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I'm conflicted. Obviously, deleting data is bad. However, Dropbox's "(John Doe’s conflicted copy)" solution is also pretty awful UX. I can understand why Appl
by Wowfunhappy 3y ago
I'm conflicted.
Obviously, deleting data is bad.
However, Dropbox's "(John Doe’s conflicted copy)" solution is also pretty awful UX. I can understand why Apple would want to use its uniquely integrated software ecosystem to come up with a better system. I believe they could do it—but they clearly have not.
- dominikmayer 3y agoAgreed. I'm not saying the Dropbox approach is the best. It is better than silently deleting content, though. A different approach would be to add a way to see files that have issues. Similar to how Dropbox shows files that fail to upload.
- Espressosaurus 3y agoIt's awful but still better than silently deleting.
- d3w4s9 3y agoMaybe it's awful UX but it's the best you can have and it makes good sense, because there is no way Dropbox can support merge conflict for arbitrary file types. You might as well save all the copies and let user figure it out themselves -- user would know much better than Dropbox how to handle the situation.
- Wowfunhappy 3y ago> There is no way Dropbox can support merge conflict for arbitrary file types. For Dropbox, I agree. Apple could do it though; that's the advantage of having such great control over your ecosystem.