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DiegoBRRSPF's avatar
DiegoBRRSPF
New member | Level 2
8 years ago
Status:
Closed

Webpage clipping on Dropbox Paper?

Hi!

 

Is there any plans to add webpage clipping to Dropbox Paper? I believe it's the most importante missing feature. I'm using it for some days and i really love the straighfoward funcionality and the focus on the content.

 

The addition of webpage clipping (specially with the option for some kind of readability mode) will certain made the app even more incredible.

 

Thanks!

Diego.

Dropbox Paper
Third Party Integrations
  • MikeyK's avatar
    MikeyK
    Helpful | Level 6
    8 years ago

    I agree with this! I think that web clipping functionality would make Dropbox Paper perfect!

    • acerezo's avatar
      acerezo
      Explorer | Level 4
      8 years ago
      For me it would be the step to change from evernote. And the concatenations of documents (notes in evernote).

      Thanks.
  • Sanchez's avatar
    Sanchez
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    8 years ago
    Hey DiegoBRRSPF, 
     
    Thanks for using Paper! 
     
    I’m currently not aware of plans to include web page clipping in upcoming releases, as our team has not made any final decisions on the road map. 
     
    We are continually working on adding features to Paper, and suggestions from users like you are invaluable to making these decisions. I’m sending your comments on to the team so that they’re aware. 
     
    Thank you so much for your feedback :slight_smile:
    • vadi's avatar
      vadi
      New member | Level 2
      7 years ago

      How can you miss clipping as a feature for a tool touted to aid collaboration??

  • John J.40's avatar
    John J.40
    Helpful | Level 6
    8 years ago

    This is the last thing that's keeping me from completely migrating to Dropbox Paper from Evernote. 

    • Sanchez's avatar
      Sanchez
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      8 years ago
      Hey guys (MikeyK, acerezo, John J.40), 
       
      I have added your comments to the feedback concerning web clipping, and Paper’s functionality. 

      Thanks for posting! 
  • KellyMarchewa's avatar
    KellyMarchewa
    Explorer | Level 3
    7 years ago

    Hello,

     

    I am looking to migrate to Dropbox Paper from Evernote. I use and love the Dropbox storage application; however, I am just looking into getting started with paper.

     

    As such, I have a quick question, is there any way to achieve something similar to the "Clip to Evernote" feature? Essentially, I want to be able to easily "embed" a web document/article into a document on Dropbox, not just link to it. That is, I want to be able to view the article without having to leave Dropbox. I know there is a way to do so with services such as GitHub or Youtube videos, but what about any arbitary webpage?

     

    Thanks!

  • Steve D.11's avatar
    Steve D.11
    Helpful | Level 6
    7 years ago
    For what it's worth, I've had good results copy/pasting text and images from web pages into a new dropbox paper document. (It does well with pasted markdown too.)

    The Paper API is pretty primitive, but it looks like it has enough functionality for a third party to implement a clipper. So if Dropbox doesn't write it, somebody else still can. (There is an API endpoint to create a document from HTML. A clipper would prepare the html from a web page and post it to the API.)


    • Steve D.11's avatar
      Steve D.11
      Helpful | Level 6
      7 years ago
      One followup on my comment - it looks like copy/pasted webpage content will still refer to the original image at the original site (so it can go away if the the original site goes away). This is different from how images dropped onto the page are handled. (They're uploaded to dropbox's AWS servers.)
  • gpgdx's avatar
    gpgdx
    New member | Level 2
    7 years ago

    There was request for webpage clipping feature for Dropbox Paper. In addition, I also dream of email clipping feature (like Evernote for Outlook). Lack of these two features prevent me from doing a complete migration from Evernote to Paper.

  • Emma's avatar
    Emma
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    6 years ago
    Status changed:
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    Gathering Support
  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    3 years ago
    Status changed:
    Gathering Support
    to
    Not for right now

    Thank you for your idea, while we can’t take every idea forward we do regularly re-review and will update you if anything changes!

  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
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    3 years ago
    Status changed:
    Not for right now
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    Closed

    This idea has been closed as it has reached the end of the Share an Idea process.

     

    Thank you for your suggestion, and if you have another idea to share, please do!