything from dropbox again.

    • Sheena's avatar
      Sheena
      Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager

      We are currently looking into as to why collections is no longer visible. Please bear with us while we investigate this issue. Thank you!

      • tjromero's avatar
        tjromero
        New member | Level 2

        Thank you it really is a helpful tool.

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