Dropbox online - number of subfolders and files in a folder, like file explorer shows

This is an almost necessary feature.  

I realize its omission is not accidental since many casual computer users are not aware of all of the files that Windows generates that should not be backed up (thumbs.db as one common example), and some files that are present but not reported in Explorer even with hidden files shown).  But this just means that that Dropbox’s implementation should not be naive, but should mirror the way Windows counts files.  In the end, from the user’s POV, the file count that Dropbox reports should be the same as what Windows reports (at least, the same as what Windows Explorer reports, which is probably different than what your developers see from the underlying API calls). 

Edit: I forgot I already responded many months ago.  Too bad no one is listening (and that more users aren’t calling for action on this basic feature).