You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
Allow files to open without preview in the mobile app, like they used to.
Drop Dropbox used to open files with default apps without the preview function. That functionality has since been removed. That functionality was very helpful to those of us using atypical files such as the CBR files consisting of zipped images that can be opened with a specific viewer. The current version of Dropbox does not allow that and takes me to a "preview can't be opened" screen. I then need to go to several other screens to actually open the file. I would like the functionality to be restored. I know this problem affects users of other file types as well.
Looking for feedback on how the mobile app preview experience can be improved
Hi my name is Aska and I'm a member of the mobile app team at Dropbox. I'm currently working on improving the previews experience in our mobile app and I would love to hear some customer feedback on any of the following: Are there certain actions or workflows that are difficult to access on this page? What are some things that you would like to do on this page? Are you able to easily identify your file when previewing it? Does the page provide enough information about your file? What is your experience when it comes to opening and closing a file? And anything else that comes to mind This would help me get a better understanding of any issues with the file preview experience on mobile and hopefully assist us in make some improvements to how you preview files on mobile in the future. So if you have any experience with previewing files on mobile, be it good, bad or indifferent, I'd really love to hear about it. Thanks in advance, and have a great day!
