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PhilANZ

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#251279 17-Jun-2019 11:50
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It seems after a Google I'm the only one affected by this - but Dropbox has just become much less useful to me.
Previously I would click on the task bar icon and could the files starting with the newest. So I could see who'd sent me what. So simple I didn't think about it.
Now it no longer does. The website doesn't have this - I have to go through each folder to see if there's anything new.
It's so unhelpful I'm thinking of swapping from Skype - but given others use it with me and even the simplest change is too much for some.
Am I missing something, or have I once again fallen foul of "MS knows best" (as they initially tried to do when they took over Skype)?
Thanks.


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  #2259409 17-Jun-2019 11:52
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I'm confused. Is this Skype or Dropbox? Or is this a Dropbox send feature part of Skype?





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  #2259439 17-Jun-2019 13:09
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Now you know what my wife has to put up with. I've seen a psychiatrist recently - now I'm 65 I have access to the old people area of the health system, and just last year I realised I've made no progress from my stroke over a decade ago. It was hidden from my sight by the progress I have made.
It is of course Dropbox - Skype had major issues when MS took over, but the worst ones have been fixed since. This change is just the useless sort of thing I've become used to from MS. But this time they're not to blame.

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  #2259468 17-Jun-2019 13:47
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Could this be to do with the big changes with the Dropbox app?




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  #2259647 17-Jun-2019 17:26
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I hadn't seen that. But as usual "And if you’d like to just ignore the changes and use Dropbox the original way (as a folder and a task bar app), the company says none of that will change" doesn't mean what it says. I can't find the most recently changed files - it's a real PITA.

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  #2259684 17-Jun-2019 19:20
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Another unicorn trying hard to destroy the product that made them popular (Evernote, I'm looking at you!)


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